Pachler, N; Cook, J; (2009) Mobile, Informal and Lifelong Learning: a UK Policy Perspective. In: Nyiri, János Kristóf, (ed.) Engagement And Exposure: Mobile Communication And The Ethics Of Social Networking. (pp. 149-158). Passagen Verlag: Vienna, Austria.

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Abstract

For the last 20 years or so the UK has been what one might call a hyperactive educational policy domain. The role of technology, in particular its harnessing for education, has been no exception. Unlike other European countries, the UK education sector benefits not just from professional associations providing self-help support for educational professionals, but also from a number of socalled "quangos", quasi non-governmental organizations at arms-length of the government, yet tasked with (supporting the) formulation and implementation of government policy. In this paper, we will look analytically, and where appropriate critically, at central government policy and implementation in the UK with particular reference to mobile learning in the context of the wider e-learning strategy. In particular, we will look at the trajectories set up by policy documents as well as the work of the British Educational Technology Agency (Becta) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) from formal education at primary, secondary, further and higher education towards the use of digital technologies outside of formal education and the world of work. We will examine the government’s conceptualization of informal and mobile learning, assess its appropriacy and discuss the role and potential of mobile devices for learning within it.

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