ExploringMobile learning

By: Akhlesh Agarwal 11-Feb-2012

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Agenda

• Exploring mLearning. • Findings from student survey on mobile usage.• Suggested mLearning tools in NU context.

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Journey of teaching tools

Blackboard+ Chalk

Digital content+ Learning portal

Mobile learning tools

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Mobile learning

• Pros– Anytime anywhere

connectivity– Always “on” with Gen Y– Phones becoming

Smarter

• Cons– Small screen– Different platforms (iPhone,

Android, Bberry)– Different connectivity (SMS,

Blutooth, Wifi, 3G GPRS…… Too complex?)

– Cost of data transfer

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Exams

Hands on / Labs

Collab oration

Content

Guru

Traditional learning

processes

Phone based lecture delivery ?(What an !dea sir ji )

Small videosAudio Podcasts

PPT, PDF,Quick ref guides

SMS based messaging and Q&A,

Attendance

OS specific Apps

Small text based quizzes

Possibilities with mLearning

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Choosing the right teaching processes for mLearning

Tools available on phone

Connectivity available on phone

Usage behavior

Bite-size content Simple to create by faculty Simple to use by students

Min keyboard requirementCost of downloadingOffline options

Voice callSMSAudio file (MP3)Pictures/ImagesVideo file eBooksInternet BrowserPlatform specific App

GSM/CDMABlueTooth GPRSWiFi3G

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Results from student survey

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Phone

Technology

26%

25%8%5%2%

34%

AndroidSymbianBlackberry iPhoneWindowsNo smartphone

65%13%

22%YesNoDon’t know

Bluetooth Wifi GPRS 3G0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%95%

56%

82%

59%

Java application support

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Usage behavior23%

77%

YesNo

Have you ever accessed NU moodle from your phone

60%

40%

YesNo

Do you use some SMS facility to send cheap SMS to your friends 25%

26%

45%

Yes (almost every hour)

Yes (Twice a day)

Yes (once a day)

Yes (But not regularly)

Don’t chk mail on phone

Do you check your NU mail on your phone

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Key findings

• NU WiFi is not allowed for student phones. • Allow NU-WiFi for student phones for them to

use “NUcleus” and other internet based content. Students would not want to pay for using GPRS/3G

• SMS, Audio (MP3), Images tools available on most phones.

• OS specific Apps not recommended in initial Phase.

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Exams

Hands on / Labs

Collab oration

Content

Guru

Traditional learning

processes

Phone based lecture delivery ?(What an !dea sir ji )

Small videosAudio Podcasts

PPT, PDF,Quick ref guides

SMS based messaging and Q&A,

Attendance

OS specific Apps

Small text based quizzes

mLearning: recommended processes for NU

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Recommended processes

• Audio podcasts– Easy to create by faculty, can be downloaded and used

offline by students

• Small articles, quick ref guides– Can be in eBook or image formats

• SMS based collaboration– Teacher to students (From phone or from portal) – student to students

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Sample audio and video content for mobile learning

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Mobile learning at NU campus

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