(1055)MOBILE-SUPPORTED FIELDWORK EDUCATION IN THE FORM OFPERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM

摘要

Integrating performance-centered learning and m-learning, results in a performance-centered mobilelearning approach, in which students receive performance support via a mobile device whenperforming job-related tasks. Fieldwork has long been identified as providing students undertakingprofessional studies with a means of implementing theory into a real life context. One of the typicalspecific fields where the educational process may greatly benefit by a mobile technology that enablesinteractive outdoor distance learning is industrial engineering. There is by necessity a closerelationship with industry, as engineering students need to apply their technical, management andbusiness skills in an industrial context. This paper reports our experience using performance-centeredlearning to enhance mobile-supported fieldwork (m-fieldwork) education. Students visit electronicsmanufacturing plant and directly inspect the production process. By using a mobile phone they caneasily get interactive help and guidance how to use the tools or machine and access a knowledgedatabase with known solutions for particular problems.