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Researching Informal and Mobile Learning:
Leveraging the Right Resources
Mark van ‘t HooftKent State University
Research Center for Educational TechnologyKent, OH, USA
MIL-RM Workshop, 14 Dec 2007, WLE, London, UK
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• Learning contexts are increasingly
– volatile and flexible– connected (Roush, 2005)
– augmented (Price, 2007)
– customized (Sharples et al., 2006; Walker, 2006)
1. Rethinking Research
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• Changing nature of learning means:– process and (or over) product.
– that if learning changes, learning research (methods and strategies) should change as well.
– considering how to leverage mobile tools for this research.
1. Rethinking Research
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2. Reconsidering the Questions We Ask
We need to
ask the right questions…
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2. Reconsidering the Questions We Ask
or
fear the “no significant difference”
(Oblinger & Hawkins, 2006)
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3. Adjusting Research Methods and Strategies
Avoid the
hobbled horse race&
trivial treatment(Tinker, 2007)
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4. Using Mobile Technologies to Capture Mobile Data
• What information is of most worth?
• How do we most effectively use digital tools to gather this data?
• To what extent should learners be involved in the research design?
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5. An Example
Frequency 1550 (Waag Society)
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5.1 Reconsidering Research Questions
Different questions to consider:
• How does learning of history change when learning while mobile as opposed to learning in more traditional settings?
• How do learners assimilate their learning of Amsterdam’s history into their own lives?”
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5.2 Adjusting Research Methods and Strategies
Could use “traditional” data sources
augmented with
spatial, user, learner, and connectivity data(and use the latter to structure the former)
(Zhang, 2002)
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5.3 Leveraging Mobile Technology
Mobile devices have the capability to collect various data types and them send to a
remote database for storage and subsequent retrieval for analysis.
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6. Issues and Challenges
• Access v. privacy
• Ownership of data: whose is it, really?
• Control over the research setting
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7. Conclusion
Leveraging mobile devices for learning research goes way beyond choosing the
right tool.
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