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Using Context Awareness to Enhance Visitor Engagement in a Gallery Space
Peter Lonsdale,Russell Beale,William Byrne +2 more
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This work describes the work on developing a generic context awareness architecture that is being deployed in a gallery space to enhance learner engagement with the gallery exhibits and the design challenges faced in deploying this system within a gallery.Abstract:
Context-awareness can greatly enhance the usability of mobile devices by making it possible for users to continue with other activities without having to pay too much attention to the device. At the same time context-aware applications can provide timely support for user activities by responding to changes in the user’s state and acting accordingly. We describe our work on developing a generic context awareness architecture that is being deployed in a gallery space to enhance learner engagement with the gallery exhibits. Our system makes use of contextual information to determine what content should be displayed on the device. Users can also navigate this content by explicitly changing their context in the dimensions of physical location and dwell time. Visitors have the opportunity to physically interact with the abstract information layer that is overlaid on the gallery space. The system also actively encourages movement in the gallery by identifying links between paintings. We describe our architecture, implementation, and the design challenges faced in deploying this system within a gallery.read more
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Mobile technologies: prospects for their use in learning in informal science settings
TL;DR: The literature on science learning with mobile devices at this very 'informal' end of the spectrum is currently sparse and so the paper reflects on some projects and possibilities across the continuum.
Learning from Digital Natives: Bridging Formal and Informal Learning. Final Report
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored how e-tools (such as mobile phones, email, MSN, digital cameras, games consoles and social networking sites) and the processes that underpin their use can support learning within educational institutions and help improve the quality of students' experiences of learning in higher education.
Learning from Digital Natives: Integrating Formal and Informal Learning
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report that students are increasingly making use of a variety of e-tools (such as mobile phones, email, MSN, digital cameras, games consoles and social networking sites) to support their informal learning within formalised educational settings and that they use the tools that they have available if none are provided for them.
Learning from digital natives: integrating formal and informal learning using technology
Allison Littlejohn,David Nicol +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report that students are increasingly making use of a variety of e-tools (such as mobile phones, email, MSN, digital cameras, games consoles and social networking sites) to support their informal learning within formalised educational settings and that they use the tools that they have available if none are provided for them.
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Supporting the supermarket shopping experience through a context-aware shopping trolley
TL;DR: CAST - a context-aware shopping trolley designed to support the shopping activity in a supermarket through context-awareness and the acquiring of user attention is described.
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A Survey of Context-Aware Mobile Computing Research
Guanling Chen,David Kotz +1 more
TL;DR: This survey of research on context-aware systems and applications looked in depth at the types of context used and models of context information, at systems that support collecting and disseminating context, and at applications that adapt to the changing context.
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Cyberguide: a mobile context-aware tour guide
TL;DR: The Cyberguide project is presented, in which the authors are building prototypes of a mobile context‐aware tour guide that is used to provide more of the kind of services that they come to expect from a real tour guide.
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What we talk about when we talk about context
TL;DR: This paper suggests that the representational stance implied by conventional interpretations of “context” misinterprets the role of context in everyday human activity, and proposes an alternative model that suggests different directions for design.
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Exploiting space and location as a design framework for interactive mobile systems
TL;DR: A design framework consisting of taxonomies of location, mobility, population, and device awareness is described consisting of a semantic model of space for mobile systems that allows contextual information to be shared across a number of mobile devices.
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A study of user experiences mediated by nomadic web content in a museum
TL;DR: A preliminary framework for organising user interactions with handheld devices, user experiences based on interviews and insights regarding the role of nomadic web content are shared.