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Mobile Learning
The next big thing in education?
Corin Rengiil
“This revolution will not be televised; it will be
podcast”
Our “Wireless” World Portable devices have become
increasingly more prevalent… Mobile Phones The iPod Laptop computers Palm Pilots and other PDAs
There has been overwhelming emphasis on technology in education in recent years.
“Computers in the classroom!” -
has been the mantra.
College students taking notes on their laptops
Distance education courses Elementary students on Wikipedia
in their classrooms
What is the next step in education?
Mobile Learning!Wireless means
mobile!
“As mobile connectedness continues to sweep across the landscape, the value of
deploying mobile technologies in the service of learning and teaching seems to be both
self-evident and unavoidable.”
EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 3 (May/June 2005): 40–53.
I use a laptop, how much more mobile can I get?
PDA’s have become much more than a business man’s tool.
Access to wireless networks and new software have turned these into pocket computers.
You shudder to think of the horrible music he’s listening to
on that darn iPod; kids and their rap!
Think again…
Podcasting Both Teachers and students have
discovered podcasting in the last two years.
Teachers record lectures and notes Students download the mp3 and
study
Students have been at it too…
Teachers have also been using podcasting to get students excited about learning and to get them involved in peer teaching.
Get in on it!
A great education and podcasting site
http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in
%20Education
And finally, your best friend and mine…
The ever present mobile phone Statistics cited on Wikipedia state that
there are 3.3 billion mobile phone subscriptions in the world (as of November 2007)
With the mobile phone becoming ubiquitous…
More and more people carry them They have gotten “smarter” New features are being added constantly People are more likely to be connected
to a cellular network than a wireless internet “hot spot”
What does this mean for mobile learning?
Opportunity
Learning where you need it… Utilizing mobile phones for learning let
people learn wherever they are at any moment.
The mobility connects formal learning to informal relaxed settings.
Since people are use mobile phones, getting them to use the technology is a mute point.
The Future is now… Educators are starting to realize the opportunities
in mobile learning.
The next step is figuring out
compelling ways to utilize the
technology out there to enhance
learning.