exploring mobile: considerations and opportunities
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A presentation by Doug Belshaw and Zak Mensah of JISC Advance for the Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2011 (#PELC11)TRANSCRIPT
Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2011
Exploring Mobile:Considerationsand OpportunitiesDoug Belshaw, JISC infoNetZak Mensah, JISC Digital Media
Overview of session
1. What is 'mobile learning'?
2. Uses of mobile learning
3. Institutional strategy
4. Future trends
Overview of session
#pelc11mob
What is mobile learning?
"This session aims to equip educators and leaders to engage students through the
use of mobile learning"
What is mobile learning?
CC BY milos milosevic
http://bit.ly/govephonehome
Definitions of mobile learning?
http://onthehorizon.pbworks.com
Definitions of mobile learning?
“A society which is mobile, which is full of channels for the distribution of a change occurring
anywhere, must see to it that its members are educated to personal initiative and adaptability. Otherwise, they will be overwhelmed by the changes in which they are
caught and whose significance or connections they do not
perceive.”
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Definitions of mobile learning?
“A society which is mobile, which is full of channels for the distribution of a change occurring
anywhere, must see to it that its members are educated to personal initiative and adaptability. Otherwise, they will be overwhelmed by the changes in which they are caught and whose significance or connections they do
not perceive.”
John Dewey (1916)
Definitions of mobile learning?
"Early definitions... which focused predominantly on the attributes of mobile
technology, have given way to more sophisticated conceptualisations suggesting that mobility is the central
issue (Winters, 2006). This denotes not just physical mobility but... having access to people and digital
learning resources, regardless of place and time."
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (2010)
Definitions of mobile learning?
Winters (2006) - dominant perspectives:
1. Technocentric2. Relationship to e-learning3. Augmenting formal education4. Learner-centred
Definitions of mobile learning?
"The exploitation of ubiquitous handheld technologies, together with
wireless and mobile phone networks, to facilitate, support, enhance and extend the
reach of teaching and learning."
http://www.molenet.org.uk
Definitions of mobile learning?
So...
Mobile learning is about:
adaptability (context)access (resources)extension (reach)
*not* just about these!
What do you use mobile devices for?
CC BY-NC-SA Alian Bachellier
My uses
CommunicationEmail, Phone, SMS, Twitter
CreatingCreating digital images,Recording voice memos
LearningRSS feeds, Audio,Music, Podcasts
(huffduffer), Web browsing
Context
Context is king
mobile web design, Moll 2007
Context is king
OpportunitiesUser devicesAnytime, anywhere
Constraints SizeAvailabilityRange of devices
Location ClassroomSocialOut of class
Additional reference www.slideshare.net/sharplem/disruptive-mobile-learning-bett-2008
3 things
Audio, video and e-books
Huffduffer to share audio with multiple devices
Record once, read many
E-books
SearchAccess anywhereAccess anytimeAccess everyone
PDF / ePubStanza for viewingApps e.g. kindle
www.calibre-ebook.com
Strategy
Library is king 625 hotspots 8000+ connected to wireless per week Devices, uses and attitudes
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www.wireless.bris.ac.uk/help/wireless-survey/survey-2010/results-2010/
What is your institution doing with mobile?CC BY Johan Larsson
How could institutions approach mobile?
"Students respond to requests to shut off their phones with a sense of panic,
a feeling that they will be cut off from their world of personal relationships. This feeling, taken to its extreme, has been dubbed "nomophobia," the fear of being forced
to shut off a phone, or the obsessive worry of losing a phone. There is even a support Web site for
nomophobics." (Woodill 2011, p.150)
How could institutions approach mobile?
How could institutions approach mobile?
Cochrane(2010)
How could institutions approach mobile?
Koole's FRAME model(2010)
How could institutions approach mobile?
"Relationships between tutors, learners and IT staff need to be further developed so that
productive debates can be had over issues such as security, curriculum planning and delivery, resource development, establishing authenticity of work and
fitness for purpose of IT infrastructure." (MoLeNET, 2010 p.8)
How could institutions approach mobile?
How could institutions approach mobile?
"The main barriers to developing these new modes of mobile learning are not
technical but social. We have little understanding of context and learning outside the classroom, and even less about how this can be supported
through new mobile technologies." (Sharples 2010, p.4)
What do you see as future trends?
CC BY Johan Larsson
What do you see as future trends?
"People expect to be able to work, learn, and
study whenever and wherever they want to."
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/
Some future trends
http://navigator.nmc.org
Some future trends
Want more?
http://bit.ly/pelc11-mobile
“The information era in which we currently live is changing the culture of education”.Retta Guy, 2009