ABSTRACT

Winner of the AECT Division of Distance Learning (DDL) Distance Education Book Award!

This handbook provides a comprehensive compendium of research in all aspects of mobile learning, one of the most significant ongoing global developments in the entire field of education. Rather than focus on specific technologies, expert authors discuss how best to utilize technology in the service of improving teaching and learning.

For more than a decade, researchers and practitioners have been exploring this area of study as the growing popularity of smartphones, tablets, and other such devices, as well as the increasingly sophisticated applications for these devices, has allowed educators to accommodate and support an increasingly mobile society. This handbook provides the first authoritative account of the theory and research that underlies mobile learning, while also exemplifying models of current and future practice.

part I|141 pages

Foundations and Future

chapter 1|12 pages

A Historical Overview of M-Learning

Toward Learner-Centered Education

chapter 5|11 pages

Mobile Learning

New Approach, New Theory

chapter 7|12 pages

Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions

A Theory for Mobile Education

chapter 8|13 pages

A Future for M-Learning

chapter 9|14 pages

Seamless Learning

An International Perspective on Next-Generation Technology-Enhanced Learning

chapter 12|13 pages

Mobile Learning Across Developing and Developed Worlds

Tackling Distance, Digital Divides, Disadvantage, Disenfranchisement

part II|102 pages

Learning and Learner Support

chapter 13|10 pages

Mobile Learners

Who are They and Who Will They Become?

chapter 17|9 pages

The Power of the Personal

Discovering the M in M-Learning

chapter 19|15 pages

The “Reflective Student”

The Use of Mobile Devices Through Seamless Educational Spaces and Authentic Learning Scenarios

chapter 20|10 pages

Museums

Gateways to Mobile Learning

part III|124 pages

Teaching and Instructional Design

chapter 27|11 pages

Teachers' Tools

Designing Customizable Applications for M-Learning Activities

chapter 29|17 pages

Three-Dimension Design for Mobile Learning

Pedagogical, Design, and Technological Considerations and Implications

chapter 30|10 pages

Mobile Assessment

State of the Art

chapter 31|13 pages

mMOOC Design

Ubiquitous, Open Learning in the Cloud

part IV|76 pages

Policies, Administration, and Management

chapter 34|10 pages

So We Had This Idea

Bring Your Own Technology at Brebeuf Jesuit

chapter 37|9 pages

Accessibility in M-Learning

Ensuring Equal Access

part V|183 pages

Cases and Perspectives

chapter 41|10 pages

Becoming a Digital Nomad 1

Transforming Education Through Mobile Devices

chapter 42|14 pages

Mobile-Medicine Praxis

chapter 44|13 pages

M-Learning During Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes

An Australian Story

chapter 46|11 pages

How Mobile Learning Facilitates Student Engagement

A Case Study from the Teaching of Spanish

chapter 51|11 pages

Teachers as Learners

Concerns and Perceptions About Using Cell Phones in South African Rural Communities

chapter 52|14 pages

From Mxit to Dr Math

chapter 53|11 pages

Mobile Learning Games for Low-Income Children in India

Lessons from 2004–2009