mLearning Conference Proposal

BYOL Session – Build an Entire Interactive, Collaborative, Learning Experience using Free Tools and Services. IN TWO HOURS!

Presenter

• Christopher Masiello• Professional Experience• Mobile Technology Experience• Website / Book

Topic Overview

• Goal• Issues• Approach• Tools• Results

Goal

• Create a Mobile Learning Experience that is:– Interactive– Collaborative– Scalable

• Using:– Free Tools and Services

• That you can learn:– Through Hands-On activities– In 2 hours

What I Do Now

Issues

• Numerous Mobile Platforms– Laptops– Tablets– Smartphones

• Wide Variations in– Shape/Size– Capabilities {Speed, Power, App Support}

• High Costs for – Enterprise systems {LMS, video servers, web conferencing}

• Difficult / Expensive to include rich content– Video, Audio, Teleconference, Document Management & Delivery,

Hosting Costs, Development

Approach

• Use a collection of free tools to develop content• Find a free, flexible tool that allows multiple

technologies to be integrated– Quickly– Easily– Platform agnostic

• Assemble a learning environment using new and existing content and services

• Build with little-to-no technical expertise

Ways We LearnHere are some of the most common methods to cover these principles:• Lectures• Slides• Chalkboard

• Discussion / Q&A• Exercises• Guided• Self-paced

• Reading• Before - Preread• During - Handouts• After - Takeaways

• Learner Demonstrations• Collaboration• Feedback• Two-way

• Seeing• Video

• Hearing• Audio

Tools• Container

– WordPress CMS (Free, open source, highly extensible)• Content

– Slides {PowerPoint, Google Docs, Slideshare, Prezi}– Lecture {Ustream}– Demonstration {Dim-Dim, }

• Resources– Video {Youtube, Vimeo, 5min, Vid.ly}

• Communication– IM, Skype, Twitter Stream, Surveys, Polls}

• Practice {Simulations, Quizzes, Observation Dim-Dim}• Files {Dropbox, • Collaboration {Google Docs, Zoho, x}• Evernote

Results

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