The Implementation of Mobile Learning in Asia: Key Trends in Practices and Research

Churchill, Daniel; Pegrum, Mark; Churchill, Natalia

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Daniel Churchill⁵,
Mark Pegrum⁶ &
Natalia Churchill^5,7

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This chapter explores the implementation of mobile learning in Asia, with a particular emphasis on K12 education. A series of 17 individually authored or co-authored country-by-country reports gives an overview of the penetration of mobile devices and the mobile Internet in society and in education. These reports indicate the ways in which such technologies are and are not being employed in teaching and learning, reflecting on the roles of the public and private sectors as well as schools and teachers in their implementation. Common mobile educational practices and their pedagogical underpinnings are outlined, as are associated research projects and publications. The chapter concludes by integrating insights from these reports to establish key regional trends and make recommendations for future mobile learning research.

This chapter was written in collaboration with the following country report co-authors, who retain responsibility for the claims made and references cited in their respective contributions: Spencer Benson, University of Macau; Kurt Bredenberg, Kampuchean Action for Primary Education; Chun-Yen Chang, National Taiwan Normal University; Phonekeo Chanthamaly, National University of Laos; Dang Hai Dang, Hanoi Open University; Aji Divakar, Murdoch University; Vorasuang Duangchinda, Sripatum University; Christopher Fulton, University of Macau; Michael Gallagher, The University of Edinburgh; Eric Charles Hawkinson, The University of Fukuchiyama; Rozinah Jamaludin, Universiti Sains Malaysia; Thazin Lwin, Yangon University of Distance Education; Saiful Omar, Universiti Teknologi Brunei; Melissa Orencia, Philippine Normal University; Kumaran Rajaram, Nanyang Technological University; Afzaal Seyal, Universiti Teknologi Brunei; Javier Solá, Open Institute, Cambodia; Yanjie Song, The Education University of Hong Kong; Linawati Udon, Udayana University; and Tianchong Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong.

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