They typically consist of graphics, texts, audio clips, and video that have been sourced from various media such as blogs, wikis, YouTube, Google Maps, etc., into a new product.
[1] Remix is a related term, referring to how data sources have been combined to produce a constellation of elements that were not originally intended by the creators.
As a result, mashups provide pedagogical opportunities, among them, as a tool within the constructivist approach to learning and also a way of teaching digital literacy, science, social studies, video production, and web development.
[7] On the internet learners access free development platforms such as Yahoo’s Pipes, Google Mashup Editor, and Microsoft’s Popfly.
[10] The goals of this project were not only learning video editing skills, but also "raise[ing] awareness of copyright issues and how to obtain media online from public sources".
Because research can be displayed on interactive graphs, charts, or maps to clarify difficult concepts for the learners [12] through a mashup, they can serve as dynamic learning materials for students to use in the classroom.