eBook on Mobile Learning
The collection, Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training, is for anyone interested in the use of mobile technology for various distance learning applications. Readers will discover how to design learning materials for delivery on mobile technology and become familiar with the best practices of other educators, trainers, and researchers in the field, as well as the most recent initiatives in mobile learning research. Businesses and governments can learn how to deliver timely information to staff using mobile devices. Professors can use this book as a textbook for courses on distance education, mobile learning, and educational technology.
Published under a Creative Commons License, the book has been edited by Mohamed Ally, a Professor in the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University, where he teaches and researches the educational uses of mobile technology, mobile libraries, and workplace learning. [Via]
Buy it from here, or download the complete book from here, or get each chapter by clicking on the link in the table of contents below:
Part one: Advances in Mobile Learning
Chapter 1: Current State of Mobile Learning / John Traxler
Chapter 2: A Model for Framing Mobile Learning / Marguerite L. Koole
Part two: Research on Mobile Learning
Chapter 3: Mobile Distance Learning with PDAs
Chapter 4: Using Mobile Learning to Enhance the Quality of Nursing Practice Education
Chapter 5: Informal Learning Evidence in Online Communities of Mobile Device Enthusiasts
Chapter 6: M-learning: Positioning Educators for a Mobile, Connected Future
Part three: Applications of Mobile Learning
Chapter 7: Practitioners as Innovators: Emergent Practice in Personal Mobile Teaching, Learning, Work, and Leisure
Chapter 8: Design and Development of Multimedia Learning Objects for Mobile Phones
Chapter 9: From E-learning to Mobile Learning: New Opportunities
Chapter 10: MobilED – Mobile Tools and Services Platform for Formal and Informal Learning
Chapter 11: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of M-learning within an International Distance Education Programme
Chapter 12: Using Mobile Technologies for Multimedia Tours in a Traditional Museum Setting
Chapter 13: Use of Mobile Technology for Teacher Training
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