Applying Sensemaking in a Mobile Learning scenario

Abstract. In this work, a new type of collaborative learning activity is proposed in order to enable students to explore and understand information in highly mobile situations. We call this “mobile sensemaking ” and is based on people engaged in multiple parallel, rapid and ad-hoc interactions, rather than structured decision processes. This activity takes place in a traditional classroom context, thus proposing a new way to design more participative and active “lectures”. Mobile sensemaking proposes a proximity model and uses mobile computing devices in order to carry on collaborative activities according to the domain context and physical proximity.