Learning in Hand Blog Posts labeled "research"
Pockets of Potential: Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children's Learning
By Carol Shuler, Ed.M. January 2009. Joan Ganz Cooney Center at the Seasame Workshop.
Learning2Go Phase 2 Report
From the Wolverhampton Learning2Go project in the United Kingdom. Facts, figures, charts, and recommendations from a very large project using Pocket PCs
A Survey of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) Use in a Middle School Environment: Perceptions of Teachers, Parents, and Students
Research published in Meridian, the Middle School Computer Technologies Journal
University of Michigan Research
Two scientifically based research studies demonstrate that handhelds increase achievement
Research
Center for Educational Technology
Action research results from Kent State University
Learning with Handheld Technologies
A handbook from FutureLab in the U.K. published December 2006
Engaging Learners Through the Use of Pocket PCs
Findings from a handheld project at Immanuel Lutheran College in Australia
User-Owned Computers: Friend or Foe in Schools?
Conference paper presented February 2006 at the Australian Computers in Education Conference
Using HP Handheld Computers in Kansas State Physics Classses
Scientifically based research about college-level learners. View the findings in this PDF.
Learning
With Handhelds Executive Summary
Results from a project that uses Palm handheld technology to improve
the educational experience of the seventh graders in Michigan's
Berrien County
Learning
Impact of Handhelds
Listing of articles and references from GoKnow
The
Impact of Personal Digital Assistants on Academic Achievement
Research by Alex
Bick,
April, 2005
SRI
Research
PDF files showing a summary, complete with graphs, of the SRI research
of handheld-using teachers' attitudes
Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology
Online publication with many articles that focus on handheld and ubiquitous computing
Do
Handhelds Make a Difference?
PDF file of a presentation by Karen Swan & Mark van 't Hooft
at the Fourth Annual Handheld Computer Conference in Holland,
Michigan
British
Educational Communications and Technology Agency
Findings of a pilot project and examples of how schools are using
handheld computing, published March 2003
Wolverhampton LEA "Learning2Go" Evaluation Phase 1 Report
Study of mobile learning in England written August 2005
Are
PDAs Pedagogically Feasible for Young Children
by
Drs. Young Mi Change, Laurie Mullen, & Matthew Stuve, T.H.E.
Journal, March 2005
mLearn: World Conference on Mobile Learning
Features full research papers and abstracts from researchers world-wide
Handheld Devices for Ubiquitous Learning Project
Extensive listing of research from Harvard Graduate School of Education
NESTA
Furturelab Literature Review in Mobile Technologies and Learning
Report from the U.K.'s National Endowment for Science Technology
and the Arts (or download the PDF
brochure)
The
Effect of Palm Pilots on Student Learning in the Elementary Classroom
PDF file of research done in fifth grade classrooms by Chris Diggs,
May 2004
Handhelds
Go to School: Lessons Learned
PDF file of an article published by the IEEE Computer Society,
November 2003
A
PDA For Every Child - A Primary Case Study
Brief summary of findings by Mark Klekot at Stiperstones CEP in
the U.K.
Ubiquitous
Computing Evaluation Consortium
Web site for a group of researching bodies studying the effect
of one-to-one computing. So far, most of the research is on laptop
initiatives.
