Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney
and Brian Ferry (editors), _New Technologies, New Pedagogies: Mobile learning
In Higher Education_, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, 2009,
138p. ISBN: 978-1-74128-169-9
Full text and individual chapters available at http://ro.uow.edu.au/newtech/
Preface
While mobile technologies such as mobile phones, personal
digital assistants (PDAs) and digital music players (mp3 players) have permeated
popular culture, they have not found widespread acceptance as pedagogical tools
in higher education.
The purpose of this e-book is to explore the use of mobile
devices in learning in higher education, and to provide examples of good
pedagogy. We are sure that the rich variety of examples of mobile learning found
in this book will provide the reader with the inspiration to teach their own
subjects and courses in ways that employ mobile devices in authentic and
creative ways. This book is made up of a collection of double blind
peer-reviewed chapters written by participants in the project New technologies,
new pedagogies: Using mobile technologies to develop new ways of teaching and
learning.
The book begins with an introductory chapter that describes
the overall project, its aims and methods. The second chapter describes the
professional development process that was used for the teacher participants
involved in the project. This is followed by 10 chapters, each describing a
mobile learning pedagogy that was employed in the context of a subject area
within a Faculty of Education. The final chapter presents guidelines or design
principles for the use of mobile learning in higher education learning
environments.
We wish to acknowledge the support provided for the project
on which this book is based by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, an
initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations. This research was also funded by generous support from the
Office of Teaching and Learning at the University of Wollongong. Jan Herrington,
Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney & Brian Ferry, April
2009
Thanks Gerry!
