Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: This master thesis study explores how to assist children’s learning using mobile phones in Universeum\nlocated in Gothenburg, Sweden. Universeum is the largest Science center in Scandinavia where children\ncan learn the ocean, explore rainforest and discover space. From the field study carried out firstly in\nUniverseum, some findings are gained, for example children prefer to discuss and share their findings with\ntheir friends, classmates or family members; children use body gestures to describe some animals; children\nare interested in big and colorful animals; children would like to capture some photos using their mobile\nphones and share their photos with others; children are interested in viewing photos captured by others. A\nsystem, which includes a mobile application and a web portal, is designed based on the review of the\nrelated work and the data from the field study. A prototype of the mobile applications is built and named\nFotofiske which includes some information of exhibitions in Universeum and children can take photos\nusing their mobile phones to match specific exhibitions’ information. Finally from a small evaluation of\nthis prototype in Universeum, there are some findings about how to improve this prototype and deploy it at\nUniverseum. For example children think that Fotofiske is interesting and fun. It is better to publish the\nFotofiske game at the Univereum web site and let children freely download it before visiting. From this\nstudy, it reveals children can use mobile phones to gain knowledge at Universeum. The mobile prototype\nenables children to learn in a more interesting and interactive way at Universeum.
Author: Rui Zhang
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2132573247