Meeting the Challenges in Evaluating Mobile Learning: a 3-level Evaluation Framework

Giasemi Vavoula (1) , Mike Sharples (2)

1 Department of Museum Studies
2 Learning Sciences Research Institute

We propose six challenges in evaluating mobile learning: capturing and analysing learning in context and across contexts, measuring mobile learning processes and outcomes, respecting learner/participant privacy, assessing mobile technology utility and usability, considering the wider organisational and socio-cultural context of learning, and assessing in/formality. A three-level framework for evaluating mobile learning is proposed, comprising a micro level concerned with usability, a meso level concerned with the learning experience, and a macro level concerned with integration within existing educational and organisational contexts. The paper concludes with a discussion of how the framework meets the evaluation challenges and with suggestions for further extensions.

Mots clés: mobile learning

Domaines: Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain; Education

Giasemi Vavoula, Mike Sharples. Meeting the Challenges in Evaluating Mobile Learning: a 3-level Evaluation Framework. International journal of mobile and blended learning, 2009, 1, 2, pp.54-75. ⟨10.4018/jmbl.2009040104⟩. ⟨hal-00593001⟩