ABOUT THIS BOOK

This collection seeks to define the emerging field of "ubiquitous learning," an educational paradigm made possible in part by the omnipresence of digital media, supporting new modes of knowledge creation, communication, and access. As new media empower practically anyone to produce and disseminate knowledge, learning can now occur at any time and any place. The essays in this volume present key concepts, contextual factors, and current practices in this new field.

Contributors are Simon J. Appleford, Patrick Berry, Jack Brighton, Bertram C. Bruce, Amber Buck, Nicholas C. Burbules, Orville Vernon Burton, Timothy Cash, Bill Cope, Alan Craig, Lisa Bouillion Diaz, Elizabeth M. Delacruz, Steve Downey, Guy Garnett, Steven E. Gump, Gail E. Hawisher, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Cory Holding, Wenhao David Huang, Eric Jakobsson, Tristan E. Johnson, Mary Kalantzis, Samuel Kamin, Karrie G. Karahalios, Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, Hannah Lee, Faye L. Lesht, Maria Lovett, Cheryl McFadden, Robert E. McGrath, James D. Myers, Christa Olson, James Onderdonk, Michael A. Peters, Evangeline S. Pianfetti, Paul Prior, Fazal Rizvi, Mei-Li Shih, Janine Solberg, Joseph Squier, Kona Taylor, Sharon Tettegah, Michael Twidale, Edee Norman Wiziecki, and Hanna Zhong.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Bill Cope is a research professor in educational policy studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is coeditor of The Future of the Book in the Digital Age.Mary Kalantzis is the dean of the College of Education and professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is coauthor of Cultures of Schooling: Pedagogies for Cultural Difference and Social Access.

REVIEWS

"This book taps directly into seismic shifts occurring in what it means to go about one's everyday life when access to information and ideas are so readily at hand. The contributors move well beyond the speculative to afford readers a rich range of substantive definitions and concrete examples of ubiquitous learning."--Michele Knobel, coauthor of New Literacies: Changing Knowledge and Classroom Learning

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Introduction: The Beginnings of an Idea, Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope

Part A: Concepts

1. Ubiquitous Learning: An Agenda for Educational Transformation, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis

2. Meanings of "Ubiquitous Learning," Nicholas C. Burbules

3. Ubiquitous Learning, Ubiquitous Computing, and Lived Experience, Bertram C. Bruce

4. Participatory Transformations, Caroline Haythornthwaite

5. Ubiquitous Media and the Revival of Participatory Culture, Jack Brighton

6. Notes toward a Political Economy of Ubiquitous Learning, Michael A. Peters

7. From Ubiquitous Computing to Ubiquitous Learning, Michael B. Twidale

Part B: Contexts

8. Ubiquitous Learning: Educating Generation I, Evangeline S. Pianfetti

9. Ubiquitous Learning with Geospatial Technologies: Negotiating Youth and Adult Roles, Lisa Bouillion Diaz

10. Digital Divide and Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, Fazal Rizvi

11. Cyberenvironments: Ubiquitous Research and Learning, James D. Myers and Robert E. McGrath

12. Immersive Environments for Massive, Multiperson, Online Learning, Alan B. Craig, Steve Downey, Guy Garnett, Robert E. McGrath, and James D. Myers

13. Let's Get Serious about E-games: A Design Research Approach toward an Emerging Perspective, Wenhao David Huang and Tristan E. Johnson

14. Access Grid Technology: An Exploration in Educators' Dialogue, Sharon Tettegah, Cheryl McFadden, Edee Norman Wiziecki, Hanna Zhong, Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, Mei-Li Shih, Kona Taylor, and Timothy Cash

15. Physical Embodiment of Virtual Presence, Karrie G. Karahalios

16. Administrative Implications of Ubiquitous Learning for Nonprofit Colleges and Universities, Faye L. Lesht

Part C: Practices

17. History: The Role of Technology in the Democratization of Learning, Orville Vernon Burton, James Onderdonk, and Simon J. Appleford

18. Computer Science: Pen-Enabled Computers for the "Ubiquitous Teacher," Samuel Kamin

19. Biology: Using a Ubiquitous Knowledge Environment to Integrate Teaching, Learning, and Research in Biology and Chemistry, Eric Jakobsson

20. Visual Arts: Technology Pedagogy as Cultural Citizenship, Elizabeth M. Delacruz

21. Writing (1): Writing with Video, Maria Lovett and Joseph Squier

22. Writing (2): Ubiquitous Writing and Learning: Digital Media as Tools for Reflection and Research on Literate Activity, Gail E. Hawisher, Paul Prior, Patrick Berry, Amber Buck, Steven E. Gump, Cory Olson, and Janine Solberg

About the Contributors

Index