ABSTRACT

The increasing power and diversity of mobile devices supports ever more powerful and diverse learning designs. Designing for learning with mobiles has had to adapt to a context of ubiquitous technologies that is personal, informal and thoroughly learner-centred. Mobile technologies have already been appropriated for social and informal activities and for accessing and creating a rich supply of online digital resources. The chapter explores the proposition that the foundations of design as understood are shifting rapidly and that the process of design must be reviewed and reconsidered. It describes how design is impacted by technology choices that may be made at institutional level or by learners making use of personal mobile devices for learning. The chapter considers four key designs, namely, design of content, of activities, of communities, and of communication. It outlines key considerations in order to clarify how the designs for learning with mobiles differ from current practice in design for e-learning.