Abstract
The variety of highly portable reading devices is now
remarkable - Amazon Kindles, iRex iLiads and Sony Readers
are but the most well known. At the same time there are
continuous and extensive discussions about levels of
reading proficiency and how it might be impacted by such
new technologies, especially amongst the young. Though it
would seem obvious that there might be a link between the
two, such discussions typically suffer from being too
general, ignoring differences in type of reading, in the
contexts of reading and hence also in relevant or
appropriate measures of reading proficiency. Reading an
SMS is clearly different from reading a novel as it is
different from reading a textbook. In this paper, we want
to report an examination of eBook readers from the
perspective of 'mobile learning'. It seems that eBook
readers and their role in mobile learning have not been
examined very greatly from this perspective.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 8th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2009 |
| Pages | 139-139 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 8th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2009 - Orlando, United States Duration: 26 Oct 2009 → 30 Oct 2009 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2009 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | mLearn 2009 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Orlando |
| Period | 26/10/09 → 30/10/09 |
Keywords
- ebooks
- reading
- reading proficiency
- contextual learning
- mobile learning
- education