Electronic mobile devices in environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) - Evaluation of concepts and potentials

Mobile electronic devices with integrated GPS receivers are being used with increasing popularity for EE and ESD. The research project of Ludwigsburg University of Education intends to bring the discussion on the potentials and limitations of these new educational technologies to a more objective level. The objective is a systematic review of practical approaches to evaluate the quality and potentials of mobile learning from different perspectives: technical, methodological and content-driven dimensions. These dimensions are framed in a pedagogical-didactic context leading to opposite poles, such as educational offers, teaching-learning paradigms and action control. The results reveal the status quo and unused potentials of mobile learning in EE/ESD. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu