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M-Learning and Y Generation: The Reality Behind the Myth

M-Learning and Y Generation: The Reality Behind the Myth

Melanie Ciussi, Gill Rosner, Marc Augier, Gabriele Suder
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781609604813|ISBN10: 1609604814|EISBN13: 9781609604820
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-481-3.ch017
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Ciussi, Melanie, et al. "M-Learning and Y Generation: The Reality Behind the Myth." Combining E-Learning and M-Learning: New Applications of Blended Educational Resources, edited by David Parsons, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 266-280. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-481-3.ch017

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Ciussi, M., Rosner, G., Augier, M., & Suder, G. (2011). M-Learning and Y Generation: The Reality Behind the Myth. In D. Parsons (Ed.), Combining E-Learning and M-Learning: New Applications of Blended Educational Resources (pp. 266-280). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-481-3.ch017

Chicago

Ciussi, Melanie, et al. "M-Learning and Y Generation: The Reality Behind the Myth." In Combining E-Learning and M-Learning: New Applications of Blended Educational Resources, edited by David Parsons, 266-280. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-481-3.ch017

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Abstract

This chapter explores “Y generation” students’ attitudes to mobile technologies in the context of education, and use of podcasts on their handhelds in particular. The authors’ intention is to investigate how students use mobile devices to support their formal and informal learning practices. One of the “Big Issues” in mobile learning that the authors address here is the co-existence of personal informal learning and traditional classroom education. After conducting two experiments and a survey, they conclude that the diversity of student attitudes towards using podcasts in education means that they are in the time of “in between years”. Learning “anytime/anywhere” and “digital natives” prove as yet to be a myth for many. The current challenge for podcasting in education is to move from information transmission to knowledge construction and sharing within a formal setting.

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