Supporting interest and knowledge exchange through mobile devices and bookmarking in science and technology museums [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Daniel Wessel

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• Psychologie

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• Publié par: eberhard_karls_universitat_tubingen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 15
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 22 Mo

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Supporting intereSt and Knowledge exchange
through Mobile deviceS and booKMarKing
in Science and technology MuSeuMS
Unterstützung von Interesse und Wissensaustausch
mittels mobiler Geräte und Bookmarking
in Wissenschafts- und Technologie-Museen
Dissertation
der Fakultät für Informations- und Kognitionswissenschaften
der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
zur Erlangung des Grades eines
Doktors der Naturwissenschaften
(Dr. rer. nat.)
vorgelegt von
Dipl.-Psych. Daniel Wessel
aus Troisdorf-Sieglar
Tübingen
2010Tag der mündlichen Qualifikation: 05.05.2010
Dekan: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Kohlbacher
1. Berichterstatter: Pr. Dr. Friedrich W. Hesse
2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Stephan SchwanTo science,
enlightening us.acKnowledgeMentS
This dissertation was supported by the interdisciplinary project “Learning in Muse-
ums: Role of Media in Embedding of Exhibits” conducted by the Knowledge Me-
dia Research Center, Tuebingen, the Institute for Science Education, Kiel, and the
Deutsches Museum, Munich, all in Germany. It was funded by the “pact for research
and innovation” of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Parts of the considerations and results in this dissertation have been presented at the
following conferences:
• 2nd International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer-Aided
Learning 2007, Amman, Jordan
• JURE, Budapest 2007
• IADIS International Conference e-Learning 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
• 11. Fachtagung Pädagogische Psychologie 2008, Berlin, Germany
• International Conference of Psychology 2008, Berlin, Germany
• Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland
Parts of this dissertation have also been used in articles that are currently being (re)
written or submitted for publication — however, all these articles were written by me
as the first author.
eideSStattliche verSicherung
Hiermit erkläre ich, dass ich die beigefügte Dissertation selbstständig verfasst und
keine anderen als die angegebenen Hilfsmittel genutzt habe. Alle wörtlich oder in-
haltlich übernommenen Stellen habe ich als solche gekennzeichnet.
Mir ist bekannt, dass Unwahrhaftigkeiten hinsichtlich der vorstehenden Erklärung
die Zulassung zur Promotion ausschließen bzw. später zum Verfahrensabbruch oder
zur Rücknahme des erlangten Titels berechtigen.
ivI would like to thank the following persons:
my academic advisors Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedrich W. Hesse, Prof. Dr. Stephan Schwan, and
Dr. Carmen Zahn,
Eva M. Reussner, for the emotional support during my PhD thesis, for arranging the
loan of the exhibition “Nanodialogue”, which was used in my first study,
Tanja G. Baudson, for the emotional support during my PhD thesis and the excellent
proof-reading,
the workgroup “AG2 - Cybermedia”, for the opportunity to participate in their group
meetings, where I could learn a lot,
Eva Mayr, for the creation of additional information in the laboratory study and the
accompanying knowledge test, and Kristin Knipfer, for the valuable discussions,
Markus Armbruster, Sebastian Groteloh, Torsten Kurbad, and Kurt Langenbacher,
for their technical assistance with server (Studies 1 and 2) and wireless LAN
infrastructure (Study 1), and for the help in improving the cascading style sheets
of the exhibition webpage in Study 2,
Lars Kobbe, for showing me that JavaScript variables can be used to store user
information and that this information can be “exported” via a mailto-link, which
became a main aspect of my program for Study 2,
Viktoria Schuster for her help during the data acquisition of Study 1 when I was in
Amman,
the curators at the “Deutsches Museum Bonn”, for their permission to conduct the
study at the museum, the paper catalogue, the two floor plan sketches, and the
digital exhibit information, and its staff for their uncomplicated and friendly
cooperation,
my employers at the Knowledge Media Research Center, for hiring me to work on
this project and the opportunity to make many very interesting experiences at the
institute, in Tübingen, in other German cities, and abroad, and
the programmers of Circus Ponies Notebook and Keith Blount, the programmer
