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Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Using Mobile Technologies

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This Chapter introduces the concept of fieldwork and the literature promoting the value of integrating mobile technologies into fieldwork practice. We discuss the pedagogic reasons for incorporating technology into fieldwork and promote the concept of Personal Learning Environments (PLE s) for students as a framework for education, with the “tablet” computer (loaded with appropriate apps) enhancing the student’s personal learning experience.

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  1. Department of Geography and International Development, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Derek France, Victoria Powell, Katharine Welsh & Alex Lerczak

  2. Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    W. Brian Whalley

  3. School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK

    Alice Mauchline & Julian Park

  4. Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Robert Bednarz

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France, D. et al. (2015). Introduction. In: Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Using Mobile Technologies. SpringerBriefs in Ecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20967-8_1

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