ABSTRACT

This qualitative study explores youth’ perception of opportunities for mobile learning (M-Learning) as a means to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Data were collected through the qualitative case study of a M-Learning project called the 8th e-ICON World Contest hosted by Korean Ministry of Education and the Hawaii Department of Education. Drawing on youth’ insights and their knowledge as a basis for exploring the potential of M-Learning, the study recommends three areas for the integration of M-Learning with a view to achieving SDGs as follows: (1) M-Learning for improving access to education; (2) M-Learning for improving the quality of education; (3) M-Learning for building and scaling up collective partnership. The study also confirms that youth could play an active role in utilising opportunities of M-Learning to address the current educational development agenda and suggests how M-Learning can be conceptualized as a development intervention.

摘要

这项定性研究探索了年轻人对移动学习机会的认识（M-Learning），以此作为实现可持续发展目标（SDG）的一种手段。数据是通过韩国教育部和夏威夷教育部主办的名为“第八届e-ICON世界竞赛”的M-Learning项目的定性案例研究收集的。这项研究以青年的见识和知识为基础，探索了M-Learning的潜力，为实现M-Learning的可持续发展目标提出了三个方面的建议：（1）M-Learning用于改善获取机会受教育；（2）M-Learning，以提高教育质量；（3）M-Learning，用于建立和扩大集体伙伴关系。