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An Exemplar of Mobile Learning with Coursera - Its latest learning environment T.A. Robertson MDDE 610 ON THE NEW CAMPUS FOR COURSERA

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An Exemplar of Mobile Learning with Coursera -

Its latest learning environment

T.A. Robertson MDDE 610

ON THE NEW CAMPUS FOR COURSERA

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2014, COURSERA INTRODUCED USERS TO THE

MOBILE EXPERIENCE!

coursera.org can now link you to one of the latest additions to the

digital campus … the newest faculty or facility is a suite of mobile

platforms with course access to complement or replace laptop

screens. It is the mRNA of DNA studies.

Learn where and when you can.

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THE FIRST STEPS

• The free app from iTunes is a simple

and quick download. Once in place,

a short click on the icon and you are

given a menu of choices with a

button list according to category.

• Once you are logged in with

username and password, your

courses are listed for present access

and archived access.

• Navigation is fast, though, as always

to increase font size an opening of

the pinched thumb and forefinger are

needed … and a horizontal

configuration if necessary.

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An index with icon images is given, and with each the title of the course, the

University that provides it, and the scheduled weeks for student participation. On a

simple click of the icon, the opening page for the course is given with an overview,

syllabus, introductory videoclip and sign-in option.

CHOOSE A COURSE

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THE ONE

My choice for the mobile

experience is my latest program,

Advanced Instructional

Strategies in the Virtual

Classroom.

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CONT’D

The laptop or mobile will give you a complete overview of the course with some tips for mobile users – the Youtubes and all materials are preloaded onto the Moodle environment for users to upload ahead of time. This creates choice in the asychronous model from the onset. When you first login the course invites you to map and profile your student presence. This is optional but provides one of many informative keyboard analytics for the data processes. This can be done on the phone … as can the final survey upon completion.

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The pages transition easily from one segment to another – though the presentation is flat and

less visually appealing than the laptop configuration … but they both provide the same data,

ingredients and recipe for learning … only the presentation and packaging has changed.

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The quizzes are given once a week and

are multiple choice. They come up

online easily with the mobile device if

internet access is strong. If not, the

waiting period is long. Answering takes

a bit of time to scroll, read, review, and

submit. It is doable. The quiz question

embedded into the video lecture must

be submitted in a forum thread titled as

such or on the Tweet set up that is

initiated at the beginning of the course.

The threads for the chat forums were

easy to access and use … Twitter was

an optional easy extra.

THE QUIZZES

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The Assignments were limited to

only one in this course and it is a

peer marked grade according to

a conventional rubric scheme.

It was a reflective journal used to

prove your evaluation of the

course with questions provided.

This could be done on the phone

in intervals with ease.

ASSIGNMENTS

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The peer assessment of the

assignment COULD NOT BE

REVIEWED WITH EASE unless

uploaded previously for review – or I

found by taking a screen capture to

use for reading at anytime… IT IS

DEFINITELY NOT IMPOSSIBLE and

dependent on the learner’s ease with

his/her device. Meetups or hangouts

could ALSO be possible but were not

my preferred learning configuration.

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• As mentioned Google docs and submission

procedures are explained … access could be

made on the mobile … and short answer

formats for responses could facilitate the mobile

learning environment. I liked that once the

assignment draft was up, peer edits could be

read at any time.

• Submission should never be tried when

bandwidth is an issue for either the mobile or

laptop.

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A new mobile course accessing

the use of GPS is just filling up

and started … sounds great!!!

THE NEWEST

MOBILE COURSE

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My best take away … yes, I stole the metaphor! … was the black-out

moments or blocks of time when the leader and learner do NOT need

to be in contact and should be given a reprieve from the constancy of

online ubiquitous mobile learning. Time outs!

My worst foul shot would indicate a loss for the game … this course

was intended to be a win win opportunity digital methods or techs that

would enhance my assignments and class instruction. It was not quite

a shut out - the new account to Twitter is something to explore with

regards to linking URL’s from one user to the next … in the network of

nodes that I strongly believe to be the environment of each player…

age 1 to 91 in this global court that we call the Web.

My rating for the mobile product 4/5, in the use on a small

screen. Likely better on an iPad but with very little limit on

learning opportunities being made available.

My rating on the course chosen 1/5, very simplistic without in

depth creativity and critical thinking.

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The Coursera app

is still not a clear choice for

MOOC users,

but it will evolve quickly with the

analytics of its students feeding

Coursera developers with the

data priorities

for learners.

They are a responsive growing

entity

who are using

crowd-sourcing data

to their advantage.

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A REVIEW

http://coursemania.com/review-of-coursera-app-for-ios-android/

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COURSERA IS AN EDUCATION PLATFORM THAT PARTNERS WITH TOP UNIVERSITIES AND

ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE, TO OFFER COURSES ONLINE FOR ANYONE TO TAKE, FOR

FREE.

WE ENVISION A FUTURE WHERE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION.

WE AIM TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH EDUCATION THAT WILL IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, THE

LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY LIVE IN.

HTTPS://WWW.COURSERA.ORG