Sustaining Mobile Learning: Theory, research and practiceWan Ng, Therese M. Cumming Mobile technologies are one of the fastest growing areas of technology in education. For learners, they offer an appealing opportunity to transcend teacher-defined knowledge and approaches by being able to access multiple, alternative sources of information anytime and anywhere. While the pace of engagement with and research into the educational applications of mobile technologies has picked up dramatically in the last decade, there is no consolidated view of how to sustain the practices or opportunities that are being explored. Sustainability is a complex but crucial issue in mobile learning as educational institutions are usually required to make substantial investments in mobile devices and associated technologies, time and training to initiate mobile learning programs. The complexity of sustainable mobile learning programs is further exacerbated by the fast pace of change of digital technologies, where with every change, new possibilities are opened up and investments required. In addition, educators are still attempting to reconcile institutions of formal education with informal mobile learning. The book addresses these issues, with a particular focus on:
Presenting new research alongside theoretical models and ideas for practice, the book will appeal to researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of education and mobile learning, as well as those working in teacher education. |
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... Australia. She has researched mobile learning for over a decade and has published widely in this area, including an edited book on innovative mobile learning pedagogy. Therese M. Cumming is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at ...
... Australia. She has earned her PhD and MEd in Special Education (EBD) from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and her BSED Special Education from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include: educational ...
... Australian and New Zealand Mobile Learning Group. She is a qualified adult educator and has over 25 years of ... Australia and New Zealand. As president of anzMLearn, she conducts the annual Mobile Learning Research Workshop, and ...
... Australia. Her technology education research interest lies largely in innovative pedagogies enabled by digital ... Australian Government-funded $1.64 million Smart Science Initiative project that embraces a gamified, adaptive learning ...
... (Australia) and in 2013–4 was Visiting Professor of English Language Education at Paderborn University (Germany). His research interests include second language acquisition and plurilingualism, language policy and multilingual education ...
Contents
Waypoints along learning journeys in a mobile world | |
AGNES KUKULSKAHULME AND MIKE SHARPLES | |
CHEEKIT LOOI DANER SUN LONGKAI WU AND LUNGHSIANG WONG | |
Supporting sustainability and innovation of mobile learning in a UK higher | |
TIM GOODCHILD AND ANDY RAMSDEN | |
CAROLINE WALTA AND HOWARD NICHOLAS | |
JULING SHIH JYUNFONG GUO AND CHENGPING CHEN | |
HANNE WACHER KJÆRGAARD LARS PETER BECH KJELDSEN AND ANNETTE RAHN | |
Index | |
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Sustaining Mobile Learning: Theory, research and practice Wan Ng,Therese M. Cumming Limited preview - 2015 |
Sustaining Mobile Learning: Theory, Research and Practice Wan Ng,Therese M. Cumming No preview available - 2017 |