Alumni Member
Mark Gaved (Alumni) 
Research Associate
I am a postdoc researcher at the Open University working on the MASELTOV project (<a href="http://www.maseltov.eu"; class="people">http://www.maseltov.eu</a>;) exploring how mobile phones might support language learning and social inclusion for recent migrants to the EU. My particular focus is on incidental learning (unplanned or unintentional learning) that takes place in everyday life. The OU team, based in the Institute of Educational Technology is developing an Incidental Learning Framework, and considering how feedback and progress indicators might motivate and supporting learning.
Research interests: mobile, networked, and locative learning technologies, informal learning and community based research.
For my PhD research, I worked with communities that developed their own computer network infrastructure to support their activities, and explored the challenges they faced in developing sustainable local community solutions to the digital divide and supporting neighbourhood approaches to technology enhanced social interactions. I believe that networked tools may prove to be as important for supporting local as much as remote interactions. The internet may reduce the friction of space, but not the importance of place. This work continues in my participation in the Enabling Remote Activity (ERA) project: (<a href="http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/era/"; class="people">http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/era/ </a>)
Keys: mobile learning, locative technologies, incidental learning, community networks, networked communities, DIY culture, social construction of technology, social software, digital inequalities, grassroots initiated networked communities alumni
News
Publications
Herodotou, C., Gaved, M., Shrestha, S., Comfort, C., Maguire, C., Sides, T., Kwarteng, J., Bayer, V., Lee, J., Mulholland, P. and Fernandez, M. (2025). Student-Facing Dashboard - Scale up. Insights from the second year of implementation. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. https://oro.open.ac.uk/106146/.
Collins, T., Davies, S. and Gaved, M. (2016). Enabling remote activity: widening participation in field study courses. In: Kennepohl, Dietmar ed. Teaching Science Online: Practical Guidance for Effective Instruction and Lab Work. Sterling, VA, USA: Stylus Publishing, pp. 183–195. https://oro.open.ac.uk/42474/.
Jones, A., Scanlon, E., Gaved, M., Blake, C., Collins, T., Clough, G., Kerawalla, L., Littleton, K., Mulholland, P., Petrou, M. and Twiner, A. (2013). Challenges in personalisation: supporting mobile science inquiry learning across contexts. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 8(1), pp. 21–42. https://oro.open.ac.uk/37855/.
Kerawalla, L., Littleton, K., Scanlon, E., Collins, T., Gaved, M., Mulholland, P., Jones, A., Clough, G. and Blake, C. (2012). Doing geography: a multimodal analysis of students' situated improvisational interpretation during fieldtrips. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 1(2), pp. 78–89. https://oro.open.ac.uk/33679/.
Mulholland, P., Anastopoulou, S., Collins, T., Feisst, M., Gaved, M., Kerawalla, L., Paxton, M., Scanlon, E., Sharples, M. and Wright, M. (2012). nQuire: technological support for personal inquiry learning. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 5(2), pp. 157–169. https://oro.open.ac.uk/31252/.
Collins, T., Mulholland, P. and Gaved, M. (2012). Scripting personal inquiry. In: Littleton, Karen; Scanlon, Eileen and Sharples, Mike eds. Orchestrating Inquiry Learning. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 87–104. https://oro.open.ac.uk/31199/.
Gaved, M.B. (2011). An Investigation Into Grassroots Initiated Networked Communities As A Means Of Addressing The Digital Divide. [Thesis] https://oro.open.ac.uk/29696/.
Kerawalla, L., Littleton, K., Scanlon, E., Jones, A., Gaved, M., Collins, T., Mulholland, P., Blake, C., Clough, G., Conole, G. and Petrou, M. (2011). Personal inquiry learning trajectories in geography: technological support across contexts. Interactive Learning Environments, 21(6), pp. 497–515. https://oro.open.ac.uk/30156/.
Sharples, M., Collins, T., Feißt, M., Gaved, M., Mulholland, P., Paxton, M. and Wright, M. (2011). A “laboratory of knowledge-making” for personal inquiry learning. In: 15th International Conference, AIED 2011, 28 Jun - 01 Jul 2011, Auckland, New Zealand. https://oro.open.ac.uk/29786/.
