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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... training to initiate mobile learning programs. Non-sustainable programs mean that investment will be wasted and further innovation will be threatened. The complexity of sustainable mobile learning programs is further exacerbated by the ...
... learning with mobile devices: Key challenges WAN NG AND HOWARD NICHOLAS 2 Sustaining the unsustainable: Reframing global learning ... sustainable mobile learning through student-owned devices and student-generated multimedia content LAUREL ...
... sustainable model for mobile learning 2.1 The new open system of the classroom 2.2 Unfreezing the current meta-stable institutional system (context for mobile learning) 4.1 The M5ESC environment 4.2a The MyDesk teacher portal 4.2b The ...
... mobile technologies in higher education, issues of ethics and sustainability in mobile learning, collaborative learning, and the adoption of mobile technologies by Indigenous people. She has provided leadership in mobile learning ...
... learning. This commitment has also resulted in a number of publications on ... mobile learning research and innovative practice. She is Past President of the ... sustainable impact on students' learning. She is also interested in how ...
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 |