"Premier reference source"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-403) and index.

"This book includes the challenges and practical experience of the design of M-Learning environments, covering current developments in M-learning experiences in both academia and industry"--Provided by publisher.

Section I: Theoretical foundations of mobile learning experiences -- Chapter I: Designing learning activities with mobile technologies / Hokyoung Ryu [and] David Parsons -- Chapter II: Transforming the practice of mobile learning / Patrick Danaher, Raj Gururajan [and] Abdul Hafeez-Baig -- Section II: Enhancing individual learning experiences -- Chapter III: Understanding the value of interactive SMS for large classes / Eusebio Scornavacca, Sid Huff [and] Stephen Marshall -- Chapter IV: Learning by pervasive gaming / Christian Kittl, Francika Edegger [and] Otto Petrovic -- Chapter V: iPods as mobile multimedia learning environments / Peter E. Dolittle ... [et al.] -- Chapter VI: From individual learning to collaborative learning- location, fun, and games: place, context, and identity in mobile learning / Martin Owen -- Section III: Enhancing collaborative learning experiences -- Chapter VII: Collaborative technology impacts in distributed learning environments / Martha Grabowski, Greg Lepak [and] George Kulik -- Chapter VIII: Constructing mobile technology-enabled environments for an integrated learning approach / Mariá Felisa Verdejo ... [et al.] -- Chapter IX: Collaboration in context as a framework for designing innovative mobile learning activities / Daniel Spikol, Arianit Kurti [and] Marcelo Milrad -- Chapter X: Participatory simulation for collaborative learning experiences / Chengjiu Yin, Hiroaki Ogata [and] Yoneo Yano -- Section IV: Enhancing situated learning experiences -- Chapter XI: Situated learning with SketchMap / Sosuke Miura, Pamela Ravasio [and] Masanori Sugimoto -- Chapter XII: An architecture for a personalized mobile environment to facilitate contextual lifelong learning / Dionisios N. Dimakopoulos [and] George D. Magoulas -- Chapter XIII: Designing situated learning experiences / Hokyoung Ryu -- Chapter XIV: Developing a mobile learning platform for a professional environment / Ana Dzartevska -- Section V: Challenges and future mobile learning -- Chapter XV: Handheld educational applications / Yanjie Song -- Chapter XVI: Assessing the benefits of AJAX in mobile learning systems design / Feng Xie [and] David Parsons -- Chapter XVII: Recommended readings and resources / Hokyoung Ryu [and] David Parsons.