Author(s): Cruz, Sara ; Bento, Marco ; Lencastre, José Alberto
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/92118
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Subject(s): In-service training; Innovative pedagogical methodologies; Gamification; Augmented reality; Flipped learning; Mobile technologies
This article describes an in-service training course for teachers from different education levels conducted in four schools and involving sixty-nine teachers. The training course aimed to promote innovative pedagogical methodologies such as gamification and augmented reality combined with flipped learning. Thus, we tried to answer the following research question: How can teachers use gamification combined with flipped learning? This paper described the training course and analysed teachers' perceptions regarding mobile learning in educational settings. A pilot study, as well as a subsequent literature review, was conducted. The research method was a quantitative and qualitative exploratory study based on triangulation of field observations, qualitative and quantitative data obtained in a pre-test and a post-test, and documentary material. The data collection done by teachers during the training helped them understand how they dealt with technology and their perception of the mobile learning process. Findings show that mobile learning motivated most teachers positively. Teachers could use the technologies presented; they understood that gamification and flipped learning could be used together for learning purposes, admit advantages, and create teaching material to use with their students.
