mobile learning isn’t one flavour or one approach it’s a whole grocery store
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presentation from Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments Conference at Bremen Germany March 2011. co authored by andy Black and Geoff SteadTRANSCRIPT
Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments Conference
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Mobile learning isn’t one flavour or one approach it’s a whole grocery store
Geoff Stead Head of Innovation Tribal @geoffstead Triballabs.netmoblearn.blogspot.com
Andy [email protected] .com
90% of the planet ...
There are mobile data networks covering 90% of the people on the planet
... but we are all different
The trends are similar all over the world
... but the specific choices of technology, and cultural significance varies
Women need to borrow from the man
in the family
Equal gender ownership
Long, expensive contracts
No contractsMicro payments
FREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text message
Pay to receive a text message
FREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text message
$400 smartphone
$100 smartphone
to recieve a text messageto recieve a text message
Do fewer thingson smarter phones
to recieve a text messageDo more things
on dumber phones
Do fewer thingson smarter phones
Costs 6x more to phone Tanzania (next door) than
USA / China / India
FREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text messageLeads the world in mobile banking
Same, same ... but different
We are using different phones used in different countries .... to do the same tasks
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5.8 billion mobile subscribers worldwide by 2013
50% of new internet connections in 2009 were from a phone
60% of the world’s population can access fast mobile connections (HSPDA/3G+)
Mobile data use exceeding Voice
Smartphone market share keeps going up and data rates keep going down
On average, your mobile phone is within an arm’s reach 19 hours per day
The hype is entrancing ...
But how can we REALLY learn what works?
Device churn costs risks too many different devices
Rapid technology evolution vs glacial curriculum change
Supplier enthusiasm vs real, transferrable lessons
Rapid evolution: multi-touch, pinch, zoom, swipe
We used to worry about how
to fit text onto small screens
Rapid evolution: panning over a virtual screen
Rapid evolution: it knows where I am
Rapid evolution: it understands what I see
Mobile learning’s gradual evolution
2011
2007
2003
Working inside the
system
iPad / tablets
Connecting to non-mobile systems (VLE)
Access to course resources
Podcasts
Class register
Specialist kit
“clicker” voting
Traditional courses & class groups.
structured learning
2011
2007
2003
Working outside the
system
Augmented Reality
User’s own devices
Gaming
Blogs
User generated
Personalised
Mobile learning’s gradual evolution
Informal, work based, performance tools,
job aids, personalised
Traditional courses & class groups.
structured learning
Informal, work based, performance tools,
job aids, personalised
Micro-course modules
Integration with institutional systems
Reference materials
User generated
Post course support tools
Augmented reference materials
Activity based
CommunicationCollaboration
Gaming
Mobile learning convergence point
User-owned
@dawnhallybone
@derekrobertson
@Consolarium
@olliebray
@timrylands
@deputymitchell
@davewhy
@grahambm
Technology as tools, not the entire “system”
But we alre
ady know this!
It even works with knitting
Technology as tools, not the entire “system”
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To support, enhance and extend the reach of teaching, training and learning
Mainstream (ubiquitous) devices that you would carry on a regular basis
Used at the point of need (which for adult learners is rarely in a structured class group)
“bluffers guide” to mobile learning
US Gvt internal report: (CTTSO/TSWG)
When planning m-learning: Look at “moments of need” rather than courses Do not present mobile learning as a training program,
but rather as a productivity tool Design content for mobile. Bulk conversion is not
effective
Using SMS for real-time simulations
Sarah CorneliusPhil Marston Alastair Gemmell
A real-time flood disaster simulation activity for undergraduate geography students
Imagine…
…you are a manager of civil defence in a small town in South Eastern France…
...Weather conditions are changing...
…heavy rainfall is predicted…
…you must respond to the changes that are taking place to prevent a flood disaster.
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adult, working learners
learning interwoven with task
at the point of need
blur between reference, support tool, learning
no formal class / group
learners are hard to reach in any other way
MoLeNET = mobile learning in UK Further Education
3 phased rollout 2007 to 2010
40,000 learners 7,000 educators
Over 100 different projects, spanning more than 1/3 of all colleges in the UK
Multiple action research projects reviewing impact
Super messy, but some very valuable results
www.molenet.org.uk
“ubuntu”Now in 5 schools in South Africa. All ages. Mix of devices
All poor. All under-resourced. All about supporting the teachers.
Ongoing - new batch of 1000 phones recycled by Sprint, USA
E-Books where there is no paper
Reading. Reference. Shared devices
Improving the school dance!
Discovery
Poetry
Politicised Visual Literacy
My lessons
Ubuntu = Collaborative learning, and supporting multiple agendas
Not about the devices – ALL about the teachers, and a long term vision spanning multiple projects
Successes from the simple things:•MobiPocket
•Video evidence•Local champions
The bads?•logistics, especially when the devices are
shared and the schedules are rigid• cultural change takes time
The learner is the traveller
We are tour-guides
Technology is the vehicle
Learning the destination
When surrounded by
hype, take a step back
The learner is the traveller
We are tour-guides
Technology is the vehicle
The best device you can
use is an iPhone / Android /
iPad / Nintendo DS ...
When you hear
you are choosing the transport, not defining the journey
The learner is the traveller
We are tour-guides
Technology is the vehicle
Learning the destination
Images by GeoffStead/Tribal, JessWakelin/Tribal, PlayingWithBrushes, DVidsHub, Pierre Poliquin, MarkRichardson/ZenAndNow, Twiga_269
Geoff Stead, Head of Innovation, Tribal
@geoffstead
moblearn.blogspot.com
m-learning.org
triballabs.net
Andy Black (not of tribal)
@andyjb
Andy.blackhole.blogspot.com
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