Strategies for Developing Mobile Location-Based Learning Activities by Teachers

Abstract

This chapter analyses the educational activities created by teachers on an online game generator, Treasure-HIT. The analysis focused on two main components that exist in every game: (1) the location clue, which leads the players to the different stations of the game, and (2) the station task, which the players have to perform when they reach the right station. This qualitative research was based on content analysis of the activities accumulated on the system's server. A total of 112 games were analyzed, including 1272 clues, 1005 stations and 1862 station tasks. Five types of location-dependent tasks were identified: identifying information found on site, camera documentation, receiving an answer from someone on site, physical activities dependent on the location, measurements using a mobile phone, and leaving a personal mark.