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Appropriation of Mobile Phones in and Across Formal and Informal Learning

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Digital Difference

Part of the book series: Educational Futures Rethinking Theory and Practice ((EDUFUT,volume 50))

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As our title suggests, this chapter looks in some detail at one specific aspect of the use of mobile technologies, appropriation, which we consider to be central to our ability to understand fully the potential of mobile devices, particularly in relation to the interface between formal and informal learning

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  1. Learning Technology Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

    John Cook

  2. Institute of Education, London, UK

    Norbert Pachler

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Cook, J., Pachler, N. (2011). Appropriation of Mobile Phones in and Across Formal and Informal Learning. In: Land, R., Bayne, S. (eds) Digital Difference. Educational Futures Rethinking Theory and Practice, vol 50. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-580-2_11

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