mLearning: The Basics
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The document discusses mobile learning (m-learning) as an educational approach leveraging technology to facilitate collaborative, situated, active, and learner-centered learning. It emphasizes the importance of pedagogical decision-making over technology and provides various self-check activities and tools that enhance teaching and learning experiences. Additionally, it includes references for further exploration of mobile learning concepts and instructional design.
mLearning: The Basics
- 2. “ ” learning across multiple contexts, through social and content interactions, using personal electronic devices Crompton (2013) M = mobile M = movement
- 3. Technology-based Computer-managed Computer-aided Collaborative Learning Mgnt. System Contextualized Mobile Location Specific Location independent Microlearning Ubiquitous Explorative
- 6. Core Principles The aim of CSAM is to provide a foundation for, and reflective practice when making decisions about when and how to use mobile Reusable Learning Objects to facilitate or enhance collaborative learning. Rather than focusing on mobile technology, CSAM places the focus on pedagogical decision making. Rob Power EdD (2013, 2015)
- 7. COLLABORATIVE Providing opportunities for learners to work together towards common learning goals. Facilitates sharing of ideas and building of conceptual comprehension. Stimulates interpersonal skills and social development.
- 8. SITUATED Learning is places in a realistic or real-world context. Theory or concepts are placed into practice or applied in real situations. Learning takes from, and relates to, what is around your learner at the moment of learning.
- 9. ACTIVE Learners are able to do something with the content they encounter. Learner is more physically engaged in the learning process. Engaged learning is more effective and fun! Content or context allows or facilitates creation of artifacts from the learning process (output)
- 10. MOBILE Frees learners (and learning!) from confines of traditional spaces and texts. Break from routines stimulates learning and comprehension. Connects learners to content, resources, and each other and not necessarily by taking them out of the classroom.
- 11. Theoretically? THEORY PHENOMENON Behaviorist Theory Promote learning as a change in observable behavior or action Constructivist Theory Learners actively construct new ideas or concepts based on previous or current knowledge Situated Learning Learning within an authentic context or culture Collaborative Learning Promote learning through social interaction Informal & Lifelong Learning Promote learning outside a dedicated learning environment or formal curriculum Learner-Centered Learning Learners have different strategies, approaches and capabilities to achieve learning
- 12. Self-Check (or Self-Challenge!) Exploring Investigating Discussing Recording, capturing data Building, making, modelling Sharing Testing Adapting Reflecting Can you think of teaching moments in your current online or offline content that could be enhanced with any of these learning activities?
- 13. Self-Check (or Self-Challenge!) Exploring – real physical environments linked to digital guides; Investigating – real physical environments linked to digital guides; Discussing – with peers, synchronously or asynchronously, audio or text; Recording, capturing data – sounds, images, videos, text, locations; Building, making, modelling – using captured data and digital tools; What ideas from this list can be used in your own teaching?
- 14. Self-Check (or Self-Challenge!) Sharing – captured data, digital products of building and modelling; Testing – the products built, against others’ products, others’ comments, or real physical environments; Adapting – the products developed, in light of feedback from tests or comments; and Reflecting – guided by digital collaborative software, using shared products, test results, and comments What ideas from this list can be used in your own teaching?
- 15. Activities to get you going Treasure Hunts Online Discussions Share-a-Link or Share-a-Resource Digital Stories and Photo Essays Voice Thread Conversations (voicethread.com) Video Instructionals PodCasts Quizzes and polls
- 16. Tools to get you started Social Media – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Productivity Apps – word processors, graphic organizers, mind mappers Capture Devices – camera, sound recorder, video editing, slideshow creators, photo layout apps Journaling Tools – notepads, Evernote, Notability Collaborative Spaces – Asana, Google Drive, BaiBoard, whiteboard and collaboration apps Presentation Tools – PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi, ShowMe Reusable Learning Objects – Popplet, Quizlet, QR Codes, Winksite, YouTube, SlideShare
- 17. Good Luck! References Bartolleti, R., Kilgore, W., Power R. Instructional Design for Mobile Learning Courseware. #ID4ML Online Course. 2015. Crompton, H. (2013). A historical overview of mobile learning: Toward learner- centered education. In Z. L. Berge & L. Y. Muilenburg (Eds.), Handbook of mobile learning (pp. 3–14). Florence, KY: Routledge. "The Learner-Centered Psychological Principles." The Learner-Centered Psychological Principles. Web. 27 July 2015.