Monday, August 08, 2005

Mobile learning

NESTA Futurelab is an initiative of NESTA (the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts)in the U.K.In a report for NESTA Futurelab,Laura Naismith,Peter Lonsdale,Giasemi Vavoula,Mike Sharples,of the University of Birmingham have produced this literature review of mobile learning.The forward to the report says,"this review provides a rich vision of the current and potential future developments in this area.It moves away from the dominant view of mobile learning as an isolated activity to explore mobile learning as a rich,collaborative and conversational experience,whether in classrooms,homes or the streets of a city.It asks how we might draw on existing theories of learning to help us evaluate the most relevant applications of mobile technologies in education.It describes outstanding projects currently under development in the UK and around the world and it explores what the future might hold for learning with mobile technologies".

Literature Review in Mobile Technologies and Learning

[Learning about mobile learning]

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