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The mobile computing represents a new possibility for the people “learning while doing” their everyday activities. The advent of mobile devices has created new opportunities that go beyond the simple communication; their software interfaces have a primary role in enabling the communication and collaboration among the evolved parties. In a learning environment for informal education, it is essential to design interfaces that minimize the interaction difficulties and maximize the learning activities itself. To achieve this, in this work is presented a design proposal and prototype of a mobile phone interface for mobile collaborative discussion. The proposal combines mobile learning with collaborative learning, stimulating the constitution of communities of practice aiming to promote the informal education.
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dos Reis, J.C., Bonacin, R., Martins, M.C. (2009). Mobile Phone Interfaces for Informal Education. In: Ozok, A.A., Zaphiris, P. (eds) Online Communities and Social Computing. OCSC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5621. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_56
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