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Conceptualising authentic mobile learning

Burden, Kevin; Kearney, Matthew

Authors

Matthew Kearney



Contributors

Daniel Churchill
Editor

Jie Lu
Editor

Thomas K.F. Chiu
Editor

Bob Fox
Editor

Abstract

© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016. Conventional accounts of authentic learning focus on contextual factors: tasks, processes, how situated the learning is and the extent to which learners engage in simulated or participative real-world activities. This paper theorises how ubiquitous mobile technologies are fracturing the boundaries that demarcate traditional accounts of authentic learning affording new opportunities to reconceptualise what authenticity means for learners when they use a boundary object such as a mobile device. Whilst some of this has been captured previously with terms like ‘seamless’, ‘contextualised’ and ‘agile’ learning, this paper argues that the concept of authentic mobile learning is a highly fluid construct which will continue to change as the technologies develop and as the pedagogical affordances become better understood by educators and end-users. The paper offers a three-dimensional model of authentic mobile learning and argues that further empirical research is required to understand what is authentic mobile learning from the perception of learners.

Citation

Burden, K., & Kearney, M. (2016). Conceptualising authentic mobile learning. In D. Churchill, J. Lu, T. K. Chiu, & B. Fox (Eds.), Mobile learning design: Theories and application (27-42). Singapore: Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0027-0_2

Online Publication Date Dec 22, 2015
Publication Date Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date May 10, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Electronic ISSN 2196-4971
Publisher Springer Publishing Company
Issue 9789811000256
Pages 27-42
Series Title Lecture Notes in Educational Technology
Book Title Mobile learning design: Theories and application
ISBN 978-981-10-0025-6
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0027-0_2
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/524670
Publisher URL https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-0027-0_2