What's happening in 'their space'? Exploring the borders of formal and informal learning with undergraduate students of education in the age of mobile technologies
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In this paper we explore the symposium themes of innovation, creativity and sustainability in relation to mobile learning using data generated in a small scale research study of undergraduate students of education in a UK university. We were inspired to investigate how two groups of undergraduate students engaged with their own mobile devices in spontaneous ways during their time studying at university by the Demos report (Green & Hannon, 2007) which alerted us to the existence of ‘their space’ or virtual environments, and associated practices, which were not well understood by adults (whether parents or teachers). Our goal was to find out what was happening when this generation of young people embarked on their university education and we sought to reflect on the implications for conceptualisations and practices of learning and teaching in higher education.
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