Mobile Learning for Emergency Situations: Four Design Cases from Latin America
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چکیده
Abstract This practitioner-focused chapter addresses mobile learning in the Latin American context during COVID-19 emergency. To guarantee continuity of education pandemic, instructors adopted remote education. Even though much relied heavily on computers, millions learners America do not have a household computer. Nonetheless, connectivity is very high America, and therefore, has greatly supported institutions Mobile significantly supports at distance countries that face infrastructure challenges. more context, where devices may be low-cost alternatives to computers. We present four design cases about for emergencies. Each case different country, audience, content. The focus generic technology applications regularly used by practitioners students. are: (1) foreign language social studies 1st – fourth graders using online blogs Brazil; (2) teaching STEM 8th–12th through media (i.e., YouTube/WhatsApp) Panama; (3) 6th–12th YouTube/WhatsApp/Facebook) Mexico, (4) humanities higher instant messaging cloud-based platforms WhatsApp, Google Drive platform) Colombia. Recommendations policymakers are provided.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Educational communications and technology: issues and innovations
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2625-0012', '2625-0004']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99634-5_9