Using Network and Mobile Technology to Bridge Formal and Informal Learning

Using Network and Mobile Technology to Bridge Formal and Informal Learning

by Guglielmo Trentin, Manuela Repetto
Released February 2013
Publisher(s): Chandos Publishing
ISBN: 9781780633626

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Book description

An ever-widening gap exists between how students and schools use communication technology. Using Network and Mobile Technology to Bridge Formal and Informal Learning introduces new methods (inspired by ‘pedagogy 2.0’) of harnessing the potential of communication technologies for teaching and learning. This book considers how attitudes towards network and mobile technology (NMT) gained outside the school can be shunted into new educational paradigms combining formal and informal learning processes. It begins with an overview of these paradigms, and their sustainability. It then considers the pedagogical dimension of formal/informal integration through NMT, moving on to teachers’ professional development. Next, the organizational development of schools in the context of formal and informal learning is detailed. Finally, the book covers the role of technologies supporting formal/informal integration into subject-oriented education.
  • Includes a framework for the sustainability of new educational paradigms based on the combination of formal and informal learning processes supported by network and mobile technology (NMT)
  • Provides a series of recommendations on how to use attitudes towards NMT gained outside the school to integrate formal and informal learning
  • Gives a teacher training approach on how to use network and mobile technology-based informal learning to enhance formal learning pathways

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. List of figures and tables
  6. List of abbreviations
  7. Preface
  8. About the contributors
  9. Chapter 1: Tapping the motivational potential of mobile handhelds: defining the research agenda
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. Educational technology and motivation: past, present and future
    4. Proposed research strands for motivation and mobile handheld technology
    5. Methodological considerations for research in mobile learning and motivation
    6. Conclusion
  10. Chapter 2: Using social network sites and mobile technology to scaffold equity of access to cultural resources
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. Resources for learning: self-representation and writing in a school context
    4. Key concepts
    5. Using NMT for bridging social capital
    6. Conclusions
  11. Chapter 3: A mobile Web 2.0 framework: reconceptualising teaching and learning
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. Background
    4. Mobile Web 2.0 design framework: some examples of use
    5. Mobile Web 2.0 framework: key aspects
    6. Discussion
    7. Conclusion
  12. Chapter 4: Facing up to it: blending formal and informal learning opportunities in higher education contexts
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. The blurring of formal and informal learning
    4. A new model for the knowledge economy
    5. Methodology
    6. Discussion
    7. Conclusion
  13. Chapter 5: Networked lives for learning: digital media and young people across formal and informal contexts
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. Networked lives
    4. Learning lives
    5. Methodology and research context
    6. Three portraits
    7. Learning identity
    8. Interpretation of the portraits
    9. Conclusion
  14. Chapter 6: Network and mobile technologies in education: a call for e-teachers
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. The key issues
    4. From teacher to e-teacher
    5. E-teacher education and professional development
    6. Some conclusive reflections on e-teacher status
  15. Chapter 7: Networked informal learning and continuing teacher education
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. The Aladin project: general approach and activities
    4. The Aladin project: results and attestations
    5. Conclusion
    6. Note
  16. Chapter 8: A conclusive thought: the opportunity to change education is, literally, at hand
    1. Abstract:
    2. Introduction
    3. Technology = opportunity
    4. The Age of Mobilism = opportunity for K-12 to finally change
    5. Scaffolding the ‘demanded thinking’
    6. Barriers to change
    7. Stay tuned!
  17. Index

Product information

  • Title: Using Network and Mobile Technology to Bridge Formal and Informal Learning
  • Author(s): Guglielmo Trentin, Manuela Repetto
  • Release date: February 2013
  • Publisher(s): Chandos Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781780633626