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Hints & tips for mobile learning

Natalie Denmeade The Klevar Group

May 14th 2014

What is your state of origin?

Type your answer in the chat pod

Points:

• Watch for the star to indicate you

can earn points

Winners:

• Winning Team

• Highest Score (Individual)

Communication/Organise

Points (1 for each app on your phone or tablet)

Time Management (Alarms, reminders)

Social Networking

Video Communication (Skype, Hangout)

Create / collaborate Draw and brainstorm

Photo or Video capture / editing / sharing

Record / Share audio

Consume content Read PDF, Microsoft Office files

Internet Browser

Websites / Research

E-Books

Maps Navigation

Mobile computing means 24 / 7

Internet access

Slideshare: A day in the life of a learner

with a smart phone bit.ly/moojooTOM

Mobile Learning

“Leveraging ubiquitous mobile technology for

the adoption or augmentation of knowledge,

behaviours, or skills through education,

training, or performance support while the

mobility of the learner may be independent of

time, location, and space.” (ADL)

https://sites.google.com/a/adlnet.gov/mobile-learning-guide/basics

Plan learning experiences for

Mobile AND Desktop

Mobile Learning

Keep watching for

changes in browser

and device usage

April 2014 Windows

XP support finished

(along with old

versions of Internet

Explorer limited to

CSS2/ HMTL4)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

Special Technologies

Points (1 if you know how this is used on phone or

tablets – 2 points if you have personally used it)

Student Polling/Audience Response

Systems

Artificial Intelligence-based Voice

Recognition Systems

QR Codes

Augmented Reality

Location awareness (GPS)

Wearable computing devices

Touchscreen interaction

Video chat

Spaced Learning

Push vs Pull Learning

Drive-time Learning

Mobile first design

• Instead of the term ‘click’, use ‘select’

(includes touch and mouse inputs)

• Make hyperlinks and buttons visible (no

hover)

• Larger fonts ( at least 16px)

• Larger icons and links (finger sized- 40px)

• Be inspired by apps (simple, clean, minimal

information) Remove duplicate labels and

navigation. E.g. offering 5 different ways to

move to the next slide is not helpful

Challenge

Look at http://online.evet.qld.edu.au on

desktop and a mobile

• 3 points if you find three differences

between layout of the QVDC eVet

online website on mobile phones and

desktop computers?

Mobile first design

Understand the difference between responsive

website design and scalable(fluid)

Testing

• Develop a prototype first and test in 6

browsers at least:

Desktops: Chrome (webkit covers mobile

browsers too), Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari

Mobiles/Tablets: Android and iOS

• Publish to Dropbox and create a bit.ly link

• Adobe Edge Inspect offers synchronized

browsing

• Some items need to be on a live webserver to

function properly e.g. Linked Videos, games

Challenge

• What are your personal reflections on

issues using mobile devices for

education?

(1 point for each answer typed in the

chatpod)

Personal reflections implementing mLearning

• My classroom has weak wi-fi and 3g, especially

when ten people do an activity

• Class owned tablets batteries go flat when not

in use

• Synching of large files (video) takes up

learners’ bandwidth and data usage

• Some learners still just don’t want to put the

effort in

• Difficult for some learners to share audio files

and photos from devices

Nat’s Tips

• Mini tablets are affordable and

good size (Google Nexus 7” $299)

• Learners love it – after an initial warming up

“I want one”

• Powerpoint / Presenter, PDF’s and Google

Docs are good tools for scalable layouts

• Try mobile yourself – it is easier than desktop

computing, removes barriers to eLearning

(What times are movies on? Is the flight late?

Just in time info/ learning)

Moodle Mobile App (Google Play/iTunes)

5 points if you upload a photo from your phone with

your name eg scott.jpg

URL: http://school.demo.moodle.net

Username: student

Password: moodle

Moodle Mobile is not a replacement of the MyMobile or

Bootstrap/Simple theme. Moodle Mobile offers offline

contents, camera & audio features and (in the future)

Push notifications. You can use Moodle Mobile app in

combination with a Mobile theme.

Moodle Mobile App

Moodle Mobile is the Moodle official mobile application for Android and

iOs. It's available in Google Play and Apple Market. • Responsive design for phone and tablets

• Upload a picture into your private file area

• Record an audio file and upload it into your private file area

• Send a private message to a course participant (can be done offline)

• Take a personal note about a course participant (can be done offline)

• Add a course participant to your phone contact

• Call a course participant touching the phone number

• Locate a course participant address on Google map

• Download and view some resources

• Quick access to your course contents

• View calendar events (require Moodle 2.5.5 or Moodle 2.6.2 and onwards)

• Mobile notifications (Push) (from Moodle.org or any site starting Moodle 2.7)

• Remote layout/style customization

Moodle Mobile App

Adobe Captivate Demonstration

bit.ly/adobe224

Recommended Readings

http://www.slideshare.net/TaleoResearch/mobile-

learning-handout-checklist-and-resources

https://sites.google.com/a/adlnet.gov/mobile-learning-

guide/home/

http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html

The winner is …. (Type your scores and state in

the chat pod e.g. QLD 13)

• Winning team?

• Highest scoring of individual

• Register and enrol in our Moodle

Course for an OpenBadge recognising

your participation in Professional

Development

Hints & tips for mobile learning

Natalie Denmeade @moodlemuse

natalie@klevar.com

Contact us:

Robyn Jay

nvels.elc.qld@gmail.com

Shane Dowd

nvels.els.qld@gmail.com