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Technology, Knowledge and Learning
Published in: Technology, Knowledge and Learning 1/2015

01-04-2015 | Emerging technology

PhotoMAT: A Mobile Tool for Aiding in Student Construction of Research Questions and Data Analysis

Authors: Tia Renee Shelley, Chandan Dasgupta, Alexandra Silva, Leilah Lyons, Tom Moher

Published in: Technology, Knowledge and Learning | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

This paper presents a new mobile software tool, PhotoMAT (Photo Management and Analysis Tool), and students’ experiences with this tool within a scaffolded curricular unit—Neighborhood Safari. PhotoMAT was designed to support learners’ investigations of backyard animal behavior and works with image sets obtained using fixed-position field cameras (“camera traps”) that capture “bursts” of images in response to motion. PhotoMAT was designed to help learners emulate two ways wildlife researchers use camera traps: documenting wildlife diversity via the relative frequency of appearances of different species, and exploring species’ behavior.
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Metadata
Title
PhotoMAT: A Mobile Tool for Aiding in Student Construction of Research Questions and Data Analysis
Authors
Tia Renee Shelley
Chandan Dasgupta
Alexandra Silva
Leilah Lyons
Tom Moher
Publication date
01-04-2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Technology, Knowledge and Learning / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 2211-1662
Electronic ISSN: 2211-1670
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-014-9235-3

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