{"title":"The research on China's policies and practice of lifelong learning in u-learning environment","authors":"Bingqian Jiang, X. Gu, Jun Xiao","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074516","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, lifelong learning and u-learning are significant concepts in the area of technology-enhanced learning. They have actually changed learning. This paper begins with an overview of u-learning and lifelong learning. And then, it reviews China's national policies on lifelong learning. National policies could influence the development of lifelong learning and decide the key points of building learning society. By means of Keller's Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction ARCS model, this paper proposed lifelong learning motivation strategies, and finally analyses Shanghai Lifelong Learning Network as the practice case.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127737512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Toh, Azilawati Jamaludin, Sujin He, P. Chua, David Hung Wei Loong
{"title":"Leveraging autonomous pedagogical space for technology-transformed learning: a Singapore's perspective to sustaining educational reform within, across and beyond schools","authors":"Y. Toh, Azilawati Jamaludin, Sujin He, P. Chua, David Hung Wei Loong","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074517","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the dialectical relationship between bottom-up and top-down forces coalescing around the three elements of socio-technical landscape, socio-technical regimes and niche innovations. By studying this intricate connection, we hope to distil how regime-level actors such as policy-makers can influence learning through the introduction of various national policies and how technology-transformed learning that emerged from innovative niches might have the potential to affect the socio-technical patchwork of regimes and change the socio-technical landscape. Through a case study of an ICT prototype school in Singapore, we hope to demystify how the climate of increasing school autonomy can afford schools with common meta-language and pedagogical spaces to both tinker and sustain the use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning. The conditions underpinning this multi-level sustainability are unpacked and recommendations made so that typical schools can also experience the opportunities for transformation through spillover effects emanating from networked niches.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125554359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring self-directed learning and the role of virtual badges in a mobile social learning platform","authors":"I. Botički, Jelena Baksa, P. Seow, C. Looi","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074518","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents experiences from a seamless mobile learning project in Singapore. It describes SamEx mobile learning application design by focusing on the possibilities for self-directed learning and the role of virtual badges gathered by the students during their one year SamEx usage. All the activities were structured by the teachers and scaffolded by the SamEx system tools such as contextually triggered questions and prompts. The paper describes experiences from the one-year SamEx usage period, gives an elaborate example of students learning experience during the period, and concludes by examining the effects of such an approach when it comes to summative exam results. The paper concludes that platforms such as SamEx have the potential of nurturing self-directed and collaborative learning and that badges can only motivate students to learn meaningfully when the teachers provide the suitable learning contexts.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126648033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding users' perceived needs and concerns toward mobile application integration in primary science education in Korea","authors":"H. So, Hyungshin Choi, Hye-Gyoung Yoon","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2015.074515","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to examine how students, teachers and parents in Korea perceive the needs and concerns about integrating mobile applications to support science learning in schools. The sample includes 632 students, 68 teachers and 141 parents from 11 primary schools. Results reveal some important implications regarding users' acceptance of mobile applications for teaching and learning. First, the majority of students did not frequently access and use mobile devices, which might be associated with the school policy to ban or limit the use of mobile devices in the classroom. Second, the teacher group was the most conservative in their perceptions toward integrating mobile applications in science education. Lastly, there was a clear pattern observed in users' perceptions about science topics that are relevant or irrelevant in integrating mobile applications. This study provides important insights about how the three distinctive groups perceive the role of mobile applications in science education.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127815918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging students using their own mobile devices for learning mathematics in classroom discourse: a case study in Hong Kong","authors":"G. Wong","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062352","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile technology becomes more popular in our generation. Many students carry their mobile devices such as smartphones and mobile tablet devices to schools everyday. Research shows that technology in education is a promising approach for pedagogical change in learning and teaching. In this paper, we propose a new learning intervention in classroom discourse with Bring Your Own Device BYOD to enhance the student engagement. This work aims to investigate how students perceive their engagement in classroom teaching with BYOD. A mixed quantitative and qualitative methodology is adopted in this case study research. Survey was administered to 33 students participants pre-service primary mathematics teachers, and five of them were interviewed in a follow-up focus group. The research results show that students are able to accept this new pedagogy with BYOD in learning mathematics in university. In addition, students also perceive an increase of their engagement in the classroom discourse through BYOD.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130317705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applications, impacts and trends of mobile technology-enhanced learning: a review of 2008-2012 publications in selected SSCI journals","authors":"Gwo-jen Hwang, Po-Han Wu","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062346","url":null,"abstract":"The use of mobile technologies in learning has attracted much attention from researchers and educators in the past decade. However, the impacts of mobile learning on students' learning performance are still unclear. In particular, some schoolteachers still doubt the effectiveness of using such new technologies in school settings. In this study, a survey has been conducted by reviewing the 2008-2012 publications in seven well-recognised Social Science Citation Index SSCI journals of technology-enhanced learning to investigate the applications and impacts of mobile technology-enhanced learning. It is found that mobile learning is promising in improving students' learning achievements, motivations and interests. In addition, from the survey, it is found that smartphones and tablet PCs have gradually become widely adopted mobile learning devices in recent years, which could affect the adoption of sensing technologies in the future. Accordingly, several open issues of mobile learning are addressed.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133547768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teacher perspectives on the use of mobile devices to improve learner engagement and motivation","authors":"Stephanie Young, K. Laxman","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062348","url":null,"abstract":"The use of mobile devices in primary schools is still at its early stages. The study described in this paper aimed to investigate how these devices assisted primary school-aged students in their learning. It gauged the perception of teachers on the use of mobile technology, to engage students in learning. This study involved 12 teachers from two urban Auckland primary schools. Using a mixed methods approach involving a crafted survey and semi-structured interviews, the study provided deeper insights into how the use of mobile devices assisted learning in the classrooms. Though the implementation of mobile learning is in its early stages in these schools, teachers reported higher levels of learning engagement and participation. However, they voiced concerns over the lack of professional development they were provided before being tasked to use mobile devices in their instructional delivery.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126755716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Skeuomorphism or flat design: future directions in mobile device User Interface (UI) design education","authors":"T. Page","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062350","url":null,"abstract":"Skeuomorphism in User Interface UI design has received much attention and criticism about its usefulness and purpose in the design of smartphone apps. The argument of whether or not skeuomorphism still has a place in UI design is explored in this paper. A questionnaire survey was undertaken by design students to establish their awareness of skeuomorphism and their opinion of its relevance in UI design. The results showed a lack of knowledge about the areas of UI design, but once fully explored they agreed that skeuomorphism is relevant but not as a stand-alone process. However, it has been identified as a design tool that may be used in conjunction with other processes as shown by Google UI design exploring skeuominimalism. They also come to state that they found the research was very useful to them in improving their knowledge on the topic and developing their skill set as a designer.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126011605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application-based mobile devices in design education","authors":"T. Page","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.062347","url":null,"abstract":"This paper researches the rise of application-based mobile devices and their effect on product design education. Information was obtained from design students and design professionals regarding applications-based mobile devices they use and in what ways they use the devices. A niche market was shown to have been created by smart devices as a large section of the population would like cheaper, simpler devices. The most common use of applications were sharing and presenting work as opposed to creating it directly on the smart devices. The findings of this work reveal the limitations of an 'all-in-one' smart device as currently they can only combine simpler and cheaper product functions but will have to work with the top-of-the-range technology. In conclusion, smart devices have developed into multifunction devices and have therefore made certain areas of product design obsolete.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122261449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Maneeratana, Thanyarat Singhanart, Tawan Paphapote, N. Noomwongs, R. Chancharoen, Angkee Sripakagorn
{"title":"Empowering management of a multi-section, basic engineering course with cloud storage","authors":"K. Maneeratana, Thanyarat Singhanart, Tawan Paphapote, N. Noomwongs, R. Chancharoen, Angkee Sripakagorn","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059998","url":null,"abstract":"Cloud storage was used by lecturers for resource sharing and course management in a multi-section, mathematically intensive, basic engineering course. The storage allowed effortless desktop and mobile resource sharing between lecturers such that documents were readily accessed at any place and any time as well as reduced and decentralised workload in document management. Quizzes and exams could be set up more efficiently with feedbacks from other lecturers in a virtual group setting. The unexpected benefits included more efficient chance meetings as detailed management information was readily available, as well as a higher peer pressure among lecturers for exam settings and marking deadlines. Cloud storage also provided a supplemental channel of file distribution to students for very large files, particularly video clips. The keys to success in this adoption of more mobile learning and management were the underlying cooperation and leadership within the course management. Wide-scale adoptions could be facilitated by knowledge management activities with proven adoption model and user champions.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130454439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}