The exploration of ClassInHand™ application: An experiment in promoting interaction

• Main Author: Zainal Abidin, Ahmad Hisham
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2006
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/7603/1/Ah.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/7603/4/1.Ahmad%20Hisham%20Zainal%20Abidin.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/7603/; http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000241443
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

In this report we present the experimentation of ClassInHandTM (CIH), a mobile system that can help instructor to promote interaction during lecture. We report the results from an exploratory study of real world usage of CIH that we have conducted to understand how the system is used and how their usage patterns might differ from the conventional way of interaction happen in classroom.This study was conducted with the aim of notify the potential uses of mobile devices to be used in higher education institute with wireless network infrastructure.A number of lessons learned from the experimentation are outlined.