Mobile Social Learning as a Catalyst for Cultural Heritage

This article presents a reflection about the way in which recent advances in pedagogy and technology could be harnessed to increase the access to Cultural Heritage. This would happen by using it as a resource for mobile learning in seemingly unrelated areas, such as economics, engineering, science and languages. The ‘long-tail effect’ of such contextualized content driven social interactions would foster contact with and interest in primary sources, which may represent the entry point into the Cultural Heritage Cycle for some or a turning point for others. Author