Davies, S.J., Collins, T., Gaved, M., Bartlett, J., Valentine, C. and McCann, L. (2010). Enabling remote activity: using mobile technology for remote participation in geoscience fieldwork. In: Proc. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010 (EGU 2010), 02-07 May 2010, Vienna, Austria. https://oro.open.ac.uk/27396/.
Kerawalla, L., Scanlon, E., Twiner, A., Jones, A., Littleton, K., Conole, G., Mulholland, P., Collins, T., Blake, C., Clough, G. and Gaved, M. (2009). Technological mediation of personal inquiry in UK GCSE geography: opportunities and challenges. In: CAL09 - Learning in Digital Worlds, 23-25 Mar 2009, Brighton, UK. https://oro.open.ac.uk/25774/.
Kerawalla, L., Scanlon, E., Jones, A., Littleton, K., Mulholland, P., Collins, T., Twiner, A., Clough, G., Blake, C., Petrou, M., Conole, G. and Gaved, M. (2010). Being a Geographer: the role of mobile, scripted inquiry in mediating embodied meaning-making during Geography fieldtrips. In: 9th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mlearn 2010), 19-22 Oct 2010, Valletta, Malta. https://oro.open.ac.uk/25775/.
Scanlon, E., Kerawalla, L., Twiner, A., Mulholland, P., Collins, T., Jones, A., Gaved, M., Littleton, K., Blake, C. and Conole, G. (2010). Personal Inquiry: scripting support for inquiry learning by participatory design. In: Computer-Based Learning in Science, 7-10 Jul 2010, Warsaw, Poland. https://oro.open.ac.uk/25108/.
Mulholland, P., Collins, T. and Gaved, M. (2010). nQuire: a customizable toolkit for inquiry learning across school, home and field trip locations. In: 9th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mlearn 2010), 19-22 Oct 2010, Valletta, Malta. https://oro.open.ac.uk/25765/.
Scanlon, E., Kerawalla, L., Gaved, M., Jones, A., Collins, T., Mulholland, P., Blake, C., Petrou, M. and Littleton, K. (2010). The challenge of supporting networked personal inquiry learning across contexts. In: The 7th International Conference on Networked Learning 2010, 3-4 May 2010, Aalborg, Denmark. https://oro.open.ac.uk/24648/.
Gaved, M.B. and Mulholland, P. (2010). Networking communities from the bottom up: grassroots approaches to overcoming the digital divide. AI & Society, 25(3), pp. 345–357. https://oro.open.ac.uk/24926/.
Collins, T., Gaved, M. and Lea, J. (2010). Remote fieldwork: using portable wireless networks and backhaul links to participate remotely in fieldwork. In: The Proceedings of the 9th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mlearn 2010), 19-22 Oct 2010, Valletta, Malta. https://oro.open.ac.uk/24711/.
Gaved, M., Collins, T., Mulholland, P., Kerawalla, L., Jones, A., Scanlon, E., Littleton, K., Blake, C., Petrou, M., Clough, G. and Twiner, A. (2010). Using netbooks to support mobile learners' investigations across activities and places. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 25(3), pp. 187–200. https://oro.open.ac.uk/24578/.
Gaved, M., Mulholland, P., Kerawalla, L., Collins, T. and Scanlon, E. (2010). More notspots than hotspots: strategies for undertaking networked learning in the real world. In: mLearn 2010 9th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, 20-22 Oct 2010, Valetta, Malta. https://oro.open.ac.uk/24595/.
Gaved, M. and Mulholland, P. (2004). Grassroots initiated networked communities: a viable method of overcoming multiple digital inequalities within communities of locality? In: Building & Bridging Community Networks: Knowledge, Innovation & Diversity through Communication conference, 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2004, Brighton, UK. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23749/.
Tech Reports
An investigation into grassroots initiated networked communities as a means of addressing the digital divide
Techreport ID: kmi-11-04
Date: 2011
Author(s): Mark Gaved
ERA (Enabling Remote Activity): A KMi designed system to support remote participation by mobility disabled students in geology field trips
Techreport ID: kmi-06-15
Date: 2006
Author(s): Mark Gaved, Lewis McCann, Chris Valentine
