Experiencing Mobile Learning: the Moule project

In this paper we present an experience of mobile learning based on collaborative knowledge construction processes. The experience is based on the use of a learning platform, called the MoULe environment, designed and developed at the Italian National Research Council. Amongst the many functionalities provided by the MoULe environment, we highlight those that permit users to create and share multimedia notes, wiki pages and conceptual maps using desktop computers and smartphones equipped with GPS. All the resources created by the students are geographically associated to specific "points of interest", that is, places visited by the students during their on site learning experiences; in addition, students are tracked throughout their visit to the city. In this way the student activities create an augmented space consisting of physical objects as well as the educational objects they produce. The augmented space, which is represented through a geo-conceptual map, enables the transformation of a city tour into a real educational experience.