1st Edition

Sustaining Mobile Learning Theory, research and practice

Edited By Wan Ng, Therese M. Cumming Copyright 2016
260 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Foreword

Professor John Traxler

Preface

Chapters

1 Sustaining innovation in learning with mobile devices: Key challenges

Wan Ng and Howard Nicholas

2 Sustaining the unsustainable: Reframing global learning for the 21st century

Tim Best, Scott Walthour, and Teresa Franklin

3 Waypoints along learning journeys in a mobile world

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and Mike Sharples

4 Professional development for sustaining a mobile learning-enabled curriculum

Chee-Kit Looi, Daner Sun, Longkai Wu, and Lung-Hsiang Wong

5 Sustaining mobile learning at a personal level: Mobile digital literacy

Wan Ng

6 Supporting sustainability and innovation of mobile learning in a UK higher education institution

Tim Goodchild and Andy Ramsden

7 Sustaining mobile learning in inclusive environments: A universal design for learning approach Therese M. Cumming, Iva Strnadová, Roselyn Dixon, and Irina Verenikina

8 Sustaining learning with mobile devices through educational design for teaching presence

Caroline Walta and Howard Nicholas

9 Sustaining mobile learning with pervasive game: An example of cultural history exploration

Ju-Ling Shih, Jyun-Fong Guo, and Cheng-ping Chen

10 Augmented reality: Sustaining iPad-facilitated visualisation pedagogy in nursing

Hanne Wacher Kjaergaard, Lars Peter Bech Kjeldsen, and Annette Rahn

11 Achieving sustainable mobile learning through student-owned devices and student-generated multimedia content

Laurel Evelyn Dyson

Biography

Wan Ng is Associate Professor in Technology Education and Science Education at the University of Technology, Sydney, 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 the University of New South Wales, Australia. As part of the School of Education's Special Education Research Group, Therese's research is focused on using iPads to support individuals with disabilities.