Emotional and aesthetic factors of virtual mobile learning environments
by Tom Page, Marian Hepburn, Miika Lehtonen, Gisli Thorsteinsson, Subramanian Arunachalam
International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation (IJMLO), Vol. 1, No. 2, 2007

Abstract: This paper discusses the theoretical starting points and design considerations for addressing the emotional and aesthetic aspects of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) in support of ubiquitous teaching, studying and learning. It is asserted that a VLE should be considered as an interactive and sensation-arousing instrument, and a mediator for communication and learning. Furthermore, it should be valued as a tool for emotional and socio-structural mediation, and for of psychosocial regulation through psychosocial distance. Emotional and aesthetic factors have too often been given little attention by researchers in studying and learning, especially in the context of mobile-based environments for learning. Such emotional and aesthetic aspects are examined on five levels of observation. This five-level continuum, beginning from the individual subconscious/conscious inter-personal level continuing to the social, cultural, cross and trans-cultural levels, is mapped onto learning architectures, which proffer greater understanding of such starting points and design considerations of VLEs for learning regulation.

Online publication date: Wed, 07-Mar-2007

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