Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Cooperation in distance educationwith e- and mLearning at NKI Distance Education
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Aleksander Dye• started at NKI Distance Education in 2001 in the
R&D department as a system developer. Working with the development of SESAM - the LMS (learning management system) of NKI
• comprehensive knowledge about SESAM and how to adapt it to different needs.
• have been part of the research team on mobile learning since 2001 being part of four projects on mLearning.
• in 2007 focus changed to research in the field of distance education and is now a researcher at NKI working with mobile learning as well as being project manager for the development of SESAM.
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
NKI Distance education
• NKI Distance Education (www.nki.no)• Online distance education since 1987 (100,000 enrolments)• Broad specter of subjects from secondary to master level• One of Europe’s larges providers of online distance
education• About 9000 online students in at least 34 countries• 54 % women• More than 450 courses online• Startup every day• Individual progress plans• Always room for more students• Exams at local schools and embassies
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
What the future might bring...
• Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.– Popular Mechanics, forecasting the
relentless march of science (1949).
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
What will 2034 bring
• According to Moore's Law, computer power doubles every 18 months, meaning that computers will be a million times more powerful by 2034.
• According to Nielsen's Law of Internet bandwidth, connectivity to the home grows by 50% per year; by 2034, we'll have 200,000 times more bandwidth.
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
My PC i 2034...
• I'll own a computer that runs at 3 PHz CPU speed, has a petabyte of memory, half an exabyte of harddisk-equivalent storage, and connects to the Internet with a bandwidth of a quarter terabit per second – (peta is 1015, or a million giga; exa is 1018, or a billion giga).
• My computer display, will have a resolution of about 20,000 x 10,000 pixels (as opposed to the miserly 1440x 900 pixels on my current monitor).
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
What does this mean for our PCs?
• Our personal computer will remember anything we've ever seen or done in both cyberspace and meatspace. A complete HDTV record of every waking hour of your life will consume 0.01 EB, or 2% of your harddisk.
• Is there then a possibility that mLearning will be of use...28.05.2008
Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
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Påmeldinger via nett
Andre påmeldinger
Solgte nettkurs
Solgte andre kurs
Aktive på nett i stas
Aktive på annet i stas
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Web 2.0Type Explanations Examples of use
Sharing thoughts instantly
Chat msn messenger
Sharing of ideas Blog Blogger.com
Sharing of pictures Flickr Flickr.com
Sharing of sound Podcast iTunes music store
Sharing of video Youtube Youtube.com
Sharing of links Del.icio.us Del.icio.us
Writing together Wiki Wikipedia
Automatic updates Rss Bloglines.com
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Flexibility in distance education
• Models of teaching and learning• Distance Education:
Individualised Flexible Teaching
or Teaching in ’The
Extended Classroom’
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
NKI basic philosophies concerning distance
learning• Views of knowledge and learning
– The result of learning is a change in the student’s perceptions– Learning is a qualitative change in understanding– Learning is an active process– Learning is a socially supported individual process
• “NKI Distance Education aims to offer distance education solutions that make the students attain their learning objectives through optimum individual flexibility where the students shall represent resources for each other without being dependent on each other.”
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Learning approaches
• dLearning• eLearning• mLearning• cLearning?
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
CLIPCooperative Learner Information Profile
• Cooperative Learning Information Profile
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My student presentation
Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Planning
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Cooperation for delivering assignments
Portfolios in SESAM(NKI’s LMS)
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Follow up
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
COG
• COoperative Gating
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Teacher workload
• work hours vs. leisure time
• Institutions must supply the tools
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•teachers wants increased flexibility
•students wants answers now!
Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
LP
• Learning Partners
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
The mobile phone @50+
• Ericsson released the first mobile phone in 1956. "Mobile Telephony A”.
• 40 kilo • mounted in
the car
Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Our definition of mobile learning
mLearning is learning that can take place anytime, anywhere with the help of a mobile computer device. The device must be capable of presenting learning content and providing wireless two-way communication between teacher(s) and student(s). Typically, an educational organization administrates both the course content and the communication services.
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
M-learning for PDAs: Overview
Builds on 4 EU-projects from 2001-2008
1. From e-learning to m-learning (2000-2003)
2. Mobile learning – the next generation of learning (2003-
2005)
3. Incorporating mobile learning into mainstream education
(2005-2007)
4. The role of mobile learning in European education (2006-
2008)
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Learn to Learn(link for mobile phones)
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Conference: NoEL - Netværk om eLæring, Denmark
Thank you!• NKI Distance Education
http://www.nki.no
• NKI Internet Collegehttp://nettskolen.nki.no/
• Presenters home pagehttp://www.dye.no/
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