John Traxler

Biography

John Traxler was Professor of Mobile Learning, the world’s first, from September 2009, and now Research Professor of Digital Learning in the Institute of Education at the University of Wolverhampton UK. He is UNESCO Chair in Innovative Informal Digital Learning in Disadvantaged and Development Contexts. He is one of the pioneers of mobile learning and has been associated with mobile learning projects since 2001 when he was evaluator for m-learning, the first major EU project. He is a Founding Director and was Vice-President of the International Association for Mobile Learning, responsible for the annual international mLearn research conference running since 2002. He is co-editor of the definitive book, Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers, and Mobile Learning: the Next Generation with Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme. He is co-author of Mobile Learning and Mathematics and Mobile Learning and STEM: Case Studies in Practice, and has written many papers, articles and chapters on all aspects of mobile learning. He is also co-editor of Critical Mobile Pedagogy