Abstract

This chapter provides an evolutionary review of the design, implementation, and adoption of the Chinese e-Schoolbag (electronic schoolbag) as a mobile learning initiative and through the lens of design principles and educational innovations. At the technological level, this chapter examines the ways e-Schoolbag realises ubiquitous and flexible learning in complex technological contexts and uses mobile technologies to improve learning and teaching. It especially introduces a different design paradigm of mobile learning in the Chinese e-Schoolbag projects, based on specially designed mobile devices (other than iPads or commonly available tablets) and closed systems of software and educational resources, which contrasts with the global trends of BYOD and OERs. At the pedagogical level, this chapter looks at the tension and co-evolution between technology-driven educational innovations and the …

Date

2017

Authors

Xiang Ren

Book

Mobile learning in higher education in the Asia-Pacific region: Harnessing trends and challenging orthodoxies

Pages

69-87

Publisher

Springer Singapore