Curating A Technology-Rich Authentic Learning Environment (Tale) Using A Mobile App

This paper considers how technology-rich authentic learning environments (TALE) can be achieved through mobile applications for teaching and learning within the subject ‘elements of business skills’. The affordances of technology open up a seamless authentic learning environment, which can effectively engage both individuals and groups of learners. This is a natural learning approach, where learning occurs in the classroom and beyond the classroom, in both public and private authentic social settings. Introduction and aims of study This paper focuses on a two-year study on the impact of technology-rich authentic learning environments (TALE) on the effectiveness of using mobile apps for teaching and learning elements of business skills (EBS) in Singapore secondary schools. The app provides a means for students to build and transfer knowledge in and across different sites of learning, including in the classroom and outside the classroom, as part of the knowledge curation process. M