dr. steve jones mtsu february, 2010 learning in the palm of your hand
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Dr. Steve JonesMTSU
February, 2010
Learning in the Palm of Your Hand
Social media focus Anytime, anywhere
learning Incorporates texting Students can be
resources
How learners (of any age) use new technologies to participate in virtual communities where they share ideas, comment upon one another's projects, and plan, design, advance, implement, or simply discuss their goals and ideas together.
How could social media be used in classes?
Source: Ambient Insight, 2007
Distilled-down version – learning “nuggets”
“Just enough” i.e. brief content
Always on On demand (Just-in-
time) learning Facilitates learning
during naturally occurring times
Performance support
Students in field settings
Students on the go
Multi-way, active learning
Quick access to current drug database and nursing reference books
The ability to access procedure information
Bedside data entry, Data collection for research and teaching Patient health management Improved team communication
Source: Davenport, 2004
Can add texting capability to an mLearning module
Can transmit images and other data
In addition to social networking, how could mLearning be used in some classes?
ACU learning initiative Faculty experiences Research Math Podcasts Sample
Hot Lava donated software and server space
Proof-of-concept projects in Psy3020 (basic statistics), Psy4360 (Organizational Psychology) and PRST 5800/6800
Training available on-line in D2L Students create mLearning objects:http://hdwap.com
/mtsu/s.html?p=pass&n=yBrittani (pg1)Patricia (pg3)Stubblefield(pg3)2 tail tests
C-Shock: Culture game ProChef: Cooking podcasts Mayo Clinic InTouch: info for medical
professionals mynutrition.com: info for nutrition
professionals BonesInMotion: tracks fitness activities,
tracks routes with Google Maps
Software Ease of learning
Strength Cost
MobiSiteGalore Easy Texting, free hosting
Free
***Hot Lava Moderate Audio, skins for most popular phones, includes LMS, categories
$1000
ToolBook Moderate Also used for eLearning
$2795
Adobe Flash Difficult Testing site for different phones, but most phones lack flash player
$700
Iflipr – makes flash cards for iphone Mob – iForge – central site for
development of mobile content (all phones)
Qik: share live video from your mobile phone\
Main advantage the main advantage of m-learning is that it increases
flexibility for students studying at a distance (Rekkedal, 2002)
mLearning has the potential to increase student retention (Fozdar & , Kuma2007)
University Leaders: ACU, CTU, Open University,
International Academy of Design and Technology
Experts: Judy Brown & David Metcalf (UCF) Organizations:
LearningTown (mobile learning group) http://www.learningtown.com/
The eLearning Guild http://www.elearningguild.com/ International Association of Mobile Learning
mLearning Conferences: http://www.mlearning-conf.org/ http://mlearnopedia.com/ http://www.elearningguild.com/mLearning conference
Blog: handheldlearning
Instructional Design for M-Learning – David Metcalf
Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers – Kukulska & Traxler
Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training (eBook of studies from AU Press) – Editor: Mohamed Ally
Mobile Learning: on-line journal