Stanford Mobile Learning Environment (SMILE)

Seeds of Empowerment

• Introduction • SMILE Process • Background • SMILE Application • SMILE- k-12 • SMILE-Civic Engagement • SMILE-Health Education • SMILE-Community Development • SMILE-Global

• SMILE is an assessment/inquiry maker which allows students to quickly create own inquiries or homework items based on their own learning.

Student-generated questions

In an engaging way

Mobile-based learning environment

Traditional classroom

• Highly interactive learning environment • Engage learners to analyze own learning • Critical reasoning • Synthesize acquired concepts • Problem solving • Generate, share, and evaluate Multimedia-rich

inquiries • Anytime/anywhere homework/inquiry

generation • Evaluate peer inquiries

To cause pedagogical Paradigm shift….

Design a Question / Inquiry/ Task/ Homework

Add Multimedia

SMILE

Share

Evaluate

Overview: SMILE network structure

Action messages & question-related data

Question-related data

activity management application

Wireless Network Router Mobile Phone4

Mobile Phone3

Mobile Phone1

Mobile Phone2

SMILE K-12

Mathematics

Science

Literacy

ESL

SMILE-CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

India

Argentina

USA

HEALTH & MEDICAL EDUCATION

Sciatica

Priformis syndrome

Chagas disease

Wikipedia

• Interaction, HCI

• Engagement and enjoyment

• Critical reasoning

• Synthesize acquired concepts

• Problem solving

• Evaluation and assessment

Motivation and interest

Depth of learning

Mobile devices

Interaction potentiel through mobile(Learner,

teacher, content)

Perceptions and dispositions (teacher, student, administrator, supporters, other stake holders).

Other variables (situation specificity, cultural idiosyncrasies, scalability, sustainability, theoretical applicability, practical usability

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