FRONT COVER -- INCREASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND RETENTION USING MOBILE APPLICATIONS: SMARTPHONES, SKYPE AND TEXTING TECHNOLOGIES -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PART I: ADOPTION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS: SMARTPHONES, SKYPE AND TEXTING TECHNOLOGIES -- NEW PATHWAYS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: AN INTRODUCTION TO USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES -- INTRODUCTION -- ADOPTION PRINCIPLES -- APPLICATION BENEFITS -- THEORETICAL FRAMING -- TECHNOLOGY -- CHAPTER OVERVIEWS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EDUCATIONAL DESIGNS SUPPORTING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH NETWORKED PROJECT STUDIES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATIONAL DESIGN -- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEARNING -- PROBLEM AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING -- DEVELOPING INFORMATION LITERACY -- TEACHER'S ROLES: LECTURER, FACILITATOR AND MEDIATOR -- THE MASTER PROGRAMME IN ICT AND LEARNING (MIL) -- METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- STUDENTS' INNOVATIVE WAYS WITH TECHNOLOGIES -- REFLECTIONS ON GROUP PROCESSES AND SUPERVISOR ROLES -- ENGAGING NEW STUDENTS IN ONLINE DISCUSSIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MOBILE LEARNING: DEFINITION, USES AND CHALLENGES -- DEFINING MOBILE LEARNING (M-LEARNING) -- MOBILE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES -- THE ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION OF MOBILE LEARNING PLATFORMS -- M-LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS: STIMULATING LEARNING ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION -- MOBILE LEARNING: CONSEQUENCES AND CHALLENGES -- FINAL REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON INCORPORATING MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY INCORPORATE MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES? WEAVING TOGETHER DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE -- ADULT AND HIGHER EDUCATION -- PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY -- SOCIOLOGY -- WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES -- INTEGRATIVE MODEL FOR STUDENT-CENTERED CLASSROOMS -- INFUSING TECHNOLOGY IN THE STUDENT-CENTERED CLASSROOM.

APPLICATION OF SCENARIOS AND FIGURES -- INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CURRICULUM CHANGE -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ONLINE COURSES THROUGH THE USE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION -- INCORPORATING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN ONLINE COURSES -- AN ACTIVITY-BASED APPROACH TO USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY -- DISCUSSION -- CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES OF MOBILE LEARNING -- FINAL REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART II: APPLICATION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS: SMARTPHONES, SKYPE AND TEXTING APPLICATIONS -- FASHION DESIGN PODCAST INITIATIVE: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND FASHION DESIGN TEACHING STRATEGIES -- INTRODUCTION -- FASHION DESIGN PODCAST INITIATIVE EXHIBITION PROJECT -- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES -- PODCASTS IN THE PEDAGOGICAL LITERATURE -- PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES FOR FASHION DESIGN PODCAST INITIATIVE PROJECT -- FASHION DESIGN CAPSTONE COURSE CONTEXT -- DESIGN PROCESS -- THE DESIGN PROCESS APPLIED TO THE PODCASTING PROJECT -- IMPLEMENTATION PLAN -- OUTCOMES -- PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND FINDINGS -- EVALUATIONS AND REFLECTIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- THE INNOVATIVE USE OF PERSONAL SMART DEVICES BY STUDENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- MOBILE LEARNING -- SMART TECHNOLOGIES -- METHODOLOGY -- RESEARCH RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- ENGAGING TEACHERS (AND STUDENTS) WITH MEDIA STREAMING TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF BOX OF BROADCASTS -- INTRODUCTION -- HOW TO CREATE A POWERFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT WORKS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS? -- MEDIA-STREAMING -- WHAT DOES BOX OF BROADCASTS DO? -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- BUSINESS STUDENTS' LEARNING ENGAGEMENT AS A FUNCTION OF READING ASSIGNED E-TEXTBOOKS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TEXTBOOK QUESTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.

FACILITATED WORK BASED LEARNING: A NEW METHOD FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION? -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM PROBLEM BASED LEARNING TO FWBL -- JOHN DEWEY'S PRAGMATIC THINKING -- FWBL AND DEWEY'S PRAGMATIC PEDAGOGY -- FWBL TURNS CONTINUING EDUCATION UPSIDE DOWN -- CAN WORK AND CONTINUING EDUCATION BE INTEGRATED? -- FWBL IS UNDER PRESSURE IN THE WORKPLACE -- THE THIRD CONTEXT -- THE NEW ARGUMENT FOR ENGAGING IN FWBL -- FINAL REMARKS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.