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eLearn-Zoraini Wati Abas1

Zoraini Wati Abas, Ed.D.Director

Institute of Quality, Research & Innovation

Open University Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mobile Learning for Open and Distance Learning:

Opportunities and Challenges

26-30 October 2009

eLearn-Zoraini Wati Abas2 26-30 October 2009

After a decade of mad human scrambling to attempt to understand

e-learning and blended learning, we now are confronted with mobile or m-

learning, and ubiquitous or u-learning.

Curtis Bonk (2009)


Mobile Learning

Possibilities for ODL

Opportunities & Challenges: A Case Study


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26 million population in Malaysia28.9 million mobile phone subscribers

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Mobile Scenario in Malaysia

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Mobile Devices

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New e-Learning

Infrastructure

(Broadband &

Wireless)

Mobile devices

The driving forces in today’s world of mobile learning

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Generation Y Learners

• Video games• PC• Email• CDs• Individualist

Generation X 1965-80

Generation X 1965-80 • Web

• Cell phone• IM• MP3s• Online

communities

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Portability/Mobility

Smaller devices

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Increasingly affordable


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Characteristics of E-learning

Analog or Digital

Tethered or Mobile

Isolated or Connected

Generic or Personal

Consumption or Creating

Closed or Open

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E-learning 2.0

Analog or Digital

Tethered or Mobile

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http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/

iTunes U

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Samples of Podcasts from Yale

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Different kind of universities (in the future)

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Peer2Peer University http://www.p2pu.org/$70,000 seed grant from the Hewlett Foundation to launch its first 10 pilot courses. Opened for enrolment on 9-09-09

http://www.uopeople.org/

“The University of the People is an idea whose time has come".

Dr. Russell S. Winer

Computer and Business Programs

http://www.p2pu.org/

http://www.uopeople.org/

http://www.uopeople.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=221&tabid=194#Dr._Russell_S._Winer

http://www.uopeople.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=221&tabid=194#Dr._Russell_S._Winer

Transform Learning from Push to Pull

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Adapted from:Morrison(2003). E-Learning strategies: How to get implementation and delivery right the first time. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0470849223/ref=sib_dp_pt


Put learning into the hands of learners

Change the way we assess learning


http://twitter.com/zoraini


Mobile learning works best when we . . .

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need to push content to learners

want learners to pull content

need to manage the learning process

wish to support interactive learning


Push-Pull Model of Blended Learning

F2F Learning

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Learners

Push/Pull

Push/Pull

Push/Pull

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Institution


The advantages and benefits?If you have a team filled with the younger

generation (Gen Y), m-learning is likely to be welcomed with

open arms . . . . we are used to getting information via cell phones and iPods, and are accustomed to accessing what we need when we need it.

With its real time format and flexibility, m-learning is just too good to be true for us!

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Mobile learning at OUM

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Milestones

August 2008

• Mobile learning team set up

October-Decembe

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• Survey to determine learner’s readiness for mobile learning

Jan 2009

(OUMH1103)• P

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• mLearn portal

May 2009

(OUMH1103)

• SMS

• Facebook

• Twitter

• mLearn portal

• Learner “buy-in”

• SME “buy-in”

Sept 2009

• Three courses

• Improve blend of m-learning/e-learning, f2f tutorial & print module

• Implementationto start with tutor “buy-in”

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Analysis of Learner Readiness for Mobile Learning at OUM

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Gender

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Do you have a mobile phone?

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Can you imagine yourself as the learner in the above scenario?

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Are OUM learners ready for mobile learning?

Yes (82%)

No (18%)

N = 2,837 (end 2008)

“Can you imagine yourself as the learner in the above scenario?”

