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Mobile technology, free apps, digital inclusion and citizenship Neuza Pedro [email protected] t João Filipe Matos [email protected] t

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Mobile technology, free apps, digital inclusion and citizenship

Neuza [email protected]

João Filipe [email protected]

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Beneficial

Harmful

?

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Everyday life vs Schools

‘misused’ ‘disruptive gadgets’

Negative attitudes and low social acceptance towards mobile learning

‘Keep in touch’‘solve problems’

Connection,Access to information,Management & Storage

(Almeida, 2012; Lobato, 2013; Teixeira, 2013)

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http://www.wikihow.com/Answer-a-Cell-Phone-in-Class

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Regulamento Interno da Escola Secundária G#!@tfrj?»

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How this new technology can positively impact education / labor market / society ?

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Is a term used to define the type of learning that

takes place when a learner takes some kind of

mobile equipment making intentional use of its

applications, content and connectivity to learn at

any time and place.

Mobile learning

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• ‘Learning2Go’ (United Kingdom)

• ‘LET´S GO’ (USA and Sweden)

• ‘MoMath’ (African countries)

• ‘Mobiles for supervisors’ (Argentina)

• ‘MILLEE’ (India)

Mobile learning International projects

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• An inquiry-based mobile learning project claiming to be the largest collaborative Mobile learning project for students in the UK, since 2003.

Aims:. developing new ways of delivering learning both in and outside of school. . explore methods for incorporating fieldwork and multidisciplinary activities into mobile learning projects. seek solutions to actual community problems, such as disparities between socio-economic groups in access to mobile devices and familiarity with mobile technologies.

Learning2Go (United Kingdom)

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An international mobile learning project funded by Wallenberg Global Learning Network, the National Geographic Society and universities and schools in Sweden and USA (2008-11). The project integrates geo-positional data sensing, multimedia communication, information visualization and Web 2.0 tools to facilitate science learning. Participating schools used lowcost laptop computers and mobile phones for field-based learning activities to teach students ecological science and scientific methods. In the design phase, teachers, students, developers and scientists worked together to create inquiry-based collaborative science tasks.

Learning Ecology with Technologies from Science for Global Outcomes (LET’S GO)

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• Nokia + South Africa’s Department of Education (2007)

2011: the project had reached 25000 learners, 500 teachers and 172 schools in 4 provinces.Aims:Use mobile phones to provide Grade 10 students with access to more than 10000 math exercises aligned with the national Math curriculum. Students use their own mobile phones to access content, participate in competitions based on multiple-choice questions and engage in peer interaction. Learners use the platform to complete math exercises, take tests sent by their teachers and participate in competitions. Students receive reminders about their required work via SMS.

Free access is supported by South Africa’s 3 local mobile network operators.

MoMath project

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In the province of Mendoza has made significant progress in improving the production and management of educational information. An online system is used to report and track data on students’ academic performance, schools’ human resources and infrastructure needs. However, 1634 public schools are located in rural areas with bad access to computer and internet connectivity. Educators and administrators of rural schools have difficulty accessing the online system to enter data, and consequently much of the information on these schools is outdated. To address these issues, in 2010 the province launched an initiative called ‘Mobiles for Supervisors’ that provided 350 school system supervisors with smartphones (+ mobile service plans). With these mobile devices, school system supervisors visiting rural schools can connect to the online system directly from their smartphones.

‘Mobiles for supervisors’ (Argentina)

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Research-based initiative that investigates how mobile phones can be used to enhance English language skills. Aims:. Seeks to reach out low-income students in rural areas who have minimal access to traditional education systems.. focus on providing educational opportunities for out-of-school learning through mobile phones.

Ex: students participated in an afterschool programme where they learned English using mobile-based games that they played for approximately 6 hours per week

Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies-MILLEE (India)

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• support a more ubiquitous ‘anywhere-anytime’ learning,

• situated and personalized learning experience,

• provide free access to (trustworthy) information, webtools and

applications,

• to reach underserved learners,

• improve 21st-century skills and real e-citizenship,

• to fit with new learning environments - the digital habitats

Conclusions: Driving forces

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Not only for students learning but also for Communication

Teachers - Parents (Pedro & Soares, 2012)

School - Teachers (Catalão & Pedro, 2012)

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A request !More rigorous, reliable and independent research around mobile learning

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Mobile technology, free apps,

digital inclusion and citizenship

Neuza PedroJoão Filipe Matos

Univ Lisboa

SEMIME, 1 fev 2014