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Mobility + Learning=

Mobile Learning

Mark van ‘t Hooft

2010 Mobile Learning ConferenceLima, Ohio

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Mobile Learning• Goes beyond just mobile technologies or delivering content to

mobile devices;• “being able to operate successfully in and across new and ever

changing contexts and learning spaces” (Pachler, 2009);• Real and digital realms augment each other;• Learning as constructivist, situated, collaborative, informal, and

lifelong;• Importance of 21st century skills such as

– Core subjects and 21st century themes– Learning and innovation skills– Information, media, and technology skills– Life and career skills

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So How Do We Do This?

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The Geo-Historian ProjectThe project • utilizes wireless mobile technologies to link classrooms

with local historical landmarks and link formal with informal learning;

• breaks down the barriers between schools and community resources;

• gives students the opportunity to create digital resources for their community;

• shows how digital content can be used to amplify learning at various sites (QR codes).

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Trying It Out

The Geo-Historian project is slated to commence in Fall 2010. In order to try out our ideas we created a learning activity using cell phones, QR codes, and digital content of the World War II Memorial in Washington DC (2009 NECC Conference).We’ll do a similar activity at the ISTE 2010 Conference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M70AtlLy_ns

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The Geo-Historian ProjectTwo parts:• Initial project activities will include the creation of

curriculum for teaching how to do digital, local history, training teachers, and implementing the curriculum inside and outside of their classrooms. Student-created, digital, and local historical content will be available online and freely accessible by way of wireless mobile devices and QR codes.

• In collaboration with the local historical society, these QR codes will be placed in the community so that anybody with a mobile phone and a barcode scanner can access the digital content that’s behind them.

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How This Should Work

A tourist visits the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Depot in Kent, Ohio

He scans a QR code from a marker at the depot with his mobile phone.

Related student-created content (audio, video, historical images) is downloaded to the phone.

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Sample Project Materials

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Food for Thought• Learning can be constructivist, situated, collaborative, and

informal if we– expand your horizons and don’t limit mobile learning to the

classroom (time, space, curriculum). – (hence) adjust our curriculum to take advantage of what the world

around us has to offer. Student use of mobile tools outside of school can and will amplify learning.

– meet students half-way and take advantage of the technology skills they already have, but teach them how to use these skills for learning. Don’t assume they already know.

• Only then will we teach our kids that learning lasts a lifetime.

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Questions?

Mark van ‘t [email protected]

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