Ability of students to recognize the relationship between using mobile apps for learning during fieldwork and the development of graduate attributes
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France, DerekPowell, Victoria
Mauchline, Alice
Welsh, Katharine E.
Park, Julian R.
Whalley, W. Brian
Rewhorn, Sonja
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University of Chester; University of Reading; University of SheffieldPublication Date
2016-05-08
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The increasing importance of employability in Higher Education curricula and the prevalence of using mobile devices for field-based learning, prompted an investigation into student awareness of the relationship between the use of mobile apps for learning and the development of graduate attributes (and the link to employability). The results from post-fieldwork focus groups from four field courses indicated that students could make clear links between the use of a variety of mobile apps and graduate attribute development. The study suggests a number of mobile apps can align simultaneously with more than one graduate attribute. Furthermore, prior experience and the context of use can influence students’ perceptions of an app and its link with different graduate attributesCitation
France, D., et. al. (2016). Ability of students to recognize the relationship between using mobile apps for learning during fieldwork and the development of graduate attributes. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40(2), 182-192. DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2016.1154931Publisher
Taylor & FrancisAdditional Links
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03098265.2016.1154931Type
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Geography in Higher Education on 02/05/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03098265.2016.1154931EISSN
1466-1845ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/03098265.2016.1154931
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