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In this chapter we present some selected cases of mobile learning as well as an analytical framework based on our socio-cultural ecological approach around structures, agency and cultural practices with which to examine them. The framework draws on several methods, which are used in contemporary qualitative media research and which are also acknowledged methods in the field of cultural studies and education. Criteria are also proposed for the systematic description and documentation of practice in the field of mobile learning.
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For the internet search, the following search strings were used: einsatzmöglichkeiten handy unterricht; handy didaktisches hilfsmittel unterricht; Handy Unterricht; m-learning schule; m-learning-projekte; projekt handy im unterricht; Projekt Handy Schule; studie handy unterricht; unterrichtsprojekt handy; ‘lernen mit dem handy’.
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The projects can be seen to be associated with the following subjects: Interdisciplinary, Arts, Biology, Business IT, Economics, Ethics, General Studies, Geography, Journalism, Languages: misc., Languages: English as foreign language, Languages: French as foreign language, Languages: German as mother tongue, Maths, Music, Physics, Politics, Social Sciences, Technology.
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Administration, referential, interactive, microworld, data collection, location aware, collaborative. See Patten et al. 2006.
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Little pedagogy, instructional, behaviourist, constructionist, contextual, reflective, constructivist, collaborative. See Patten et al. 2006.
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MoLeaP – The Mobile Learning Project Database (http://www.moleap.net) is part of the project ‘And don’t forget to bring your mobile’ – Informing educational target groups about mobile learning opportunities (project holder: Judith Seipold) funded by the Centre for Excellence in Work-Based Learning for Education Professionals (WLE Centre) at the Institute of Education (IoE), University of London.
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‘Kannada is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the southern state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas (Kannadigaru), number roughly 35 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world. It is one of the official languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka’. (Wikipedia 2008).
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‘The socioeconomic classification (SEC) groups urban Indian households on the basis of education and occupation of the chief wage earner (CWE: the person who contributes the most to the household expenses) of the household into five segments (SEC A, SEC B, SEC C, SEC D and SEC E households in that order). This classification is more stable than one based on income alone and being reflective of lifestyle is more relevant to the examination of consumption behaviour. Here, “high” socioeconomic classes refers to SEC A&B, “mid” socioeconomic class refers to SEC C and “low” socioeconomic classes refers to SEC D&E. Data sourced from Indian Readership Survey (*IRS 1998–1999) gives the education and occupation profile of the chief wage earner of households’. (IndiaRetailBiz 2006)
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The term ‘didactic’ is not used here in the English tradition implying excessive instructional direction and teacher-centredness, but in the German sense of referring to theoretical and practical considerations concerning teaching and learning.
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A report about these videos is available on the local newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung (2007)
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‘AAAAAAATTZZZEEEEE waaas geht haha xD dein profil is voll geil man…die ‘atmosphäre’ taugt mir hehe greez’. From: http://www.myspace.com/cypictures
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‘iwie wenn man ne längere zeit auf deiner seite is das gruselig:Ddein lied und dein layout xDund iwie das wass sich da so dreht xD’. Available at: http://www.myspace.com/cypictures.
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‘CYRILL wie hasT du dich selber als hinTERgruND gemaCHt? sag mal bitte peace’. Available at: http://www.myspace.com/cypictures
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‘Wer das Gefühl hat, und denkt sie ist das schönste Mädchen bitte hier melden! Mit Foto!!!!!Schau ma mal, wer sich alles meldet!mfg—bImb0fIgHTeR_XxX’. Written on April 20th, 2005. Available at: http://www.timeshot.de/viewtopic.php?p=104367&sid=8f48fe3a67c26e8177c60921119b03d2 (Timeshot 2005).
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‘ich bin das schönste mädchen und fertig’. Written on April 26th, 2006. Available at: http://www.timeshot.de/viewtopic.php?p=592849&sid=3038537f62eee24bd13592228c4052a0 (Timeshot 2006).
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For knowledge building and meaning making by using Weblogs see e.g. Shao et al. (2007), for archives e.g. Featherstone (2006).
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Pachler, N., Bachmair, B., Cook, J. (2010). Cases of Mobile Learning. In: Mobile Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0585-7_4
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