iel2010 mobile learning workshop
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Workshop on mobile learning on 1 June 2010 for the 6th Annual Innovations in e-Learning SymposiumTRANSCRIPT
Tips, Techniques and Tools for Mobile Learning
Judy BrownDavid Metcalf
IEL 20101 June 2010
Workshop Plan• Introductions• Why?• What?• Design Considerations• Resources
Break• Examples• Tools• Moving Forward• Wrap
Let’s Get Acquainted
Why Mobile Learning?
• 4.6 billion
• 3.4 billion
• 1.2 billion
• 3x
• 1.13 billion
• 270 million
• 17 months
• 4 years
Some Stats
Growth
What?
Define Mobile
Tablet PCLaptop Cell Phone
Netbook / Micro PC
UMPC / MID
Player(Audio / Video)
Handheld / PDA
Game Device
Wearable or Combination
(e-book reader /
USB Drive)
“Mobile phones are misnamed. They should be called ‘gateways to all human knowledge’.”
Ray Kurzweil, Futurist
Handheld Learning 2009
Five Moments of Learning Needs
• When learning for the first time
• When wanting to learn more
• When trying to remember
• When things change
• When something goes wrong Dr. Conrad Gottfredson
It is Much More than Just CoursesMobile Learning Opportunities
Field guide
Micro learningLearningmodules
Review/remember
Just-in-time
Audio recordings
Video recordings
Quiz
Test
Poll
Survey
Feedback
Geo-exploration
Location
specific
Capture/share/document
Reporting
Note taking
Reference
Coaching/mentoring
Job aid/check list
Updates
Alerts
Game-based learning
Simulation
Augmented realityAssignments
Reminders
Conferencing
Translation
TranscriptionGeo-blogging
Organization
On-demand access
Procedures
PresentationsDecision support
Evaluation Contextualized learning
It is Much More than Just CoursesMobile Learning Opportunities
• More personal• Networked
• Fun• More interactive• Spontaneous• Shorter in duration• To the point• For instant use• Engaging users to contribute
and share
Sami Leppänen
Different than e-Learning
Definition?“The exploitation of ubiquitous handheld technologies, together with wireless and mobile phone networks, to facilitate, support, enhance and extend the reach of teaching and learning.”
MoLeNET
“Mobile learning, or m-learning, can be any educational interaction delivered through mobile technology and accessed at a student’s convenience from any location.”
Educause ELI
Which Device?
Design
Resources
Resources Listing• Also available at
http://judybrown.com/handout
• Slides at http://slideshare.net/judyb
Examples
Content Types1. Triggered Notifications and Reminders
2. Interactive Messaging
3. Voice-Based Content and Tests
4. Reference Materials
5. Content and Courseware
6. Media-Based Content
• Syllabus
• “Clicker”• Resources - dictionary,
thesaurus, calculator, etc.
• Classroom communicator
• Podcasting client• eBook
• Internet communicator
• Course information
• Notetaking
• Gradebook/attendance
http://m.acu.edu
Abilene Christian University
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Moodle4iPhones Project
Blackboard Mobile
Virginia Mobile Learning Apps Development Challenge
Army.mil Mobile
Cultural Awareness
ARIS (Augmented Reality and Interactive Storytelling)
Moving Forward
Hardware• It’s not about
devices, but capabilities
• It’s about the experience — not the technology
Looking Ahead…• Devices• Location • Mobile broadband• Recognition• Accelerometers• Context aware• Augmented
Reality• Machine to
machine
• Near Field Communication
• Personalization• Sensors
• Orientation• Heart rate• Blood glucose• Pulse
Qualcomm patents Multi-fold display
QR Codes
Transparent Devices?
Sensors
Wrap
What Are Your Favorite Mobile Learning Examples?