The design of personal mobile technologies for lifelong learning

This paper sets out a framework for the design of a new genre of educationa l technology - personal (handheld or wearable) computer systems that suppor t learning from any location throughout a lifetime. We set out a theory of lifelong learning mediated by technology and indicate how it call provide r equirements for the software, hardware, communications and interface design of a handheld learning resource, or HandLeR. The paper concludes with a de scription and formative evaluation of a demonstrator system for children ag ed 7-11. ((C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.