Learner voice in the context of mobile learning for disaffected young people
Schools and educational institutions are facing increasing disengagement by young people as the numbers of excluded or marginalised young people continues to rise despite government intervention. The concept of learner voice has been adopted across a number of educational institutions and where it is embedded, evidence suggests it can be transformative in terms of culture, staff and learners. Learner voice has not been much in evidence in the context of transforming pedagogical practice in schools where use of ICT by young people is concerned. Whilst young people are avid consumers of technology, social networks and games, their use is not often considered to be learning, hence internet enabled mobile devices such as phones and games consoles are often banned and access to sites popular with young people are commonly blocked. One possible solution to the problem of disengagement is to develop the concept of learner voice with regard to mobile technologies, accessing social networks and communities of practice through a range internet ready devices with a view to re-integration into more traditional learning or employment. This research focused on a group of marginalised young people who had not worked or taken part in learning for an extended period. They influenced the design and development of a prototype learning platform and piloted it over a 13 week period. The young people engaged with the platform throughout the pilot, evidenced by the number of interactions generated for the duration. It would appear that learner voice used in conjunction with mobile technologies and software such as bespoke social networking sites developed specifically for learners and by learners could potentially serve to support the re-engagement of marginalised young people.
Learner voice mobile technologies social networking Web 2.0 marginalised disaffected
Jean Johnson Jonny Dyer Ben Lockyer
Inclusion Trust The Coach House, Stansted Hall, Stansted, CM24 8UD, UK
国际会议
10th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning(第十届移动学习国际会议)
北京
英文
269-276
2011-10-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）