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The Theory of Context-Aware Ubiquitous Learning and the Affordances of This Approach for Geometry Learners

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The use of mobile learning has provided new pedagogical approaches to teaching geometry as a result of the technological affordances provided. One of the key affordances of mobile learning is the portability of the devices. This has untethered the learner from a particular environment to learn wherever and whenever the learner chooses. This chapter describes a subcategory of mobile learning called context-aware ubiquitous learning (context-aware ulearning) where learning happens in a real-world environment while using mobile devices to interact with that setting. This chapter delineates this subcategory and how this type of learning can be dichotomized into sensory and ambient context-aware ulearning. An argument is made that context-aware ulearning is a useful pedagogical approach for learning geometry.

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    Helen Crompton

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  1. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Daniel Churchill

  2. BGI College, Genomics, Educational Resource BGI College, Genomics, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Jie Lu

  3. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Thomas K.F. Chiu

  4. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sydney, Australia

    Bob Fox

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Crompton, H. (2016). The Theory of Context-Aware Ubiquitous Learning and the Affordances of This Approach for Geometry Learners. In: Churchill, D., Lu, J., Chiu, T., Fox, B. (eds) Mobile Learning Design. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0027-0_18

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