The Mobile Learning Voyage - From Small Ripples to Massive Open Waters : 14th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2015, Venice, Italy, October 17-24, 2015, proceedings / edited by Tom H. Brown, Herman J. van der Merwe
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer, 2015
Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Contents -- Using Mobile Devices in Supervision of Graduate Research in Distance Education: A Personal Journey -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Supervision: A Complex Space -- 3 Mobile Learning: Opportunities for mSupervision -- 4 Autoethnography and Research Supervision Journey -- 5 Venturing into the Unknown Terrain -- 5.1 Bridging the Distance Gap and Creating a Presence -- 5.1.1 WhatsApp -- 5.1.2 Skype -- 5.1.3 Dropbox -- 5.2 Wikispaces -- 6 Making Sense of It All -- 7 Finding the Balance -- 8 What Insights Emerged from This Journey?
8.1 What Now? Where Do We Go from Here? -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Technology Integration in Diverse Contexts: Models of Competency-Based Professional Learning in Three School Districts -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Literature Review -- 3.1 Visionary Leadership -- 3.2 Changing Role of the Teacher -- 3.3 A Culture of Learning -- 3.4 Competency-Based Professional Learning -- 4 Case Study 1: Encinitas Union School District -- 4.1 District Wide Vision and Alignment -- 4.2 Site-Based Professional Learning -- 4.3 Personalized Learning
4.4 Communities of Practice -- 5 Case Study 2: Cajon Valley Union School District -- 5.1 Digital Academy -- 5.2 Personalized Pathways -- 5.2.1 On Your Own -- 5.2.2 Release Time -- 5.2.3 Communities of Practice -- 5.2.4 Intersession Workgroups -- 5.2.5 Teacher Collaboration Teams -- 5.3 Apprenticeship Model -- 6 Case Study 3: Houston Independent School District -- 6.1 Micro-credentials -- 6.2 Ecosystem of Support -- 7 Discussion -- 7.1 Alignment of Vision -- 7.2 Teacher Voice and Choice -- 7.3 Culture of Learning and Innovation -- 7.4 Implications -- 7.5 Considerations for Further Investigation
8 Vision and Expectations -- 8.1 Assessment and Accountability -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Transforming Teaching and Learning: Implications of a One-to-One Laptop Initiative for Professional Learning and Teacher Practices -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Instructional Practice -- 2.2 Professional Learning Systems -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Context -- 3.2 Participants -- 3.3 Individual Teacher Participants -- 3.4 Data Analysis -- 4 Findings -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References
Rhizomatic Principles in mLearning: A Synthesis of Existing Qualitative Research -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mobile Learning -- 3 Theories in mLearning Practice -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Paper Selection -- 4.2 Appraising the Studies -- 4.3 The Synthesis -- 5 Emergent Concepts Related to mLearning Practice for Rhizomatic Learning -- 5.1 Connection and Heterogeneity -- 5.2 Multiplicity -- 5.3 Assigning rapture -- 5.4 Cartography and Decalcomania -- 6 Line of Argument Synthesis -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Mobile Learning in a Flipped Multimedia Higher Education Classroom -- Abstract
Summary
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2015, held in a cruise ship leaving from and arriving to Venice, Italy, in October 2015. The 22 revised full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers deal with the topics related to the theme of the conference: "The mobile learning voyage: from small ripples to massive open waters". The conference theme paid tribute to the developments that brought mobile learning from its infancy steps in the early 2000s to maturity in 2015, while simultaneously paving the way for the broad and open waters ahead with new developments and progress in mobile learning, and emerging ambient technologies
