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Engaging Students with Mobile Technologies to Support Their Formal and Informal Learning

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  • Melanie Ciussi

    (CERAM Business School, France)

  • Gill Rosner

    (CERAM Business School, France)

  • Marc Augier

    (CERAM Business School, France)

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This article explores “Y generation” students’ attitudes to mobile technologies in the context of education, and use of podcasts on their handhelds in particular. Our intention is to investigate how students use mobile devices to support their formal and informal learning practices. One of the “big issues” in mobile learning that we address here is the co-existence of personal informal learning and traditional classroom education. After conducting an experiment and a survey, we conclude that the diversity of student attitudes toward using podcasts in education means that we are in the time of “in between years.” Learning “any time/anywhere” and “digital natives” prove to be a myth for many. The current challenge for podcasting in education is to move from information transmission to knowledge construction and sharing within a formal setting.

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  • Melanie Ciussi & Gill Rosner & Marc Augier, 2009. "Engaging Students with Mobile Technologies to Support Their Formal and Informal Learning," International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), IGI Global, vol. 1(4), pages 84-98, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jmbl00:v:1:y:2009:i:4:p:84-98
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