Meet your teacher…Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) Palalas

Prepared for M4D MOOC – October 2013https://www.m4d-mooc.org/portal

Background in Mobile Learning• Doctor of Distance Education (Athabasca University)

– Design guidelines for Mobile-Assisted Language Learning objects supporting the development of ESP listening skills

• Mobile learning specialist, lecturer, consultant, instructional designer, researcher– Mobile and E-Learning Solutions to Reduce Critical Health Disparities in Ghana

(Ghana, Canada, USA)– George Brown College (Toronto)– e+Learning Solutions Inc. (Toronto)

• Presenter and author– Conferences, webinars, workshops– Articles, book chapters, reviews

Research Focus: Mobile Learning• Mobile and blended learning solutions in

developing countries• Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL)• Design principles for effective m-learning • Expanding learning outside the classroom using

mobile technologies• Pedagogy of mobile learning• Learning across temporal, physical and transactional

spaces using innovative mobile technologies

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Spring 2013• ~ 7.1 billion mobile phone subscriptions on the planet • ~ 6.8-7.1 billion total global population • ~ 695 million units in 2012

Mobile penetration • Developed nations ~ 128 % of the population• Developing nations ~ 89%

Forecast• By the end of 2013: 50% of new phones sold – smartphones• 2015 (Q2/Q3): 50% of all phones in use – smartphones• By the end of 2020: 100% of new phones sold - smartphones

Tomi Ahonen: http://www.communities-dominate.blogs.comhttp://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a#subscribers

Tomi Ahonen: @tomiahonen (Twitter Feb 16, 2013)

Stats: Global

Perpetual “Perfect Storm” Driving the Adoption of Mobile Learning

Adkins, S.S. (2011). The Perfect Storm: The State of the 2011 Global Mobile Learning Industry. Key Findings from Recent Ambient Insight Research. mLearnCon 2011 June 22, 2011.

Trend Toward Mobility

Smartphones replaced feature phones

Education: Trend toward mobility

WOW!

2004-2012:

5545% change

MOOC: Mobiles in Education

1. The mobile learning ecosystem2. M-learning pedagogy3. Design principles for m-learning 4. Social networking and mobile5. Educational mobile apps6. Best practices in mobile-assisted language learning (MALL)

7. Anatomy of a handset: using built-in capabilities for learning

8. Speech technologies in mobiles and their application in learning

If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.

John Dewey

References:– Adkins, S.S. (2011). The Perfect Storm: The State of the 2011 Global Mobile Learning Industry. Key Findings from Recent

Ambient Insight Research. mLearnCon 2011 June 22, 2011. – Ahonen, T. T. (2013). Communities Dominate Brands. Retrieved from http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/– Dahlstrom, E. (2012). ECAR study of undergraduate students and information technology, 2012. Boulder, CO: Educause

Center for Applied Research.

Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) Palalasaga@epluslearning.comLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/apalalasPresentations: http://www.slideshare.net/agaizaPublications: http://athabascau.academia.edu/apalalas

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