Context-Aware Ubiquitous Learning in Science Museum with iBeacon Technology

Guang, Chen; Zhang, Yuanjing; Chen, Nian-Shing; Fan, Zhengcheng

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4_5-1

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“…Museum administrators could then use the data from the system to assess, for example, the layout effectiveness. Chen et al [57] developed a ubiquitous learning system composed of beacons, a wireless network, and a mobile application. The system was used in a science museum to aid visitor learning.…”

Section: Dissemination Of Electronic Teaching Materials and Informatiomentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Bluetooth Beacon Use Cases in Teaching and Learning: Increasing the Sustainability of Physical Learning Spaces

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Considering the surge in e-learning growth over the last decade and the proliferation of mobile devices in the Bring Your Own Device generation, this paper reviews selected use cases of Bluetooth beacons in educational situations. We review the contribution of Bluetooth beacons to a mixed pedagogy that uses digital and physical learning spaces, and we discuss the pilot deployment of Bluetooth beacons at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, to enhance physical learning spaces. Our work represents one of the first deployments of Bluetooth beacons in a university teaching and learning capacity and provides a starting point for others attempting to utilise beacon-enabled location-based services to enhance learner experiences. The widespread adoption of beacon technology in educational institutions has not yet occurred, and the most common usage of beacon transmitters and systems in education is for attendance-taking and dissemination of teaching material. Mobile applications are constantly being developed to utilise the location-based services provided by beacons to enhance student learning and effectiveness. This paper also discusses the sustainability benefits of beacon systems, especially in the contexts of smart campus and smart city development.

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Section: Dissemination Of Electronic Teaching Materials and Informatiomentioning

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Exploring Bluetooth Beacon Use Cases in Teaching and Learning: Increasing the Sustainability of Physical Learning Spaces

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“…Moreover, previous studies (i.e., [17,53,54]) have also discussed their studies within similar contexts. The instruments have been used to measure visitors' experiences in different museums and historical churches in UK [3,6,7], Korea [55], Malaysia [56], China [57], and Austria [58,59]. In addition, previous studies such as Baker et al [60]; Kabassi [61]; Konstantakis et al [62]; Moesgaard et al [63] also highlighted the instruments development to measure visitors' experiences.…”

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An Empirical Study of Visitors’ Experience at Kuching Orchid Garden with Mobile Guide Application

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Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

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This empirical study was conducted to measure visitors' experiences with a mobile guide application at Kuching Orchid Garden (KOG). A between-group experimental design with 114 participants was conducted to test three groups; (1) a group using the mobile guide application as an information aid, (2) a control group (with no information aid), and (3) a group using pamphlets to explore the KOG. The Museum Experience Scale (MES) was used to evaluate visitors' experience for all participants, whilst the Multimedia Guide Scale (MMGS) was used to evaluate the visitors' experience with the mobile guide group. The most notable result from the Museum Experience Scale (MES) showed an impact on the visitors in terms of knowledge and learning when using the mobile guide application. However, the study found that enhancing visitors experience goes beyond simply providing interactive technologies in public settings to aid with information delivery. A limitation was providing relevant information in a timely and seamless manner due to inaccuracies of mapping between physical and digital environments. Future works should consider beacons and other Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology to address the issues with location based devices. It is also important to highlight that the use of one's own device had a significant impact on learnability and control of the device, thus suggesting that the BYOD concept should be widely used in informal educational settings implementing mobile guide applications. The use of MES and MMGS informs future researches with an understanding of the different dimensions of visitors' experiences with mobile guide technology in public spaces to inform mobile application development that may further boost visitors' engagement, emotional connection, and meaningful experience.

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“…A large body of existing research support this, such as self-guidance through mobile devices at exhibitions (Pendit et al 2014, Jung et al 2016. Furthermore, these studies point towards specific types of technologies that are particularly prospective and versatile for use in attractions, where unmanned experiences are required (Chen et al 2016). Within the research exists a host of different instantiations of mobile and context-aware technologies.…”

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Adopting the Unknown through the Known Supporting user interaction of non-idiomatic technologies in exhibitions through known idioms of conventional technologies

2017

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When designing for the next wave of technologies, a challenge is how to culturally appropriate the semantic idioms of new technology to users with little experiential knowledge about the technology. This is especially a challenge, when more and more attractions are becoming unmanned, with little possibility for guidance. In this paper, we hypothesise that non-idiomatic technologies can be supported by leveraging existing idiomatic knowledge on more conventional technologies and thus lower the participation barrier. In two cases collected with several Danish attractions we experimented with supporting design with traditional technology, such as video signs, social media and physical signs to assess how idiomatic formats could facilitate the use of the non-idiomatic technology. We contribute with a set of lessons learned for how non-idiomatic design situations can be facilitated through using the users existing knowledge with more conventional technological practices.

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Context-Aware Ubiquitous Learning in Science Museum with iBeacon Technology

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Exploring Bluetooth Beacon Use Cases in Teaching and Learning: Increasing the Sustainability of Physical Learning Spaces

Exploring Bluetooth Beacon Use Cases in Teaching and Learning: Increasing the Sustainability of Physical Learning Spaces

An Empirical Study of Visitors’ Experience at Kuching Orchid Garden with Mobile Guide Application

Adopting the Unknown through the Known Supporting user interaction of non-idiomatic technologies in exhibitions through known idioms of conventional technologies

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