Txt Me: supporting disengaged youth using mobile technologies

There are two resources here. The first describes the actual project involving mobile technologies for disengaged youth; the second proposes recommendations for the use of m-learning strategies.

Projects: New Practices in Flexible Learning 2004: Txt Me: supporting disengaged youth using mobile technologies

Jill Jamieson

The project recognises that mobile phone use has become a pervasive communication tool among youth culture, and has aimed to develop recommendations and guidelines for VET providers on using this communication technology to support a sustainable learning culture with disengaged youth. Specifically, the project sought to find new ways to engage, motivate and sustain lifelong learning skills for these learners.

The project tested the hypothesis that m-learning strategies and mobile phone technology motivates and supports the retention of disengaged youth in learning programs and facilitates the development of lifelong learning skills through supporting collaborative, networked learning environments.

The overall goal of the project was to integrate readily accessible mobile technology into a vocational learning environment for the benefit of disengaged learners.

http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/projects/txtme.htm


TxT Me: Supporting disengaged youth using mobile technologies.

Anne Ison, Alex Hayes, Sandra Robinson and Jill Jamieson

Recommendations for the use of m-learning strategies to support disengaged youth in vocational education and training.

http://tinyurl.com/amyce