M-learningJohan Lundin, SVERD höstkonferens 7/10

M-learning

Learning with mobile device

• cheap mobile devices, one each

• connecting the classroom

• museums (Hsi, 2002; Londsdale et al., 2004; Chen, Kao, Sheu & Chiang, 2002)

• field trips (Chen et al., 2003)

• just in time learning (language, etc.)

Mobilearn

Learning in school - learning outside school• School as a factory for teaching

• flicker, twitter, mobile phone, ipod, iphone, youtube, digital camera, laptops, etc

• relation between school and work, as well as school and society at large. (Wellington, 2005).

Research and development bias

• Research on learning is school biased (Lave, 1996)

• Research on learning in schools is teacher biased

• Limited insights on how we, in general, and students in particular learn and know with everyday tools.

Limited work on:

• mobile life and everyday learning

• supporting work integrated learning in mobile work

• learning to use mobile devices

• learning with mobile devices IN education OUTSIDE of planned educational activities

Students digitalizing higher education

Personal mobile tools

A threat?

"men iiiih, vf så tidit??? inte så att

vi bara har EN dag på oss o fixa

skiten... wtf man ?! ta Io lr nåt istället...."

Collaboration

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Supervision

“Old” questions E & M -learning

• Basic view that educators digitalize education

• Should we involve mobile IT?

• How to design mobile IT for pedagogical purposes?

• How to employ mobile IT as a pedagogical tool?

Students’ digitalization

• Mobile phones

• Laptops, 1-to-1

• Web-based platforms, ubiquitous access

• Open software, freeware, digital books, version management, etc

• Ubiquitous access to educational media

Some “new” questions

• Mobile ITs effect on education as a practice. The teacher as a topic authority. New tools transforming old roles.

• We learning in school supported by teachers vs. We learn everywhere supported by technology - questioning how we understand education.

• Lifelong learning, Mobile technology as a way for connecting educational activities and work practice. Questioning the idea of learn first do later?

• Students’ mobile IT, technical and pedagogical integration.

Some more open questions

• There is always something better to see, and now everyone can distribute as well as consume it from their mobile devices.

• When always available, when do we stop being teacher and when do we stop being students?

• When to disconnect? When to not be a user?

• Mashups not only as a way of concstruting services but also as a metaphore for organizing learning.

Thank you!

• web.mac.com/johan_lundin/

• johan.lundin@gu.se