Free Online Book on Mobile Learning

A new edited online book on mobile learning is available from the University of Wollongong, Faculty of Education, in Australia. Entitled New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education, it is available as a free download. Here is the table of contents:

Table of Contents

1 – Introduction: Using mobile technologies to develop new ways of teaching and learning – Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney and Brian Ferry

2 – Professional development: Faculty development for new technologies: Putting mobile learning in the hands of the teachers, Geraldine Lefoe, Ian Olney, Rob Wright and Anthony Herrington

3 – Adult education: Using a smartphone to create digital teaching episodes as resources in adult education, Anthony Herrington

4 – Early childhood education: Digital story telling using iPods, Ian Olney, Jan Herrington and Irina Verenikina

5 – Environmental education: Using mobile phones to enhance teacher learning in environmental education, Brian Ferry

6 – Information technology education: Incorporating mobile technologies within constructivist-based curriculum resources, Anthony Herrington

7 – Language and literacy education: Using iPods to capture professional dialogue between early career teachers to enrich reflective practice, Jessica Mantei and Lisa Kervin

8 – Mathematics education: Role of mobile digital technology in fostering the construction of pedagogical and content knowledge of mathematics, Mohan Chinnappan

9 – Physical education: Using iPods to enhance the teaching of games in physical education, Greg Forrest

10 – Reflective practice: Collaborative gathering, evaluating and communicating ‘wisdom’ using iPods, Lisa Kervin and Jessica Mantei

11 – Science education: Using mobile phone cameras to capture images for slowmations: Student-generated science animations, Garry Hoban

12 – Visual arts education: Art on the move: Mobility – a way of life, Ian Brown

13 – Design principles: Design principles for mobile learning, Anthony Herrington, Jan Herrington and Jessica Mantei  (GW)

 New Online Book on Mobile Learning | Ignatia Webs | June 14, 2009

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