scholarly journals Digi-Bags on the Go: Childminders’ Expectations and Experiences of a Tablet-Based Mobile Learning Environment in Family Day Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kaisa Pihlainen ◽  
Calkin Suero Montero ◽  
Eija Kärnä
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Family Day Care ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment ◽  
Natural Settings

The use of mobile technologies is playing an increasingly important role in early childhood education (ECE) settings. However, although technologies are often integrated in ECE provided in day care centres, technology use in other ECE settings, such as in family day care, is rare. In this paper, we describe the Digi-bag, a tablet-based mobile learning environment deployed at several family day care homes, and present the expectations and first experiences of family day care personnel regarding the pedagogical use of Digi-bags together with 1- to 5-year-old children as well as their experiences of training to use the digital technology. The results of the pilot study indicate that the deployment of Digi-bags facilitates the pedagogical, creative, and regular use of digital technology with small children. The study also underlines the importance of providing opportunities to family day care personnel for peer support and peer learning in natural settings besides professional training in the use of digital technologies.

scholarly journals Towards a Mobile Learning Environment using Reference Architectures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Lydia Fioravanti ◽  
Nemésio Freitas Duarte Filho ◽  
Lucas Bortolini Fronza ◽  
Ellen Francine Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

Work-Based Mobile Learning Environments

2012 ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Attwell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Ecology ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Learning At Work ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

This paper examines the idea of a Work Oriented Mobile Learning Environment (WOMBLE) and considers the potential affordances of mobile devices for supporting developmental and informal learning in the workplace. The authors look at the nature and pedagogy of work-based learning and how technologies are being used in the workplace for informal learning. The paper examines the nature of Work Process Knowledge and how individuals are shaping or appropriating technologies, often developed or designed for different purposes, for social learning at work. The paper goes on to describe three different use cases for a Work Oriented Mobile Learning Environment. The final section of the paper considers how the idea of the WOMBLE can contribute to a socio-cultural ecology for learning, and the interplay of agency, cultural practices, and structures within mobile work-based learning.

Recognizing and measuring self-regulated learning in a mobile learning environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 718-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Sha ◽  
Chee-Kit Looi ◽  
Wenli Chen ◽  
Peter Seow ◽  
Lung-Hsiang Wong
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment
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