Archive for March, 2009
March 27, 2009 in 3rd WLE Mobile Learning Symposium
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We installed an online survey on www.surveymonkey.com and would be glad if you took some time to participate in the evaluation. It would take you just a couple of minutes to fill in the form.
The URL is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BckMQVRjwOhYK9GkjbR5CQ_3d_3d
Thanks for your co-operation!
March 13, 2009 in Have a say
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March 6, 2009 in AERA 2009 Symposium
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‘Towards a Cultural Ecology of Mobile Learning’, by Norbert Pachler, Institute of Education, London
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March 6, 2009 in AERA 2009 Symposium
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‘A Social Semiotic Account of (Mobile) Learning’, by Elisabetta Adami, University of Verona.
March 6, 2009 in AERA 2009 Symposium
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‘Appropriation: the Adoption of Mobile Devices for New Cultural Practices’, by John Cook, LTRI
March 6, 2009 in AERA 2009 Symposium
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‘Pedagogical Issues and Mobile Learning’, by Ben Bachmair, University of Kassel, Germany
March 6, 2009 in AERA 2009 Symposium
Tags: appropriation, cultural practices, interdisciplinarity, mobile devices, mobile learning, pedagogy, research, social semiotics, socio-cultural ecology | No Comments »
Symposium proposal entitled “Outside in and inside out: interdisciplinarity and mobile learning research” accepted for AERA 2009.
The Symposium will take place on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 from 16.05 – 17.35 hours in the San Diego Marriott Hotel.
Sessions:
‘Pedagogical Issues and Mobile Learning’, by Ben [...]
March 6, 2009 in CAL 2009 Symposium
Tags: assimilation, convergence, curriculum, expertise, habitus, lifestyle, school | No Comments »
‘Curricular assimilation of conflicting mobile expertises into [...]
March 6, 2009 in CAL 2009 Symposium
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‘Smartphones: a social semiotic view and implications for their use in formal education’, by Norbert Pachler, Institute [...]
March 6, 2009 in CAL 2009 Symposium
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‘Appropriation of mobile phones for learning’, by John Cook, LTRI
March 6, 2009 in CAL 2009 Symposium
Tags: appropriation, convergence, cultural resource, curriculum, digital media, expertise, habitus, life world, lifestyle, media education, mobile learning, school, social semiotics, socio-cultural ecology | No Comments »
Symposium proposal entitled “Outside in, inside out? Digital media as cultural resources for learning” accepted for CAL 09 (Convenor: John Cook).
The Symposium will take place on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 from 13.15 – 14.35 hours in the Hilton Metropole Brighton.
Individual papers accepted as part of [...]
March 6, 2009 in Keynotes
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Abstract
Physically-based content-centred publishers, such as in music, books, film, and news have been struggling to adjust to radical changes brought on by digitisation of content, the spread of the Web, and the decentralisation of the creation and distribution of content. The publishers of scientific journals are just one more traditional print-based business built around the [...]
March 6, 2009 in Keynotes
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Designing effective mobile applications for education is challenging, especially when students are situated in remote locations or complex workplaces. Many research projects in this field report on the difficulties encountered by users. Our experience has been that research findings are often confusing and sometimes conflicting. This paper attempts to move beyond the issues and to [...]
March 6, 2009 in Track 3
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This poster/demonstration aims to introduce Mo-LeaP - the mobile learning projects database (a service provided by the London Mobile Learning Group [LMLG] via www.londonmobilelearning.net/moleap), which is a public and free of charge online database for people interested in mobile learning practice and theories. Projects, applications, projects resources, and reviews of them can be submitted [...]
March 6, 2009 in Track 3
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This paper is mainly supposed to awaken fresh ideas and new point of views how do we see and comprehend learning while the flood of information is passing by. As far as I can see the current has been too strong at least for two decades to be controlled by any administrator or politican. Should [...]
March 6, 2009 in Track 3
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Mobility is at the heart of mobile learning, but we do not yet fully understand its implications. If mobility is ascribed, a priori, a positive value, then how does that influence our understanding of the potential of mobile learning? It is argued that we need to re-examine, in a mobile age, received wisdom concerning the [...]
March 6, 2009 in Track 3
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This paper describes the scenarios generated in one of a series of discussion workshops exploring visions of how mobile and pervasive technologies and devices will influence the future practice of students and staff in Higher Education and Further Education. This particular workshop focused on work based learning for students on placement, for example in industrial, [...]
March 6, 2009 in Track 3
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The research presented here will share the insights and results that have developed from a doctoral study in progress, which examines individual and group study habits & learning practices. The results of this study provide foresight into emergent practices regarding formal and informal study/learning contexts. Furthermore, this research demonstrates that the future of learning [...]
March 6, 2009 in Track 3
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This paper presents the theoretical background and the design concept of a teacher support online discussion board “mSchool” that aims to promote and facilitate the use of mobile phones as a curricular resource. The focus is on educational applications that can be implemented with students’ mobile phones and with no additional costs.
The project guidelines are [...]