Global Research and Outlook of Mobile Learning

Mike Sharples is a professor of Educational Technology in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University,UK. He also has a post as Academic Lead for the FutureLearn Company. His research includes human-centered design of new technologies and environments for learning. He inaugurated the m-Learn conference series and was the Founding President of the International Association for Mobile Learning. He is Associate Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. His projects include the Wolfson Open Science Laboratory which is an international virtual laboratory for practical science teaching,the JUXTALEARN project on science learning through creative media,and the n-Quire project to develop online inquiry science learning for young people.