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The iPod Touch in association with other technologies in support of a community of inquiry in off-campus teacher education

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Hand-held technologies are pervasive and convenient in everyday use, but less commonly associated with the delivery of teacher education programs. This has implications for the way graduate teachers view the challenge of utilising these devices once they become classroom teachers, as pre-service teachers generally associate these devices with social rather than educational uses. The paper explores the journey of a group of educators and members of a cohort of 65 pre-service teachers undertaking a one-year, graduate level pre-service teaching course in a blended learning environment managed from a regional campus of an Australian university.

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