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Seeing, Understanding and Learning in the Mobile Age UN 02/2005. Technologists: mobility of devices and what they provide. Psychologists: human engagement, learning, understanding or communicating
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Seeing, Understanding and Learning in the Mobile Age UN 02/2005 • Technologists: mobility of devices and what they provide. • Psychologists: human engagement, learning, understanding or communicating • Philosophers: our minds are being extended by using mobile phones and portable technologies ? Enhance different modes of communication
M-learning theories • Most recent theories about mobile learning is Dewey 1916 “Democracy in education.” **Dewey’s Instrumentalism Knowing is activity in the world, involving a combination of thoughts and external artifacts as tools for inquiry – Every reflective experience is an instrument for production of meaning Reflection Thinking 3G cell phoneprovides Video Conference functionality Reading Fluency: repeated readings and recurrent practice **Engestrom’s Expansive Activity Theory–Learning is a cultural-historical activity mediated by tools, including technology and language –
M- Language Theories **Pask’s Conversation Theory– Conversation is the fundamental process of learning – Learning is a cybernetic process of “coming to know” through mutual adjustment and negotiation Alphabetic Principle: correspondent between sounds and letters