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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... 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 ...
... application of Sociocultural Psychology and Activity Theory to the study of the effective use of digital technologies in teaching and learning in various educational contexts, such as early childhood education, special education ...
... applications of mobile technologies have 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 of mobile learning is a crucial ...
... application of augmented reality in the teaching of highly complex anatomical and physiological subject matter in nursing education. They present a case study and discuss issues and factors that sustain mobile-facilitated augmented ...
... applications (apps), at least in those places where apps have also been locally developed to address challenges such as affordability and literacy. Kelly and Minges (2012) further added that we are now only seeing the beginning of the ...
Contents
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Reframing global learning for the twentyfirst century | 26 |
3 Waypoints along learning journeys in a mobile world | 43 |
4 Professional development for sustaining a mobile learningenabled curriculum | 57 |
Mobile digital literacy | 85 |
6 Supporting sustainability and innovation of mobile learning in a UK higher education institution | 108 |
A universal design for learning approach | 127 |
8 Sustaining learning with mobile devices through educational design for teaching presence | 149 |
An example of cultural history exploration | 173 |
Sustaining iPadfacilitated visualisation pedagogy in nursing | 193 |
11 Achieving sustainable mobile learning through studentowned devices and studentgenerated multimedia content | 212 |
Index | 227 |
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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 |