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Collaborative Learning Supported by Mobile Devices: A Case Study in Portuguese High Education Institutions

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Collaborative learning has been getting more importance in educational environment as one type of mobile learning application. In this learning environment there are a shift of learning approach, i.e. in a traditional approach the focus is on the teacher and in static and repetitive contents, oppositely with a collaborative learning the learn is centered in the students where they have a critical apprehension of contents that goes beyond the classroom, students could learning in different places. Learning supported by mobile technologies is becoming a new approach towards education, and it is single in the way that offers opportunities to learn anywhere and anytime. This paper introduces the foundations of collaborative learning supported by mobile technologies as well as presenting and analysing the evolution of collaborative learning supported by mobile devices in Portuguese (North region) Higher Education Institutions between 2009/2010 and 2014/2015.

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  1. Universidade Portucalense, DEGI, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 541, 4200-070, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira, Maria João Ferreira, Carla Santos Pereira & Natércia Durão

  2. IJP, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira

  3. IEETA, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira

  4. Centro Algoritmi, Universidade Do Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Maria João Ferreira

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Moreira, F., Ferreira, M.J., Pereira, C.S., Durão, N. (2016). Collaborative Learning Supported by Mobile Devices: A Case Study in Portuguese High Education Institutions. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Mendonça Teixeira, M. (eds) New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 445. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31307-8_16

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