Towards a Mobile Learning Curriculum Framework

The rapid spread and penetration of mobile devices to every layer of society has confronted the educational community with many new opportunities and responsibilities. As mobile compu ting and its disruptive aftermath enter the education arena, the challenge becomes how to harness the potential in ways that are beneficial to the educat ional community at large and the learners in particular. This paper outlines the initial conception, design research methodology followed and the development of the definitive Mobile Learning Curriculum Framework as a first attempt to systematically and comprehensively explore, where and how mobiles could appear within educational provision. The curriculum framework is underpinned by three broad learning objectives; to acquire domain knowle dge, to develop sufficient and appropriate skills to enable mobile learning pr actice and to understand the role and impact of domain knowledge in the relation to the application context. To this end the curriculum framework is pr esented as a modular solution for adaption to accommodate differing cont exts.

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