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OUM mobile learninghttp://mlearn.oum.edu.my/index_m.htm

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http://mlearn.oum.edu.my/index_m.htm

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Mobile Learning Content Creation Worskhop (SMS content) 25 April 2009

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Mobile learning – OUMH1103 (sms & podcasts) Forum, content, Tips,

Motivation, Course Management via SMS

SMSes received by OUMH1103 1863 learners & 74 tutors

SMSes planned for the May semester in advance were sent to tutors

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Mobile learning – OUMH1103 (sms & podcasts) 2-3 SMS per week Sent around 8pm on week

days Learners reminded (through

tutors, & facebook) to update their mobile Update their user profile in

myLMS Call IQRI Email [email protected] Pass mobile number to tutors

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Latest Info Mobile learning –

OUMH1103 (sms & podcasts) Podcasts avaliable

at http://mlearn.oum.edu.my

Facebook community http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Kuala-Lumpur-Malaysia/OUM-Mobile-Learning

http://twitter.com/oumh1103 for “archive” of SMS

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http://mlearn.oum.edu.my/




http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Kuala-Lumpur-Malaysia/OUM-Mobile-Learning




http://twitter.com/oumh1103

http://twitter.com/oumh1103


Categories of SMS and ExamplesCategory ExampleContent15

There are 4 pairs of learning styles: Active/Reflective; Sensing/Intuitive; Visual/Verbal; Sequential/Global. Which is yours? See Appendix 1.1

Course Management6

Hi there! Warm greetings from OUM Mobile Learning Team. For your info, you may view previous SMSes online at http://twitter.com/oumh1103

Forum4

What are the strategies & advantages of OUM blended learning modes? Discuss in myLMS forum.

Tips4

Do you know you can change your password in myLMS? Try or ask your tutor

Motivation2

Motivation Quote: “The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win” by Roger Bannister

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Total = 31 SMS


Formative Evaluation (mid May 2009 semester) 51 learners 12 tutors 6 learning centres

Generally receptive Feelings about SMS Actions upon

receiving SMS Timing and frequency Usefulness of the SMS

Abas, Lim & Woo (2009). Mobile learning initiative through SMS: A formative evaluation, ASEAN J. Open Distance Learning, 1(1)

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Formative Evaluation (mid May 2009 semester)

Source: Abas, Z.W., Lim, T. & Woo. T.K. (2009). Mobile learning initiative through SMS: A formative evaluation, ASEAN J. Open Distance Learning, 1(1), 49-58.

Feelings about SMS

Termenung sekejap

Kita rasa kita ni so special

U rasa OUM beri perhatian, saya

rasa dihargai, saya suka terima SMS

Actions upon

receiving SMS

Saya gembira terima SMS tapi tak boleh reply

If on forum, wait til got time

Timing and Frequency

Waktu malam memang tak sesuai . . .

Sebelum 10 mlm okay

If it’s beneficial why not every

day?

It’s mechanical if frequency is set at two times or three

times a week. Should have more

frequent discussions nearer

the exam

Usefulness of the SMS

When I receive it in the morning, it

sort of helps me to plan for the

evening

I got a flood of students coming

into the forum . . .

For me this system should be continued . . . SMS

is important for me

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Comments in Facebook

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Summative Evaluation - 712 learners(end May 2009 semester)

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From a student’s email . . .

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You guys made a great difference by alerting we distance learners with

questions & statements, keeping up all along the ODL module &

tutorials, encouraging our learning. Our “lecturer,” helped and

encouraged us to respond to the messages you guys posted, by

creating a specific section in the forum for discussions of SMS’s.

I strongly believe that this mode of on the move, two-way

communicative learning methodology will be very beneficial and help to complement, the self-learning, the face to face tutorial

and on-line learning.

Email received on 3 Aug 2009


Mobile learning at OUM is like having a/an:

alarm clock that tells the learner when to studycoach who tells the learner what to study, motivate, engage and keep the learner on trackpersonal assistant to remind the learner of important dates and things to do

Tutor in the pocket

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SMS

The Future


The When and What of M-Learning

Productive use of time that would have otherwise been wasted while waiting, traveling, exercising, etc.

Viewing, listening, interacting to a wide range of content and being reminded of important tasks and events via mobile/hand-held devices. 26-30 October 2009


Anytime/Anywhere Learning

Learning on the go

Push-Pull learning (the

future)

Mobile Learning at

OUM 26-30 October 2009

Current

Future


Thank You

On the web:[email protected]@gmail.com

http://research-zwa.blogspot.com/

http://eyeonlearning.blogspot.com/


http://www.facebook.com/zoraini

IM: [email protected]

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http://www.slideshare.net/zoraini/ici9keynote-zwa-aug13-2009

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