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Adults' Use Of Mobile Learning Environments While Enrolled In General Educational Development Classes, Tia Wilkinson
Adults' Use Of Mobile Learning Environments While Enrolled In General Educational Development Classes, Tia Wilkinson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Mobile learning environments (MLEs) offer ubiquitous learning opportunities for adults in General Educational Development (GED) programs. However, MLEs have not been integrated into most adult GED programs; therefore, little is known about the experiences of adult learners who use MLEs as part of their education. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how adult learners described making connections within MLEs, how they perceived learning with MLEs, and how they expanded their use of MLEs. The principles of connectivism provided the conceptual framework for the study. Participants were 11 adult learners in GED programs in a Southern urban …