of the Scrivener writing software, for giving me the tools needed to write this
dissertation thesis.
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viContents
Abstract 1
Zusammenfassung 3
Intr oduction 5
QuestionsAddr essedinthePr esentDissertation 7
Overview of the Pr esentDissertation 7
Theor etical Backgr ound 9
Museums 9
Definition 9
1.AuthenticExhibits 9
2.Distribution inSpace 11
3.InformalSetting 11
ScienceandT echnologyMuseums 12
KnowledgeCommunicationinMuseums 12
V isitors 13
Museums as Settings forLear ning 14
V isitor Lear ning 17
V isitor Lear ning and DigitalMedia 19
V isitors’Inter est 20
Inter estfr omaPsychologicalPerspective 20
Situationalvs.Dispositional Inter est 22
Ef fects ofInter est 23
Measur ement ofInter est 25
SupportofInter est 26
Self-Regulation of Inter est 28
Inter estandMuseums 28
Pr eliminary Conclusion 31
Pr e-existing Resear chinMuseums 31
Question1:WhatMakesan ExhibitInter esting for a V isitor? 322:(How)CanInter estBeSupportedDuring the Museum V isit? 35
MobileMedia 36
PossibleNegative Ef fects of Mobile Devices 40
Question3:(How)CanInter estBeSupportedAfter the MuseumV isit? 45
Bookmarkingin Exhibitions 49
Resear chQuestionsandHypotheses 54
1.What Makes anExhibitInter esting? 54
I2.(How) Can Inter estBeSupportedDuringthe Museum V isit? 54
3.(How) Can Inter estBeAfterthe V isit? 55
OverviewoftheAnalysisStrategy 55
Challenges ofSettingandMedia 56
Resear ch inMuseums 56 ch withMobileMedia 56
Empirical Part 57
Study1:LaboratoryExhibition 57
Method 57
Design 57
Participants 59
SettingsandInstruments 59
LaboratoryExhibition: Nanodialogue 60
Mobile Device andPr ogramUsed 61
ExhibitionW ebsite 63
DependentMeasur es 65
Pr ocedur e 67
Results 68
General ResultsandPr econditionsforFurtherAnalysis 68
Sample 68
Manipulation Check 71
Question 1: WhatMakesanExhibit Inter esting? 73 2: (How) CanInter est BeSupported During the Museum V isit? 75
Comparisonof the Gr oups 75
Inter estEf fects During the Museum V isit 75
Question 3: (How) CanInter est BeSupported After theMuseumV isit? 80
Evaluation ofBookmarking 80
Use oftheExhibitionW ebpageAftertheMuseum V isit 82
Usage oftheBookmarksAftertheMuseum V isit 82
Reasonsfor Low Usageof W ebpage 82
KnowledgeCommunication Afterthe Museum V isit 83
EngagementintheT opicAfterthe V isit 85
Post-hocAnalysisof V isitors 85
Inter est overTime 89
Single-Item Question 89
Pair ed Comparisons 91
Discussion 93
General ResultsandPr er equisites for FurtherAnalysis 94
Question 1: WhatMakesanExhibit Inter esting? 95 2: (How) CanInter est BeSupported During the Museum V isit? 96
Question 3. (How) CanInter est Be After theV isit? 99
Inter est overTime 102
Conclusion 103
IIConnecting Study 1andStudy2 104
RationaleforConductingaSecond Study in aMuseum 104
LessonsLear nedfr omStudy1 105
Methodological Pr oblemsofConductingResear ch inaMuseum 106
Study2: Field Exhibition 108
Method 108
Design 108
SituationalConstraint 108
Participants 109
Settings andInstruments 110
Field Exhibition: Deutsches Museum Bonn 110
MobileDeviceandPr ogramUsed 114
ExhibitionW ebsite 116
DependentMeasur es 117
Questionnair es 117
V isit Duration 121
Measur eson themobiledevice (experimentalconditiononly) 121 esoftheExhibition W ebsite 121
A vailableMeasur esofSupportedInter est 122
Pr ocedur e 122
Results 124
General Results andPr er equisites forFurtherAnalyses 124
Sample 124
Participant Dr opoutovertheCourseoftheStudy 128
ManipulationCheck 129
Question1:What MakesanExhibitInter esting? 131
AnalysisStrategy forQuestion1 131
MostInter estingExhibit 132
ObjectiveFactorsofExhibits:InteractivityandLar geSize 133
LeastInter estingExhibit 134
OverlapBetweenMostandLeastInter esting Exhibits 135
SubjectiveFactors of Exhibits: V isitor -ExhibitRelation 135
Question2:(How)CanInter estBeSupported DuringtheMuseumV isit? 1433.(How)CanInter estBe AftertheV isit? 147
Usage of theBookmarkingFacilityof the Device 147
Evaluation of Bookmarking 149 of theExhibitionW ebsite 150
Usage of the W ebpage AftertheMuseumV isit 151 of theBookmarksAfterthe MuseumV isit 151
Engagement in the T opicAftertheV isit and KnowledgeCommunication 153
Inter estintheT opicSixW eeksAfter the Museum V isit 153
Post-hocAnalysisofV isitors 154
Discussion 157
General Results andPr er equisites forFurtherAnalysis 157
StudySample 157
OtherFactors 159
Question1:What MakesanExhibitInter esting? 1612:(How)CanInter estBeSupported DuringtheMuseumV isit? 166
IIIQuestion 3: (How) CanInter est BeSupported After theMuseumV isit? 169
Conclusion 173
General Discussion 174
Resear chQuestionsandthe W ay They W er eAddr essed 174
1.WhatMakes an Exhibit Inter esting? 174
2.(How) Can Inter estBeSupportedDuringthe Museum V isit? 175
3.(How) Can Inter estBeAfterthe V isit? 175
Question1: