Integrating students’ mobile technology in higher education

Johan Lundin*, Gustav Lymer, Lars Erik Holmquist, Barry Brown, Mattias Rost

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Abstract

This paper suggests that integration of students’ own everyday technology in educational activities is a promising theme for development of mobile learning. As students bring technology, which they already use for their everyday communication, information management and networking, educators have the possibility to explore this networked distributed platform for pedagogical purposes. We report on a study where mobile phones and Wikis were involved in higher education. However, this paper does not suggest using Wikis or mobile phones in particular. It suggests looking into the mobile and ubiquitously available technologies that the students already have and are familiar with, and integrating these into the activities in higher education.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-14
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation
Volume4
Issue number1
Early online date3 Dec 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • cell phones
  • higher education
  • mobile learning
  • mobile phones
  • mobile technology
  • student perspective
  • wikis

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