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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... ROUTLEDGE RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION Sustaining Mobile Learning Theory , research and practice Edited by Wan Ng and Therese M. Cumming ROUTLEDGE B Sustaining Mobile Learning Mobile technologies are one of the fastest. Front Cover.
Theory, research and practice Wan Ng, Therese M. Cumming. Sustaining. Mobile. Learning. Mobile technologies are one of the fastest growing areas of technology in education. For learners, they offer an appealing opportunity to transcend ...
... teaching in the university and adult education sector, where she seeks to create innovative ways of engaging students and improving learning outcomes using a highly student-centred and interactive approach. She first became interested in ...
... mobile learning research and innovative practice. She is Past President of the International Association for Mobile Learning and serves on the editorial boards of several journals including the International Journal of Mobile and Blended ...
... education. His work with Wan Ng has explored diverse aspects of learning with mobile devices in schools and higher education including studies of how learners' use of mobile devices can capture their thinking and the challenges for ...
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 |