Mobile Learning in Higher Education
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Affordances, Implementations & Challenges Michael M. Grant Joanne Gikas The University of Memphis The Promise of Mobile Learning in Higher Education
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Mobile teaching and learning in higher education is approaching a tipping point. One of the most significant promises of mobile learning is the ability for faculty members, teachers, and students to use their own mobile computing devices. In the US, 75% of American teens have cell phones and almost 30% have smartphones with Internet capabilities. In universities, the numbers appear to be much higher. It seems instructionally sound and fiscally prudent for institutions and faculty members to leverage the existing devices in which students are most comfortable. The purpose of this paper is to (1) critically examine the definitions and affordances of mobile learning in higher education, (2) identify the ways mobile teaching and learning have been and could be accomplished in higher education, (3) identify the challenges to implementing mobile teaching and learning in higher education.
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Affordances, Implementations & Challenges
Michael M. Grant Joanne Gikas The University of Memphis
The Promise of Mobile Learning in Higher Education
Michael M. Grant The University of Memphis
@michaelmgrant
http://viral-notebook.com
Joanne Gikas The University of Memphis
@ecampusUM
http://ecampus.memphis.edu
“ “ What is mobile learning?
Mobile learning is more than just learning delivered and supported by handheld and mobile technologies. It is learning that is both formal and informal, context aware, and authentic for the learner.
(Traxler, 2005, 2007, 2010)
Mobile devices Some images from Lisa Buser at http://www.memphisparent.com/2010/09/pint-sized-learners-have-the-touch/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceardach/4549898097/sizes/m/
Formal Learning Images from http://www.law.fsu.edu/prospective_students/VideoViewbook/images/sections/technology.jpg
Informal Learning Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/oncell/4711186271/in/set-72157624761515274/
In between … Images from http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/monitor/01-15-07/page26071.html
Context aware Images from http://www.radford.edu/mdunleavy/445/ROAR.html
Broadcastr.com
Context aware & authentic
Scvngr.com
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increase interaction with course content
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increase interaction with course content
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Increase interaction with course content
Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/chegs/5161314847/sizes/l/
Increase interaction with course content
Image from http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100426/NEWS/100429736
Phonecasting with iPadio
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increase interaction with course content
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Increase access to student information & campus resources
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increase interaction with course content
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Create representations of knowledge
Create representations of knowledge
Create representations of knowledge
Image from http://www.st-clair.net/ict/picomap.htm
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increase interaction with course content
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Augment face-to-face instruction
Image from http://www.tommiemedia.com/news/professors-using-smartphones-other-technology-in-classrooms/
Augment face-to-face instruction
Augment face-to-face instruction
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increase interaction with course content
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Support performance & decision-making
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increase interaction with course content
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Deploy instruction
Deploy instruction
Implementation Challenges
Institutional support
Competing platforms & Student-owned devices v. institution selected
Faculty members’ willingness & readiness
Implementation Challenges
Institutional support
Competing platforms & Student-owned devices v. institution selected
Faculty members’ willingness & readiness
Institutional support
Implementation Challenges
Institutional support
Competing platforms & Student-owned devices v. institution selected
Faculty members’ willingness & readiness
Competing platforms & Student-owned v. institution selected
Implementation Challenges
Institutional support
Competing platforms & Student-owned devices v. institution selected
Faculty members’ willingness & readiness
Faculty members’ willingness & readiness
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