Work-Based Mobile Learning: Concepts and Cases - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3039119826 ISBN 13: 9783039119820

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2010

Synopsis

The increasing use of mobile devices in work contexts has the potential to alter our work and learning practices. This is particularly true for knowledge workers. In addressing the implications of this transformation the book offers a multi-faceted collection of different concepts and cases of mobile learning in work environments from international contexts. The contributions are centred on the question of how individual users and organisations can harness mobile devices for learning and education. The range of examples presented in this book demonstrates that mobile devices foster situated approaches to learning in and across work contexts. The book is targeted at both practitioners – trainers or managers in charge of in-company training – and researchers, who are interested in designing, implementing or evaluating work-based mobile learning.

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About the Author

Norbert Pachler is Professor of Education and Pro-Director: Professional Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. He is also the convenor of the London Mobile Learning Group. His research interests include foreign language pedagogy, teacher education and development, and new technologies in education. He has published widely in these fields.
Christoph Pimmer is a research fellow at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He has worked on several projects in the field of technology-enhanced learning and mobile learning. His current research interest includes work-based mobile learning with a particular focus on mobile learning in clinical settings.
Judith Seipold is a professional in the field of media education. Her current research is on mobile learning as agentive and meaningful activity in school and everyday life.

Review

«Pachler and colleagues present a very timely collection of articles describing cases and educational perspectives concerning the use and potential for mobile devices, in particular cellphones, as tools in workplace education settings. [...] This is a most informative book tackling up-to-the-minute issues which educators moving into the mobile realm need to consider urgently.» (Dr Robyn Smyth, British Journal of Educational Technology)

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3039119826
• ISBN 13: 9783039119820
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 403
• Editor: Pachler Norbert, Pimmer Christoph, Seipold Judith