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Preparing Teacher Education Students to Integrate Mobile Learning into Elementary Education

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Abstract

The wide adoption of mobile technology has greatly influenced K-12 education. In teacher education programs, it is necessary for educators to train teacher education students to use mobile technology for educational purpose. This paper reports an exploratory effort in preparing elementary education students for mobile learning. The participants’ perceptions of mobile learning and intended use of mobile technology were examined through the analyses of their online discussion posts, responses to survey items and their projects. Their perceived benefits of mobile learning, limitations of mobile technology, their intended implementation of mobile learning and the challenges they anticipated were reported. Implications and recommendations were discussed regarding the knowledge of mobile apps, pedagogical practices and some non-instructional issues.
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Metadaten
Titel
Preparing Teacher Education Students to Integrate Mobile Learning into Elementary Education
verfasst von
Hua Bai
Publikationsdatum
11.08.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
TechTrends / Ausgabe 6/2019
Print ISSN: 8756-3894
Elektronische ISSN: 1559-7075
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00424-z

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