The London Mobile Learning Group (LMLG) brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of researchers from the fields of cultural and media studies, sociology, (social) semiotics, pedagogy, educational technology, work-based learning and learning design. The group has developed a theoretical and conceptual framework for mobile learning around the notion of cultural ecology. The analytical engagement with mobile learning of the group takes the shape of a conceptual model in which educational uses of mobile technologies are viewed in ecological terms as part of a cultural and pedagogical context in transformation.
"Mobile Technologies in Lifelong Learning: best practices", is a one year project funded by the European Commission.
The key concepts in MOTILL are Lifelong Learning and Mobile Technologies. The MOTILL project investigates how these technologies may impact on the diffusion of a social model where learning and knowledge are accessible to all, regardless of social and economic background, age, gender, religion, ethnicity or disability
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Ensemble is a project co-funded by the European Union within the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
It's a Multilateral project - Key activity 3 - Development of ICT-based content and services
Using portable computing devices (such as iPads, laptops, tablet PCs, PDAs, and smart phones) with wireless networks enables mobility and mobile learning, allowing teaching and learning to extend to spaces beyond the traditional classroom. Within the classroom, mobile learning gives instructors and learners increased flexibility and new opportunities for interaction.
Industry Fellow Carly Shuler draws on interviews with mobile learning experts as well as current research and industry trends to illustrate how mobile devices might be more broadly used for learning. Examining more than 25 handheld learning products and research projects in the U.S.
Higher education historically has focused on instructors teaching rather than students learning, an ineffective approach that could seriously hamper the promise of mobile learning. Successful student learning emerges from active engagement, connection to the students' prior knowledge, and simulation of real world experiences - all facilitated by engaging learners' senses through multimedia.
The literature database of the London Mobile Learning Group (LMLG) contains a vast range of references with a wider relevance to mobile learning. Besides the almost 400 references that were cited in the book 'Mobile Learning: Structures, Agency, Practices' (Springer, 2010) this resource contains approximately 1400 additional references.
Professor John Traxler (University of Wolverhampton) has collected together a range of case studies that show how using different 'mobile learning' devices can enhance the learning of pupils This publication has been written and edited for the education community in UK higher education.
Read on Issuu The Mobile Learning infoKit is a developing resource from JISC infoNet launched at ALT-C 2011 alongside the new JISC publication Emerging Practice in a Digital Age (September 2011).
This issue of Journal for Computer Assisted Learning compiles a selection of insightful papers and research on the impact of mobile technology on literacy.
The effect of text messaging on children's reading and spelling abilities has received particular media attention. Yet despite fears that the use of abbreviations can undermine reading and writing skills, recent research has shown that extra exposure to word composition outside of school can actually improve literacy.
Menu Ensemble booklet EN - Mobile learning to promote social inclusion The Ensemble Project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This site reflects the views only of the partnership, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
MoULe is an on-line environment for collaborative learning; by integrating smart phones and portable devices, it enables educational activities based on the exploration of a geographical place.
'MyMobile: Education on the move' responds to the current trend toward individualisation in mobile and network communication. It reacts to today's socio-cultural and technological developments, in which computers, laptops and mobile phones provide ubiquitous individual access to communication, entertainment, shopping, internet, media offerings or knowledge archives. However, dispositions to and egrees of access differ greatly. Considering the dynamic development of the smartphone sector and e-learning, there is an urgent need for a constructive response in adult education toward enabling specific target groups to participate in the digital world.