Clark N. Quinn

The Mobile Academy (eBook, PDF)

mLearning for Higher Education

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A fundamental revolution in higher education is being sparked bythe ubiquity of mobile devices. The opportunity is ripe forinstitutions, instructors, and instructional designers to takeadvantage of mobile technology to enhance the learning experience. The Mobile Academy is a guide for systematicallyintegrating mobile devices into higher education courses and otheracademic and student support services in order to facilitatelearning outcomes and student success. It covers a wealth oftopics, including the use of mobile devices as applied toadministrative services, classroom content, assessment,communication, and what's to come in the future. "In The Mobile Academy Clark Quinn gives aspiringlearning technologists a crash course in what it will take toharness the power and potential of mobile learning in highereducational settings. He has given us a comprehensive, engagingguide for creating mobile learning solutions that inspire anytime,anywhere, and on whatever device one chooses." --Ellen Wagner, partner and senior analyst, Sage RoadSolutions LLC; executive director WCET "If you are a faculty member, instructional support staff, or anadministrator at a university or a two-year college, you must readand understand this book. From ideas on interactivity andengagement through mLearning, to conducting an environmental scan,to dealing with policy issues, this book provides the foundationupon which to build for the future--the future ofmLearning." --Karl M. Kapp, professor of instructional technology,Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; author,Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning and Learning in3D "In The Mobile Academy, Clark Quinn provides a sensibletheoretical and practical foundation that will help highereducation organizations to develop their own strategies forproviding mobile services for learning and student support. Fromdesigners to educators to administrators, this is the guide to foryou to get 'mobilized.'" --Alan Levine, cogdogblog.com

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118146033
• Artikelnr.: 38230610

Autorenporträt

Clark N. Quinn is a recognized leader in learning technology strategy and the executive director of Quinnovation, an independent consultancy focusing on organizational learning strategy and the design of learning technology solutions. He is the author of numerous books including Designing mLearning: Tapping into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance and Engaging Learning: Designing e-Learning Simulation Games, both from Pfeiffer.