Process Paper to Accompany Major Project

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Mobile devices (smartphones, e-readers and tablets) can be utilized in a blended environment to enhance, explore, personalize and adapt students’ learning opportunities (Looi, Wong, So, Seow, Toh, Chen, Zhang, Norris and Soloway, 2009).  Currently, British Columbia is introducing a new Education Plan.  In the area of Science, the Ministry of Education is encouraging a hands-on approach to learning where students apply their curiosity to analyze, evaluate, experiment and make connections with the world around them (B.C. Ministry of Education, 2015b).  Implementing M-Learning in the Science classroom allows students to make these connections by accessing information and experts in the field at any time and from any place (Peters, 2007). Learning can extend beyond the walls and bells of a traditional brick and mortar school (Peters, 2007).  A M-Learning website was created to act as a toolkit for professionals wanting to understand the theories and principals of M-Learning; the site also contains a M-Learning lesson template, with sample lessons, for planning mobile learning.

 

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