Pachler, N; Cook, J; Bradley, C; (2009) 'I Don't Really See It': Whither Case-based Approaches to Understanding Off-site and On-campus Mobile Learning? In: Vavoula, G and Pachler, N and Kukulska-Hulme, A, (eds.) Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Tools and Research Designs. (pp. 77-95). Peter Lang Group: Oxford, UK.

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This chapter reports on the methodological dimension of a qualitative study of the use of high-end mobile phones for off-site and on-campus mobile learning. The aim of the study was to investigate how mobile devices are being integrated by learners in their informal/private ‘space’ and what use they make of mobile devices in formal learning contexts. The main focus of this chapter is on the research methods used in our study. The methodology draws on qualitative and narrative approaches to data collection and analysis focusing in the main on subjective and perceptual aspects of students’ personal and study-related experiences in using mobile phones. With reference to relevant literature in the field, we discuss the relative merits of narrative and casebased approaches and seek to demonstrate their appropriacy in the study of mobile learning, with a particular emphasis here on data analysis.

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