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**Mobile Web 2.0 Integration ** **Case Description: ** **This case study, centered in New Zealand, is a longitudinal research project from 2006-present which is an ongoing investigation of the impact of mobile web 2.0 technology and its influence on higher education. The idea of integrating a mobile web learning model (mlearning) was to transform the previous pedagological lecturer-centered environment to a student-centered andragogy and eventually a heutagogy where students become independent learners. Integration of mobile web 2.0 tools within the curriculum via a three stage adoption process across three years of the Product Design were analyzed and evaluated to be key elements in providing communication tools within higher education, while facilitating student- generated content. The first year core assessment involved an online blog and eportfolio documenting and showcasing students’ design processes and beginning the basis of a collaborative hub with classmates. Focus of the second year project involved building on the students’ mobile web 2.0 experience, while integrating social networking, student-generated content, and facilitation of peer-assessment. The third year focused on mobile web 2.0 to create context-bridging learning environments that assisted students in moving from Andragogy to Heutagogy. Students and lecturers were supplied with Nokia smartphones to help facilitate this bridge in communication with worldwide peers and potential employers or clients. Objectives of Cochrane and Flitta were to explore the world of Pedagogy 2.0, also known as social constructivist learning environments and to evaluate and describe the impact of web 2.0 social software and mlearning on students’ abilities to generate eportfolios within a Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts course in New Zealand. **   **References: ** **Cochrane, T. & Flitta, I. (2010). Mobile Web 2.0 Integration. **[|**www.web.me.com/thom_cochrane/thom/Research_outputs/ConferenceProceedings/IADIS2011paperFinal.pdf**]