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标题：Frontrunners in ICT: Kenyan runners’ improvement in training, informal learning and economic opportunities using smartphones
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作者：Per Olof Hansson ; William Jobe
期刊名称：International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
电子版ISSN：1814-0556
出版年度：2014
卷号：10
期号：4
页码：4-20
出版社：University of the West Indies
摘要：The primary aim of this research was to study how mobile technology shapes, changes , and develops informal learning outside the classroom and school environment . In this study we provided each of the 30 Kenyan elite runners with a simple Android smartphone and free Internet for one year. This research project was a deve lopmental intervention with a participatory action research approach , and aimed to facilitate innovation and examine how the runners develop ed their training, informal learning , and economic opportunities using a smartphone. Logs and tracking of smartphone usage recorded quantitative data , and interviews and participatory observations gathered qualitative data . Key findings were that the smartphone improved the runners' training and race performance and created business opportunities. Second, a smartphone with an Internet connection empowered marginalized groups and augmented informal learning opportunities. Third, that a smartphone was not a significant technological hurdle for i mpover ished or uneducated individuals . Fourth, the participants were able to learn with little or no guidance or scaffolding. Fifth, the tracking log data indicated both a breadth and depth to individual learning. This participatory action research made a significant impact on the participants' lives and the most common statement from the interviews was the statement "it helps us a lot
关键词：Mobile learning; informal learning; smartphones; ; ; Kenyan ; runners; IC T4D; M4D