Critical Mobile Pedagogy

<p><em>Critical Mobile Pedagogy</em> is an exploration of mobile technologies for designing and delivering equitable and empowering education around the globe. Synthesizing a diverse range of projects and conceptual frameworks this case-based collection addresses the ambitions assumptions and impacts of interventions in under-researched often disadvantaged communities.</p><p>The editors and authors provide a nuanced and culturally responsive approach to showcasing:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>indigenous nomadic refugee rural and other marginalized communities</li> <p> </p> <li>emerging pedagogies such as curation open resources massive open online courses (MOOCs) and self-directed learning</li> <p> </p> <li>contextual factors including pedagogy ethics scaling research methodology and culture and consequences of innocuous or harmful implementation and deployment</li> <p> </p> <li>the nature of participation by global capital multinationals education systems international agencies national governments and telecoms companies.</li> </ul><p>Scholars academics policymakers and program managers are increasingly using mobile technologies to support disadvantaged or disempowered communities in learning more effectively and appropriately. This book’s diverse research precedents will help these and other stakeholders meet the challenges and opportunities of our complex increasingly connected world and work with greater cultural and ethical sensitivity at the intersection of education research and technology.</p>