Day 2: Intro & Contextualisation
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This document discusses the rise of mobile learning and its benefits. It provides statistics showing that mobile internet access will surpass computer access by 2015. It defines mobile learning as using mobile devices to facilitate and enhance teaching and learning. Key benefits identified include allowing learning anywhere and anytime, immediacy of communication, contextualized and bite-sized content, and increased accessibility. guides for implementing mobile learning are also referenced.
Day 2: Intro & Contextualisation
- 1. Mobile Learning are you remotely interested? #rscmob
- 4. According to a recent report from mobile manufacturer Ericsson, studies show that: “by 2015, 80% of people accessing the Internet will be doing so from mobile devices.” Perhaps more important for education: “Internet- capable mobile devices will outnumber computers within the next year.” Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report - Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
- 5. “Education will need to become more technologically responsive and sophisticated, incorporating mobile and wireless learning at the core of their provision” “Looking at mobile learning in a wider context, we have to recognize that mobile, personal, and wireless devices are now radically transforming societal notions of discourse and knowledge, and are responsible for new forms of art, employment, language, commerce, deprivation, and crime, as well as learning.” John Traxler 2007 Professor of Mobile Learning & Director of Learning Lab University of Wolverhampton
- 6. “New generations of young people who have grown up with digital technology have high expectations of anytime, anywhere learning, but many learners do not have a clear understanding of how courses could or should use technology to support learning. They are still very much reliant on lecturers for guidance.” JISC LEARNER EXPERIENCES
- 7. What is MOBILE learning? The exploitation of ubiquitous handheld hardware, wireless networking and mobile telephony to FACILITATE support ENHANCE AND EXTEND THE REACH OF teaching and LEARNING. MOLENET (2007 – 2010)
- 9. The Gartner Cycle Image by sucellolelloes from flickr licensed under creative commons
- 10. Encourages time-management Fits into the lives of learners CONTEXTUALISATION Enables new learning environments Bite-sized learning content IMMEDIACY OF COMMUNICATION Opportunities for reflection close to learning event PERVASIVE & UBIQUITOUS Personal, private and familiar Promotes Active Learning Access to Mentors, Tutors and Peers User-generated Content Increases accessibility for many Portable More learner centered Why MOBILE learning? Convenient
- 11. Helpful guides: Emerging Practice in a Digital Age (JISC) Mobile Learning infoKit (JISC infoNet)
Editor's Notes
- #9: Five pahsesA hype cycle in can be broken down into five phases:"Technology Trigger" — The first phase of a hype cycle is the "technology trigger" or breakthrough, product launch or other event that generates significant press and interest."Peak of Inflated Expectations" — In the next phase, a frenzy of publicity typically generates over-enthusiasm and unrealistic expectations. There may be some successful applications of a technology, but there are typically more failures."Trough of Disillusionment" — Technologies enter the "trough of disillusionment" because they fail to meet expectations and quickly become unfashionable. Consequently, the press usually abandons the topic and the technology."Slope of Enlightenment" — Although the press may have stopped covering the technology, some businesses continue through the "slope of enlightenment" and experiment to understand the benefits and practical application of the technology."Plateau of Productivity" — A technology reaches the "plateau of productivity" as the benefits of it become widely demonstrated and accepted. The technology becomes increasingly stable and evolves in second and third generations. The final height of the plateau varies according to whether the technology is broadly applicable or benefits only a niche market.The term is now used more broadly in the marketing of new technologies.
- #11: Institutional goalsMobile learning aligns well with many goals of educational institutions, including:Curriculum redesignPersonalisation of learningStudent satisfactionDigital literaciesReducing costs (doing more with less)Graduate attributes and employabilityEnhancing assessment and feedbackWidening participationImproving student engagement and retentionEnergy efficiency