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The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education

ISBN: 978-1-118-07265-3
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144 pages
October 2011, Jossey-Bass
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List of Figures vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

About the Author xiii

1 TheMobile Revolution 1

Context 1

Related Experiences 3

Why Higher Education Needs to Pay Attention 4

The Rest of This Book 5

Practice 6

2 Foundations: Mobile 7

Devices 7

Of Platforms and Processing Power 17

Four C’S and Thinking Differently 17

Definition 21

Summary 22

Practice 22

3 Foundations: Learning 23

Making Learning Work 26

Beyond the Basics 33

Summary 37

Practice 37

4 Administration ‘‘To Go’’ 39

Principles 41

Delivery 44

Summary 46

Practice 47

Task Checklist 47

5 Content Is King 49

Media 49

Media Specifics 56

Accessing 58

Summary 61

Practice 61

Content Form 61

6 Practice: Interactivity and Assessment 63

Design 63

Interactions 67

Meta-learning 73

Summary 74

Practice 74

Category Checklist 75

7 Going Social 77

Learning Interactions 78

Social Media 81

Meta-learning 83

Summary 84

Practice 85

Channel Checklist 85

8 Going Beyond 87

Augmented Reality 87

Alternate Reality 89

Adaptive Delivery 91

Moving Forward 93

Practice 94

9 Getting Going: Organizational Issues 95

Design 95

Development 96

Implementation 98

Policies 100

You Gotta Be in It to Get It 102

Practice 104

Bibliography 105

Index 111

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