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IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing - Vol 2 - Workshops
pp. 90-95
Ubiquitous Social Presence: Context-Awareness in a Mobile Learning Environment
Raymond M. Kekwaletswe, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dick Ngambi, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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One of the most fundamental facets of learning
is the social interaction in which learning is an
outcome of individuals sharing experiences. There
are three locations where learners perform learning
tasks: formal locations such as classrooms or
scheduled computer laboratory sessions; semi-formal
locations such libraries or walk-in laboratories; and
informal locations such as residences or nonacademic
settings. As a learner moves across
different learning contexts, a learner does not have
access to the same social networks for consultation
and hence receives information of variable quality
depending on where they are. In this paper, we
propose a learning environment that provides
ubiquitous social presence awareness for the
purposes of facilitating interactive consultation as a
learner traverses the various learning contexts. The
paper concludes that social presence through the
synchronous Instant Messaging provides learners
with continuous awareness of available support and
encourages sharing of learning experiences.
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Index Terms- Social presence, social interaction,
instant messaging, learning contexts, context-aware
consultation
Citation:
Raymond M. Kekwaletswe, Dick Ngambi,
"Ubiquitous Social Presence: Context-Awareness in a Mobile Learning Environment,"
sutc,
pp. 90-95,
IEEE International Conference on Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing - Vol 2 - Workshops,
2006
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