Mohamed Ally is a professor in the Centre for DistanceEducation at Athabasca University in Canada. He is on the board of boththe International Association of Mobile Learning and the InternationalFederation of Training and Development.

"We can only transform our world through education, but many can not be reached through conventional means. Mobile learning is bringing enormous opportunity where previously there was little. Ally travels the world tirelessly investigating, absorbing, and prescribing best practices for this new field. His work is transformative for education in many countries. - Mary Lou Jepsen, founding CTO of One Laptop per Child"

• FOREWORDCONTRIBUTING AUTHORSINTRODUCTIONPART ONE: Advances in Mobile LearningChapter 1Current State of Mobile Learning / John TraxlerChapter 2A Model for Framing Mobile Learning / Marguerite L.KoolePART TWO: Research on Mobile LearningChapter 3Mobile Distance Learning with PDAs: Development and Testing ofPedagogical and System Solutions Supporting Mobile Distance Learners /Torstein Rekkedal and Aleksander DyeChapter 4Using Mobile Learning to Enhance the Quality of Nursing PracticeEducation / Richard F. Kenny, Caroline Park, Jocelyne M. C. VanNeste-Kenny, Pamela A. Burton, and Jan MeiersChapter 5Informal Learning Evidence in Online Communities of Mobile DeviceEnthusiasts / Gill Clough, Ann C. Jones, Patrick McAndrew, andEileen ScanlonChapter 6M-learning: Positioning Educators for a Mobile, Connected Future /Kristine PetersPART THREE: Applications of Mobile LearningChapter 7Practitioners as Innovators: Emergent Practice in Personal MobileTeaching, Learning, Work, and Leisure / Agnes Kukulska-Hulme andJohn PettitChapter 8Design and Development of Multimedia Learning Objects for MobilePhones / Claire Bradley, Richard Haynes, John Cook, Tom Boyle, andCarl SmithChapter 9From E-learning to Mobile Learning: New Opportunities / MichellePieri and Davide DiamantiniChapter 10MobilED – Mobile Tools and Services Platform for Formal andInformal Learning / Merryl Ford and Teemu LeinonenChapter 11Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of M-learning within anInternational Distance Education Programme / Jon Gregson and DolfJordaanChapter 12Using Mobile Technologies for Multimedia Tours in a TraditionalMuseum Setting / Laura Naismith and M. Paul SmithChapter 13Use of Mobile Technology for Teacher Training / JocelynWishartConclusionGlossaryIndex