Towards an Indigenous Model for Effective Mobile Learning

Abstract

This research will leverage off the popularity of emerging technologies with young people to identify (mobile) learning practices that produce positive experiences for students. The research will take place and be guided by a learning environment that adheres to tikanga Māori practices. The expectations and mobile learning experiences of tutors and students will be obtained; this data will then be analysed to construct a mobile learning model that adheres to the needs of students within tikanga Māori learning environments. Adaption of a tikanga based teaching and learning philosophy for the development of formal mobile learning is being used as a basis for professional development and learning design. It is anticipated that a mobile learning framework that can produce positive teaching and learning experiences will contribute to improving educational outcomes for Māori and other students.