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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... AND ANNETTE RAHN 11 Achieving sustainable mobile learning through student-owned devices and student-generated multimedia content LAUREL EVELYN DYSON Index List of figures and tables Figures 1.1 Person-centred sustainable model.
... multimedia content approaches, both of which are widely accepted as learnercentred pedagogies. By using two case studies that have achieved sustainability for more than five years, the author discusses the sustainability of the ...
... multimedia (MMS) messages, to the smartphone with 3G/4G wireless mobile Internet services and additional capabilities for instant text messaging, voice messaging and video calling features, streaming, global positioning systems (GPS) ...
... Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Still picture camera MP3 music player 2.5G data access Front and rear-facing video cameras (for video calls) Larger screen and memory capability Faster processor, enabling video playback Touchscreen ...
... multimedia applications and sufficiently powerful servers to manage multiple devices. In connecting back to economic sustainability, planning needs to consider future network growth and budget for it, as new applications will demand ...
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 | |
Other editions - View all
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 |