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Mobile Web 2.0: Bridging Learning Contexts

Mobile Web 2.0: Bridging Learning Contexts

Thomas Cochrane
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781605668826|ISBN10: 1605668826|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616924263|EISBN13: 9781605668833
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-882-6.ch007
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Cochrane, Thomas. "Mobile Web 2.0: Bridging Learning Contexts." Architectures for Distributed and Complex M-Learning Systems: Applying Intelligent Technologies, edited by Santi Caballé, et al., IGI Global, 2010, pp. 123-151. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-882-6.ch007

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Cochrane, T. (2010). Mobile Web 2.0: Bridging Learning Contexts. In S. Caballé, F. Xhafa, T. Daradoumis, & A. Juan (Eds.), Architectures for Distributed and Complex M-Learning Systems: Applying Intelligent Technologies (pp. 123-151). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-882-6.ch007

Chicago

Cochrane, Thomas. "Mobile Web 2.0: Bridging Learning Contexts." In Architectures for Distributed and Complex M-Learning Systems: Applying Intelligent Technologies, edited by Santi Caballé, et al., 123-151. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-882-6.ch007

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Abstract

Blogs, wikis, podcasting, and a host of free, easy to use Web 2.0 social software provide opportunities for creating social constructivist learning environments focusing upon student-centred learning and end-user content creation and sharing. Building on this foundation, mobile Web 2.0 has emerged as a viable teaching and learning environment, particularly with the advent of the iPhone (nicknamed “the Jesus phone”) and iPod Touch. Today’s wifi enabled smartphones provide a ubiquitous connection to mobile Web 2.0 social software and the ability to view, create, edit, and upload user generated Web 2.0 content. This chapter explores the potential of wireless mobile devices and Web 2.0 (social software) to create social constructivist learning environments that bridge multiple learning contexts. The chapter provides an overview of current literature in the field, and discusses the pedagogical design of six example mobile Web 2.0 trials undertaken during 2007 and 2008 as part of research into the potential of mobile Web 2.0 to enhance tertiary education. The trials were based in three different courses and illustrate the application and integration of mobile Web 2.0 to bridge a range of learning contexts. The chapter argues that wireless mobile devices can be used to intentionally create disruptive learning environments that facilitate a social constructivist approach to teaching and learning.

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