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Using Smartphone Technology in Environmental Sustainability Education: The Case of the Maasai Mara Region in Kenya

Using Smartphone Technology in Environmental Sustainability Education: The Case of the Maasai Mara Region in Kenya

James Dogbey, Cassie Quigley, Megan Che, Jeffrey Hallo
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 6 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 1941-8647|EISSN: 1941-8655|EISBN13: 9781466655539|DOI: 10.4018/ijmbl.2014010101
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Dogbey, James, et al. "Using Smartphone Technology in Environmental Sustainability Education: The Case of the Maasai Mara Region in Kenya." IJMBL vol.6, no.1 2014: pp.1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijmbl.2014010101

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Dogbey, J., Quigley, C., Che, M., & Hallo, J. (2014). Using Smartphone Technology in Environmental Sustainability Education: The Case of the Maasai Mara Region in Kenya. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 6(1), 1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijmbl.2014010101

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Dogbey, James, et al. "Using Smartphone Technology in Environmental Sustainability Education: The Case of the Maasai Mara Region in Kenya," International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) 6, no.1: 1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijmbl.2014010101

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Abstract

This study engaged key stakeholders in an economically and environmentally fragile region in Kenya in a unique, interdisciplinary, and integrative approach to explore the extent to which the use of smartphone technology helps access the environmental values and sustainability perspectives of the people of the Maasai land. The results of the study indicate that the participants' environmental values and sustainability perspectives, exposed through photovoices, pertain mainly to issues regarding livestock grazing, deforestation, soil erosion, wildlife and human co-habitation, waste management, afforestation, and the conservation of the natural vegetation. A common theme permeating the participants' photovoices was their awareness of the intertwining effects of these major environmental issues on the environment. The results also suggest a strong understanding of ecological compositions and connections in the environment by the participants.

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