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What to do when there is nothing else to do:

WatchListenLearn that others are different and you need to

understand

It’s not about YOU

It is about: Mainly your students and their learning Your colleagues

In other words – pedagogy and policy AND you don’t need to know everything!!

It’s not about YOU

Old – one computer, many students

It’s not about YOU

Recent – one computer per student

It’s not about YOU

Near Future– Many computers per student

How hard is it?

Very – if you need to know and control everything.

Moderate – because you have to set some things up initially

Manageable - once you have used things a few times

Terminology

Terminology

For quick overviews try the 7 Things You Should Know series from Educause on

twitter, clickers Online editing, e-Readers, presentation tools …

Why are we doing this?

A convincing argument for all:

http://mobilelearning2010.wikispaces.com/iPod+Touch

Why are we doing this?

If education is:

• Content/info

• Socialization

• Process (how to learn/direction of learning)

• Safety (babysitting)

How does Mobile Learning enhance these?

Why are we doing this?

Apple says:

1000’s of apps, 24/7 learning, on-the-go learning, wi-fi wherever research

Video chat to learn, email, take pictures, record

Keyboards do word prediction

Great accessibility features

iTunes U and other podcasts

Why are we doing this?

How do we sort the HYPE from the real goals?

Where is the good research? What does it really say?

What kinds of learning benefit?

What does brain research say?

The Brain argument

Left brain – logical, rational, analytical, look at parts

The Brain argument

Left brain – logical, rational, analytical, look at parts

The content argument

Facts, formulae, dates, computations, maps, timelines, body parts, recipes …

The content argument

Facts, formulae, dates, computations, maps, timelines, body parts, recipes …

The ‘engagement’ argument

Is it enough to just have cool tools?

Is engagement that simple?

What happened with TV, film, filmstrips, whiteboards, coloured chalk, laser discs ???

Is infusion the answer? (Apologies to LwICT)

So what are we really getting?

Consider the tech bias:

White, western, middle class, male, efficient, discrete parts, speed …

Are the Amish right? Where has this taken us?

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

And what comes with it?

Cyber-bullying

Identity theft

Too much info

Bad info

Disconnectedness (while over connected)

But don’t be discouraged

There are some huge benefits to Mobile Learning!

We need to consider the best ways to use and adopt these technologies – that’s where the fun lies.

We will need to give up some control – the info is now out there for all, just like Gutenberg opened up the Bible to the public (using a wine press!).