This paper explores the nature of mobile learning, both in the sense of learning which is appropriate for an ever more mobile and superdiverse world, and learning which exploits multiple levels of mobility, including the mobility of devices, the mobility of learners, and the mobility of learning experiences.
The presentation goes on to showcase examples of innovative mobile language and literacy learning projects from around the world, drawing on cases from both the global North and the global South. It is suggested that the most effective forms of mobile learning are contextually appropriate; exploit mobility on as many levels as possible; and, at their most pedagogically sophisticated, offer the promise of traversing linguistic and cultural boundaries through mixed reality approaches.
The paper concludes by considering the importance of educators and students developing the critical mobile literacy needed to evaluate the use of mobile devices, both in education and in society as a whole.
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