Towards a role framework for mobile devices in educational contexts

Author

Anwar, Kazi Arif

Author_Institution

Ontario Inst. for Studies in Educ., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

26-27 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

199

Abstract

What is the role of mobile devices in education? Mobile phone ownership has proliferated at an explosive rate over the last decade. The entrenchment of this technology in everyday life necessitates a critical examination of the roles it can play in education. A varied cross-section of case studies in mobile education was selected and analyzed with the primary aim of providing a critical landscape of mobile education and the secondary aim of extrapolating frameworks from usage patterns. Exemplar case studies were reviewed for insight into mobile education and synthesized into a framework using meta-ethnography. The framework consists of three usage categories: Accessing Learning, Enhancing Learning, and Managing Learning.

Keywords

mobile handsets; telecommunication engineering education; accessing learning; educational contexts; enhancing learning; managing learning; meta-ethnography; mobile devices; mobile education; mobile phone; role framework; Consumer electronics; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Internet; Marketing and sales; Microcomputers; Mobile handsets; Personal digital assistants; Portable media players; Smart phones; Cell Phones; Education; Learning; Mobile; Mobile Phones; Portable; Technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3877-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3878-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444508

Filename

5444508