Colleagues/ A New Creative Commons/Open Access Book For Those On The Go Or On The Move [:-)] /Gerry Mobile Learning: Transforming The Delivery Of Education And Training / Edited by Mohamed Ally March 2009 / 978-1-897425-44-2 (e-book) / 978-1-897425-43-5 (SC) / $39.95 Download the entire book OR Select a Chapter Or Section FRONT MATTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS / FOREWORD / CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS / INTRODUCTION PART ONE: Advances in Mobile Learning Chapter 1: Current State of Mobile Learning / John Traxler Chapter 2: A Model for Framing Mobile Learning / Marguerite L. Koole PART TWO: Research on Mobile Learning Chapter 3 / Mobile Distance Learning with PDAs: Development and Testing of Pedagogical and System Solutions Supporting Mobile Distance Learners / Torstein Rekkedal and Aleksander Dye Chapter 4 / Using Mobile Learning to Enhance the Quality of Nursing Practice Education / Richard F. Kenny, Caroline Park, Jocelyne M. C. Van Neste-Kenny, Pamela A. Burton, and Jan Meiers Chapter 5 / Informal Learning Evidence in Online Communities of Mobile Device Enthusiasts / Gill Clough, Ann C. Jones, Patrick McAndrew, and Eileen Scanlon Chapter 6 / M-learning: Positioning Educators for a Mobile, Connected Future / Kristine Peters PART THREE: Applications of Mobile Learning Chapter 7 / Practitioners as Innovators: Emergent Practice in Personal Mobile Teaching, Learning, Work, and Leisure / Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and John Pettit Chapter 8 / Design and Development of Multimedia Learning Objects for Mobile Phones / Claire Bradley, Richard Haynes, John Cook, Tom Boyle, and Carl Smith Chapter 9 / From E-learning to Mobile Learning: New Opportunities / Michelle Pieri and Davide Diamantini Chapter 10 / MobilED - Mobile Tools and Services Platform for Formal and Informal Learning / Merryl Ford and Teemu Leinonen Chapter 11 / Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of M-learning within an International Distance Education Programme / Jon Gregson and Dolf Jordaan Chapter 12 / Using Mobile Technologies for Multimedia Tours in a Traditional Museum Setting / Laura Naismith and M. Paul Smith Chapter 13 / Use of Mobile Technology for Teacher Training / Jocelyn Wishart Conclusion / Glossary / Index About the Editor Mohamed Ally is a Professor in the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University, where he teaches and researches the educational uses of mobile technology, mobile libraries, and workplace learning. Dr. Ally is on the boards of the International Federation of Training & Development Organizations and the International Association of Mobile Learning Access To The Linked PDF For Each Chapter/Section Is Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/czbm8u ] Also Link To The Second International m-Libraries Conference, held and sponsored by the University of British Columbia in conjunction with Athabasca University, The Open University and Thompson Rivers University, will be held June 23rd and 24th of 2009 at University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus. Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]