Abstract
Mobile devices offer unique opportunities to deliver learning content in authentic learning situations. Apart from
being able to play various kinds of rich multimedia content, they offer new ways of tailoring information to the
learner’s situation or context. This paper presents the results of a study of mobile media delivery for language
learning, comparing two context filters and four selection methods for language content. Thirty-five people (18
male, 17 female; M = 31.06 years, SD = 8.93) participated in this study, divided over seven treatments in total.
The treatment groups were compared on knowledge gain, and the results indicated that this comparison was
significant. The results found indicated an effect of both context filters as selection methods on the learner
performance. In addition, the results indicated a cost/benefit trade-off that should be taken into account when
developing contextualised media for learning.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 110-125 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Educational Technology & Society |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2010 |
Keywords
- Contextualised language learning
- Mobile learning
- Mobile information delivery
- Context filters
- Emperical Study