Cairn: Using digital markers to bridge learning communities

Menking, Amanda; Bayo, Ivette; Fullerton, Sean

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Title

Cairn: Using digital markers to bridge learning communities

Author(s)

• Menking, Amanda
• Bayo, Ivette
• Fullerton, Sean

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• mobile app
• interest network
• geo-social network
• informal learning
• post-secondary education
• education
• social computing

Abstract

Cairn is a proposed geo-social networking mobile application that could help people search for, find, participate in, and tag learning communities, events, and artifacts. The goal of Cairn would be to enable users to find others with whom they can study, attend learning events, and share learning related artifacts, such as museum exhibits or historical markers. The primary target audience would consist of post-secondary students; the secondary target audience would be recent graduates and young professionals. Cairn is proposed to be a native mobile app integrated with existing web-based interest and/or social networks. This paper presents a design exploration, including an overview of the relevant sections of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) geo-social and learning markets, eight key features identified by focus groups and interviewees, a case informed by user research, and possible directions for prototype development and integration with So.cl.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42532

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13524

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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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