Expanding the Accessibility of NSDL for Mobile Learning

Educational digital libraries are becoming mainstream tools for learning and research for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STE&M) education at all levels. Although in classroom settings, the Internet and WWW are being used more and more frequently for classroom learning, there are new opportunities for digital libraries in structured out-of-classroom inquiry-based and project-based learning activities as well as for informal learning activities in homes, museums, and after school clubs. There are also opportunities for learning while students are commuting, jogging, or in other noneducational settings.  Educators now have the opportunity to use mobile technologies for embedded use in the classroom and beyond. Documented new pedagogical applications include conversational learning, inquiry-based learning, assessment, authentic learning, computer scaffolding and lifelong learning.   We present ongoing research on mobile access to digital library resources, and mobile interfaces to contextually relevant digital library resources.