Dr Math

Author:

A.Botha 1,Butgereit L.1

Affiliation:

1. CSIR Meraka Institute, South Africa

Abstract

Dr Math is an online math tutoring service hosted by the CSIR Meraka Institute in South Africa, which aims to support secondary school learners with Mathematics. The service is predominantly accessed through the mobile social networking service MXit. Since 2007, students from the Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria, have been assisting “Dr Math” in fulfillment of a compulsory undergraduate module, Community-Based Project. They have supported 28,000 registered users in user initiated interactions. This purpose of this paper is to describe the mobile scaffolding environment and scaffolding practices as well as the tutor support that enhance the Dr Math service as a sustained example of mobile learning.

Publisher

IGI Global

Subject

Education,General Computer Science

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3. Botha, A. (2011). Framework to enhance the mobile user experience in an m-learning interaction (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

4. Botha, A., Makitla, I., Ford, M., Fogwill, T., Seetharam, D., Abouchabki, C., et al. (2010). The mobile phone in Africa: Providing services to the masses. Paper presented at the CSIR Science Real and Relevant Conference, Pretoria, South Africa.

5. Botha, A., Van Greunen, D., & Herselman, M. (2010). Mobile and context: Divide or conquer? Paper presented at the IST-Africa Conference, Durban, South Africa.

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