Mobile Learning Communities

Mobile Learning Communities explores the diverse ways in which traveling groups experience learning "on the run", bringing together for the first time mobilities and learning communities into a single and comprehensive focus.

Patrick Alan Danaher (BEd, BA, BA(Hons), GradDipTertiaryEd, MLitt, PhD) is Associate Professor in Education (Education Research) at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Beverley Moriarty (DipTeach, BEd, MEd, PhD, AMusA) is Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education at the Dubbo campus of Charles Sturt University, Australia. Geoff Danaher (BA(Hons), DipEd, PhD) is a Lecturer in Learning Support and the Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies program in the Division of Teaching and Learning Services at the Rockhampton campus of Central Queensland University, Australia.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction: Mobile Learning Communities 1. Networks and Partnerships 2. Lifelong Learning: From the Cradle to the Grave 3. Technologies and Their Users 4. Globalization and Interactions with the Outside World 5. The Knowledge Economy and Workplace Learning 6. Multiliteracies and Meaning-Making 7. Communities at Risk: Building Capacities for Sustainability 8. Marginalization and Transformation Conclusion: Creating New Educational Futures Glossary of Terms References Index