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Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Tools and Research Designs
Author(s): Giasemi Vavoula (Editor), Norbert Pachler (Editor), Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (Editor)
- Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
- Publication Date: 7 May 2009
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 397 pages
- ISBN-10: 3039118323
- ISBN-13: 9783039118328
Book Description
Learning with mobile technologies is an emerging field with a developing research agenda and many questions surrounding the suitability of traditional research methods to investigate and evaluate the new learning experiences associated with mobility and support for increasingly informal learning. This book sets out the issues and requirements for mobile learning research, and presents recent efforts to specify appropriate theoretical frameworks, research methods and tools. Through their accounts of particular mobile learning projects, leading researchers in the field present their experiences and approaches to key aspects of mobile learning research such as data capture and analysis, and offer structured guidance and suggestions on adopting and extending these approaches.
Editorial Reviews
Review
«(…) this book represents a valuable resource for mobile learning researchers, and I would highly recommend it to all those working in this field. It should certainly be in the library of any institution where mobile learning research takes place.» (David Parsons, International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning)
About the Author
The Editors: Giasemi Vavoula is RCUK Academic Fellow in Learning and Visitor Studies at the Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK.
Norbert Pachler is Reader in Education and Co-director of the Centre for Excellence in Work-based Learning for Education Professionals at the Institute of Education, London.
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK. Since 2001, she has led several projects on mobile learning innovation in the UK.
Norbert Pachler is Reader in Education and Co-director of the Centre for Excellence in Work-based Learning for Education Professionals at the Institute of Education, London.
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK. Since 2001, she has led several projects on mobile learning innovation in the UK.
