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Service learning meets mobile computing

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Susan Reiser,

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ACMSE '08: Proceedings of the 46th annual ACM Southeast Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1593105.1593133

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Computer Science educators are often frustrated in their attempts to demonstrate the power and relevance of their discipline in a classroom setting. Increasingly, educators are turning to carefully designed service learning projects to provide that experience.

This paper describes a year-long service learning project in which we developed a working prototype of a mobile, location-aware tour for the Bonsai Exhibition Garden of the North Carolina Arboretum. The tour is a web-based, customizable, multimedia presentation on handheld Personal Digital Assistants. Students developed the complete tour, including all presentation materials and system installation, at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in a series of three computer science courses. The project abounded with both the benefits and pitfalls that come from combining service learning with cutting edge technology.

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Dean JBarker LVoida AStephenson BStone JBattestilli LRebelsky SShoop L(2024)Bite-Sized Experiential Education for Computer and Information ScienceProceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 110.1145/3626252.3630790(269-275)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2024
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Service learning meets mobile computing
1. Applied computing
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Hypertext / hypermedia

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Reviewer: Jennifer M. Nolan

A collaborative project between the North Carolina Arboretum's bonsai exhibition garden and the University of North Carolina at Asheville is described in this paper. The goal of the project was for students at the university to create a mobile guided tour of the bonsai exhibition. Tour objectives and design specifications drove the initial phase of the project, allowing the project designers to develop a system architecture that would work well. Reiser and Bruce describe these details and include a table detailing the costs of the hardware. The classroom implementation phase of the project was centered on Bloom's taxonomy and a commitment to project- and service-based learning. The paper addresses both the positive aspects and the challenges encountered during the course of the project. The project was embedded into three courses: Database Management Systems, Human Computer Interaction, and System Integration. The course descriptions and class activities are detailed in separate tables, for each course. Ideas for next steps and related work are described before the conclusion. The paper concludes with an explanation of how service- and project-based learning benefits students, by providing real-world experiences and situations. Other mobile guided tour examples are presented as a context for future researchers. A detailed list of references is also provided. Reiser and Bruce provide a well-written, concise description of how their service-learning project utilizes mobile computing successfully. While the research is clearly based in practice, it remains pedagogically sound and provides detailed guidance and a strong framework for individuals investigating future project development. Online Computing Reviews Service

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