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Handset: Built-in Capabilities and Their Application in M-learning

Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) PalalasPrepared for M4D MOOC – October 2013

https://www.m4d-mooc.org/portal

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Handset: Built-in Capabilities and Their Application in M-learning

Outcome:

To determine how to apply the affordances of a mobile phone to enable effective mobile learning in a specific educational context.

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Technology Affordances and Readiness

1. Affordances of mobile technology and infrastructure

2. Readiness of learners and facilitators • device ownership

• technology readiness

• usage patterns

• affordability

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Types of Handsets• Basic phone

– call and text

– $

• Feature phone– camera, audio player, built-in apps, 3G

– $$

• Smartphone– OS, WiFi, 3G-4G-LTE, GPS, processor, apps…

– $$$

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2012 full year OS market sharesNumber of Mobile Handsets: Global

Rank OS 2010 units

Share 2011 units

Share 2012 units

Share

1(1) Android 54M 18% 208M 43% 452M 65%

2(2) iOS 48M 16% 93M 19% 136M 20%

3(4) Blackberry 48M 16% 52M 11% 33M 5%

4(3) Symbian 116M 39% 81M 17% 19M 3%

5(5) Bada 3M 1% 9M 2% 16M 2%

6(6) Windows Phone

2M 1% 5M 1% 16M 2%

  Others         15M 2%

TOTAL 298%   486M   695M  

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Top Ten Smartphones (India)

Digit Test Labs , Mumbai &Delhi http://www.thinkdigit.com/top-products/Mobiles-and-PDAs/top-10-smartphones-130.php

1. HTC One

2. Samsung Galaxy S4

3. Apple iPhone 5

4. LG Nexus 4

5. Nokia Lumia 920

6. Sony Xperia Z

7. BlackBerry Z10

8. Lenovo IdeaPhone K900

9. Samsung Galaxy S III

10. Apple iPhone 4S

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Handset Features 1/3 • Wireless connectivity

• Display

• Audio (mic, speakers)

• Camera

• Radio and television

• Storage

• USB

• GPS

• CPU

• Accelerometer

http://www.slideshare.net/aragornyeh/mobile-app-6395191?from_search=4

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Handset Features 2/3

• Operating system

• User applications:– internet browser

– organizers, calendars and alarms

– audio - video recorders and players

– games

– speech recognition, recording and retrieval

– learning management systems

– social networking

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Handset Features 3/3

• User applications:– multimedia applications

– assisted language learning

– time management and learning activity management

– mobile context-aware applications (AR , museums, tours)

– mobile data collection applications

– administrative

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Handset AffordancesExample: South Africa

1. SMS 2. Photo camera 3. Bluetooth technology 4. Video and voice recording 5. Media player 6. MMS 7. Mp3 player 8. E-mail 9. Additional memory 10.Mobile web

(Naicker, and Van der Merwe, 2012)

Extreme Mobility Still Supplemental

Use device for academic purposes

Own device

Important to do from a mobile device

(modified from Dahlstrom, 2012)

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Question to Ponder

What are the three main affordances of your learners’ phones and how would you utilize those capabilities in your mobile learning context?

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Thank you!

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

References:– Dahlstrom, E. (2012). ECAR study of undergraduate students and information technology, 2012. Boulder, CO:

Educause Center for Applied Research.– Naicker, N., & Van der Merwe, M. (2012, September). Mobile learning in higher education: an application of a

technology readiness index in the South African context. In 2012 Conference.