This study designed a system and a flow of learning to motivate and guide students to conduct experiential learning with mobile technologies. Students from two classes of fifth-grade at an elementary school participated in the experiment. Thirty-four students from one class conducted learning with PDAs in school garden while thirty-two students from another class conducted in a condition withou…
This study investigated students ' actual use of mobile technology (MT) as a learning tool and identified their perceptions towards the effects of using MT on the learning process. It also examined the impact of students ' academic major on their use and perceived effects of MT. The relationship between MT use and its effect on learning was explored as well. To this end, a quantitative study of…
As the presence of mobile technologies continues to emerge in our everyday lives, so do situations that demand immediate interpreting services in postsecondary settings. Access to interpreting has not always been easy, and with the invention of mobile technologies comes an opportunity to build a largely unprecedented bridge to this service. This study was designed to gain an overview of how use…
The American military presence during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan presented both opportunities and challenges to communication for key constituencies including loved ones, family members, and spouses. This contemporary era of wars is distinguished by having service persons participate in reoccurring and longer deployments, thus adding strain within their familial or marital relationships a…