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Discussion

The results of the first iteration of the QR Cache project show trends in mobile device ownership and the desire to use mobile devices in formal and informal learning similar to those previously reported in Qatar (MacLeod, 2011; Metodieava, 2012; Nagy, 2012; Warraich & Dahlstrom, 2012).  Students and teachers reported enjoying learning with their mobile devices, and found the RLOs easy to access and use.  Students indicated that they would like to use their mobile devices for learning more often.  These results provide a degree of justification to pursue further investigations into integrating mLearning strategies at CNA-Q.  But a stronger justification can be provided by grounding these findings in learning theories that explain how the mobile RLO approach creates an effective learning experience.

 

Transactional Distance Theory (TDT) (Moore, 1989, 1991) and the FRAME model (Koole, 2009) provide useful and complimentary lenses for examining the effectiveness of the QR Cache RLOs.  Student and teacher responses show a reduction in transactional distance between learners and the content.  The content is easy to access and re-access, and it is situated so that it is easier for learners to contextualize the topics.  Learner-learner and learner-teacher transactional distance also appears to have been reduced.  Data indicate that students interacted with each other and their instructors while participating in the learning activities.  The results also indicate that the RLOs generated optimal activity across the domains of the FRAME model.  Student and teacher survey responses indicate a high degree of device usability.  They also show that learners are actively engaged in social interaction during the learning activities, and that the use of their mobile devices facilitated that interaction by creating a shared situated learning experience, and by generating both formal and informal social discussion.  Beyond creating an enjoyable and easily accessible learning experience, TDT and the FRAME model illustrate how the use of the mobile RLOs positively affect the learning that is taking place.


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