Adelina Moura

Mobile Learning: Teaching and Learning with Mobile Phones and Podcasts

Mobile learning, a natural extension of distance education, supported by wireless mobile technologies is an emerging pedagogical learning model which requires new forms of teaching and learning. Being aware of the importance of this standard, we held a series of educational experiments utilizing mobile devices such as mobile phones and MP3/MP4 players to evaluate the implications of mobile technologies in individual and collaborative learning. The preference for these technologies is the fact that they are in the studentspsila hands and have a great potential in the education system. Among the experiments we highlighted the hearing of Podcasts on curriculum content. In this paper we present data about the studentspsila positive perceptions of Podcasts regarding their usefulness and educational value. These allow us to draw conclusions about the educational potential of these tools.

Electronic games for curricular learning in mother and foreign languages

It is imperative to continue thinking and reinventing education because technologies and the Web are redefining where, when and from whom we learn. The motivation to learn can be awakened in students by creating playful environments capable of reconciling the knowledge acquisition in the classroom and practice learning. Authors from different study fields have recognized the multiple possibilities of videogames for learning and for interdisciplinary use. Education can benefit from the potential of these artefacts if properly integrated into the educational process. This article describes an ongoing learning experience based on electronic games. It also presents some preliminary results of the ARCADE games type application in Wordshoot; Flashcards; Matching Pair; Manic Miner and Cannonball Fun formats. This experience is being made with Portuguese and French vocabulary, grammar and school curriculum learning, both in Elementary and Vocational Education.