Fuller, R and Joynes, VCT (2015) Should mobile learning be compulsory for preparing students for learning in the workplace? British Journal of Educational Technology, 46 (1). 153 - 158. ISSN 0007-1013
Abstract
From the contexts of current social, educational and health policy, there appears to be an increasingly inevitable “mobilisation” of resources in medicine and health as the use mobile technology devices and applications becomes widespread and culturally “normed” in workplaces. Over the past 8 years, students from the University of Leeds Medical School have been loaned mobile devices and smartphones and been given access to mobile-based resources to assist them with learning and assessments as part of clinical activity in placement settings. Our experiences lead us to suggest that educators should be focusing less on whether mobile learning should be implemented and more on developing mobile learning in curricula that is comprehensive, sustainable, meaningful and compulsory, in order to prepare students for accessing and using such resources in their working lives.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 British Educational Research Association. This is an author produced version of a paper published in British Journal of Educational Technology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Medical Education > Medical Education Unit (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2015 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2016 23:05 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12134 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjet.12134 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85680 |