Mobile learning for the integration of groups that risk being marginalized

Social inclusion and cohesion are two of the objectives that the European Union has very often proclaimed in its documents, in the past ten years. At the same time, community policies have emphasized the role that ICTs can play to encourage and support participation and integration opportunities of disadvantaged citizens. Within this context, the ENSEMBLE project, presented here, aims at developing a strategy of use of ICTs to promote socio-cultural integration of immigrant citizens by using technologies such as MP3 players and mobile phones, and by experimenting instructional methods and communication models suitable for the adopted instruments. The present paper focuses particularly on the educational communication design of MMS messages

Ensemble. Mobile Learning to Promote Social Inclusion

Final English Booklet of Ensemble project. Mobile learning, or m-learning, is the new term that is gaining ground in the educational technology vocabulary. The project has tried to find out how mobile devices could be integrated into learning settings to improve social inclusion

Mobile learning per promuovere l'inclusione sociale

Il booklet, realizzato nel quadro del progetto europeo ENSEMBLE (2008-2010), diretto da A. Calvani, illustra l'impianto didattico e tecnologico-comunicativo del sistema di formazione mobile sperimentato nell'ambito del progetto e presenta i risultati della sperimentazione