What’s Happening in ‘Their Space’? Exploring the Borders of Formal and Informal Learning with Undergraduate Students of Education in the Age of Mobile Technologies

Authors

Jane Andrews University of the West of England
Mark Jones University of the West of England

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Keywords:

space, mobiles, learning, undergraduates, qualitative

Abstract

The changing nature of teaching and learning in an age of accessible technologies provides challenges and opportunities for the design of learning events. Working with a sample of undergraduate students of education in one UK higher education institution we use an exploratory, qualitative approach to investigate students’ spontaneous uses of their mobile devices in their learning. We argue that students’ preferences and practices need to be jointly considered in the design of learning if it is to be effective.

Author Biographies

Jane Andrews, University of the West of England

Senior lecturer in Education
Mark Jones, University of the West of England

Mark Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of the West of England.

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Published

2015-10-09

Issue

Vol. 2015 No. 1

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Articles

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Ideas in Mobile Learning

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