Colleagues/

 

A New Creative Commons/Open Access Book For Those On The Go Or On The
Move [:-)]

 

/Gerry 

 

Mobile Learning: Transforming The Delivery Of Education And Training /
Edited by Mohamed Ally 

 

March 2009 / 978-1-897425-44-2 (e-book) / 978-1-897425-43-5 (SC) /
$39.95

 

Download the entire book OR Select a Chapter Or Section

 

FRONT MATTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS / FOREWORD / CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS /
INTRODUCTION

 

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: Development and Testing
of Pedagogical and System Solutions Supporting Mobile Distance Learners
/ Torstein Rekkedal and Aleksander Dye

 

Chapter 4 / Using Mobile Learning to Enhance the Quality of Nursing
Practice Education / Richard F. Kenny, Caroline Park, Jocelyne M. C. Van
Neste-Kenny, Pamela A. Burton, and Jan Meiers

 

Chapter 5 / Informal Learning Evidence in Online Communities of Mobile
Device Enthusiasts / Gill Clough, Ann C. Jones, Patrick McAndrew, and
Eileen Scanlon

 

Chapter 6 / M-learning: Positioning Educators for a Mobile, Connected
Future / Kristine Peters

 

PART THREE: Applications of Mobile Learning

 

Chapter 7 / Practitioners as Innovators: Emergent Practice in Personal
Mobile Teaching, Learning, Work, and Leisure / Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and
John Pettit

 

Chapter 8 / Design and Development of Multimedia Learning Objects for
Mobile Phones / Claire Bradley, Richard Haynes, John Cook, Tom Boyle,
and Carl Smith

 

Chapter 9 / From E-learning to Mobile Learning: New Opportunities /
Michelle Pieri and Davide Diamantini

 

Chapter 10 / MobilED - Mobile Tools and Services Platform for Formal and
Informal Learning / Merryl Ford and Teemu Leinonen

 

Chapter 11 / Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of M-learning
within an International Distance Education Programme / Jon Gregson and
Dolf Jordaan

 

Chapter 12 / Using Mobile Technologies for Multimedia Tours in a
Traditional Museum Setting / Laura Naismith and M. Paul Smith

 

Chapter 13 / Use of Mobile Technology for Teacher Training / Jocelyn
Wishart

 

Conclusion /  Glossary / Index

 

About the Editor

 

Mohamed Ally is 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. Dr.
Ally is on the boards of the International Federation of Training &
Development Organizations and the International Association of Mobile
Learning

 

Access To The Linked PDF For Each Chapter/Section Is Available At 

 

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Also Link To 

 

The Second International m-Libraries Conference, held and sponsored by
the University of British Columbia in conjunction with Athabasca
University, The Open University and Thompson Rivers University, will be
held June 23rd and 24th of 2009 at University of British Columbia's
Vancouver campus.

 

Enjoy!

 

/Gerry

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

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