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Education and the Impact of Mobiles and Mobility

An Introduction to Mobiles in our Societies

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Medienbildung in neuen Kulturräumen

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Mobile devices include smart-phones, games consoles, digital cameras, media players, netbooks and handheld computers. Almost everyone owns one and uses one, often more than one. Not only do they own them and use them but they also invest considerable time, effort and resource choosing them, buying them, customising them and exploiting them. These devices express part or much of their owners’ values, affiliations, identity and individuality through their choice and their use. They are both pervasive and ubiquitous, both conspicuous and unobtrusive, both noteworthy and taken-for-granted in the lives of most – but not all – of the people of Europe and the rest of the world.

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  1. School of Computing and IT, University of Wolverhampton,  

    Prof. Dr. John Traxler (Professor für Mobile Learning, Dozent und Direktor des Learning Lab der University of Wolverhampton und des britischen Co-Lab des American ADL network)

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  1. Universität Kassel, Kassel

    Ben Bachmair (Professor für Erziehungswissenschaft, Medienpädagogik und Mediendidaktik) (Professor für Erziehungswissenschaft, Medienpädagogik und Mediendidaktik)

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Traxler, J. (2010). Education and the Impact of Mobiles and Mobility. In: Bachmair, B. (eds) Medienbildung in neuen Kulturräumen. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92133-4_7

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