"This book is a reference source for the latest research on the use and benefits of technological tools in contemporary classrooms and showcases how these devices improve the overall learning process, highlighting the distinctions and interactions between mobile and blended education"--Provided...

We investigate the interactions between natural resource-based poverty traps and food security for smallholder farms in highland Kenya using a recently developed system dynamics bio-economic model. This approach permits examination of the complex interactions and feedback between farm-household...

"This book presents a collection of knowledge on the developments and approaches of mobile educational technology, bringing together points of view from both technological and pedagogical practices"--Provided by publisher.

1. Sustaining mobile learning and its institutions / John Traxler -- 2. Appropriation of mobile cultural resources for learning / Norbert Pachler and Ben Bachmair -- 3. Mobile media, mobile texts: assessing the abilities needed to communicate and represent in the contemporary media landscape /...

Learning theories underpin the expectations of meaningful outcomes that any given learning task should have. However, educators' understanding and application of such theories is likely to vary with their own experience and context. In this article, we explore the potential value of a rubric for...

We investigate natural resource-based poverty traps using a system dynamics model of smallholder farms in highland Kenya. System dynamics modeling is well-suited to examining the complex interactions and feedback between farm-household economic decision making and long-term soil dynamics which...

"This book reviews new systems and frameworks for the application of mobile technologies in educational contexts, providing insight on ethical and cross-cultural considerations of mobile learning, as well as different teaching and learning styles"--Provided by publisher.