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The project will address the need to make explicit connections between the everyday uses of mobile devices and how these tools can enable learners to exploit learning opportunities, either to pursue formal qualifications or for informal learning.
The widespread diffusion of mobile technologies in all countries of the European Union gives an opportunity to develop policies addressed towards participation and social inclusion, considering that the use of mobile devices transcends age, social status, economic level, gender and ethnic origins.
Though the scientific community has highlighted that mobile learning could be a suitable methodology to support lifelong learning, national policies have not yet taken any significant steps to integrate lifelong learning and mobile technologies.
This integration will have a positive effect on several indicators, such as the participation rates in education, the skill level of teachers/trainers in the use of information and communication technologies, and the diffusion of m-learning.
The project involves a consortium of four countries (Italy, the UK, Ireland and Hungary) which are different with respect to the lifelong learning policies adopted and to the diffusion of mobile devices.
The main outputs of the project will concern activities related to collecting, organizing and analyzing new pedagogical approaches that exploit mobile technologies for lifelong learning (LLL). In particular, the project envisages the following outputs:
These outputs will form the basis for working with policymakers in the UK to find ways of reproducing and improving upon best practice in a variety of learning contexts.
