Ubiquitous and Mobile Learning in the Digital Age [Hardcover]

This?edited?volume?with?selected?expanded?papers?from?CELDA?(Cognition?and?Exploratory?Learning?in?the?Digital?Age)?2011?(http://www.celda-?conf.org/)?will?focus?on?Ubiquitous?and?Mobile?Informal?and?Formal?Learning in the?Digital?Age,?with?sub-topics:?Mobile?and?Ubiquitous?Informal?and?Formal?Learning?Environments?(Part?I),?Social?Web?Technologies?for?new?knowledge?representation,?retrieval,?creation?and?sharing?in?Informal?and?Formal?Educational?Settings ?(Part?II),?Virtual?Worlds?and?Game-?based?Informal?and?Formal?Learning?(Part?III),?Location-?based?and?Context-??Aware?Environments?for?Formal?and?Informal?Learning?Integration?(Part?IV)?There?will?be?approximately?twenty?chapters?selected?for?this?edited?volume?from?among?peer-?reviewed?papers?presented?at?the?CELDA?(Cognition?and?Exploratory?Learning?in?the?Digital?Age)?2011?Conference?in?Rio?de?Janeiro,?Brazil?in?November,?2011. ??

Gathering papers from the 2011 conference Cognition?and?Exploratory?Learning?in?the?Digital?Age (CELDA), this book covers informal?and?formal?learning?environments,?social web?technology?for?new?knowledge?representation,?retrieval,?creation?and sharing?in?informal?and?formal?settings.

Ubiquitous and mobile formal and informal learning in the digital age.- Challenges and new perspectives.- Social web technologies for new knowledge representations.- Social web technologies for knowledge retrieval, creation, and sharing in formal and informal educational settings.- Virtual worlds and formal learning.- Virtual worlds and informal learning.- Game-based learning and assessment.- Location-based environments for learning.- Context-aware environments for learning.- Formal and informal learning integration.- Conclusions and future directions.Dr. Sampson holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Demokritus University of Thrace and a PhD in Multimedia Communications from the university of Essex, UK. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Pireaus, Greece. lc3