JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 13(7): 948-958, doi: 10.3217/jucs-013-07-0948
Collaborative Composition in a Foreign Language with Handheld Computing and Web Tools
Maximiliano Paredes‡, Pedro Pablo Sánchez-Villalón§, Manuel Ortega Cantero|, J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide¶‡ Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Spain§ University of Castilla - La Mancha, Spain| Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain¶ Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Corresponding author: Maximiliano Paredes ( maximiliano.paredes@urjc.es ) © Maximiliano Paredes, Pedro Sánchez-Villalón, Manuel Ortega Cantero, J. Velázquez-Iturbide. This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License. Citation:
Paredes M, Sánchez-Villalón PP, Ortega Cantero M, Velázquez-Iturbide JÁ (2007) Collaborative Composition in a Foreign Language with Handheld Computing and Web Tools. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 13(7): 948-958. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-013-07-0948 |  |
Abstract
Writing applications are currently designed for desktop personal computers. Mobile devices like PDAs or smart phones are increasingly being used for mobile applications such as access to information sources or local work on the device, but they are seldom used for collaborative tasks. Here we present AULA and AWLA, two applications that put mobile devices and collaborative educational environments together inside and outside the classroom. They are designed under the paradigm of collaborative composition writing in language learning courses, in particular English as a Foreign Language (EFL).
Keywords
collaborative learning, mobile computing, pervasive computing, synchronous interaction