rethinking mlearning and the promise of flying cars confabedu 2014
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Rethinking Mobile Learning andthe Promise of Flying Cars
Andrew Smyk
ConfabEDU Edition 2014
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"It will soon be possible to transmit
wireless messages around the world
so simply that any individual can carry
and operate his own apparatus."
Nikola Tesla
New York Times, October 1909.
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Calvin & Hobbes
30 December 1989
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This is the only flying car my kids know.
But they know mobile.
Mobile Learning (mLearning)
who
what
where
when
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Mobile Learning (mLearning)
who
what
where
when
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student
content
anywhere
any time
Educational Technology
?How are we using it
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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne
Management and
Administration of
Teaching and
Learning
Interactive Learning,
Teaching and
Assessment
Delivering
Electronic Teaching
Resources
Research and
Scholarly
Inquiry
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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne
Management and
Administration of
Teaching and
Learning
Interactive Learning,
Teaching and
Assessment
Delivering
Electronic Teaching
Resources
Research and
Scholarly
Inquiry
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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne
Interactive Learning,
Teaching and
Assessment
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We need to improve on this!
eLearning
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mLearning
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eDistribution
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Where is my context-aware mobile
learning, leveraging geolocation,
social media, peer-to-peer
personalization and multisensory
experiences?
Selling a PDF as mLearning is like giving the learner a dead parrot.
Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University
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Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University
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Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University
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collaboration
audio/video
assessment
distribution
mobile?
Is implementation organic?
Hoadley’s
3Laws of Education
Technology
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1It’s not the technology.
It’s what you do with it.
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2It’s not what the technology
makes possible. It’s what
technology makes easy.
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3Pay attention to the trends
in learning, not in
technology.
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No simple export tools!!!!
Limited mobile support?
Java Update!!!!!
Simplicity????
Print outs?
We are held back by our past.
Move past #EduTech flotsam and jetsam
What’s your strategy?
Instructional Designer
Creative Technologist*
Content Strategist
Multimedia Specialist
Instructional Designer
Content Strategist
*Someone who won’t take any guff.
Multimedia Specialist
Creative Technologist*
Stop being risk averse.
Let’s explore
Off the shelf solutions
sentry
Major Gen. Sir Isaac Brock
Major Gen. Sir Isaac Brock
Mobile has become the students first choice
for internet access - NMC Horizons Technologies Report 2011
Learning activities need to be accessed on a
variety of devices and platforms.
Learning activities WILL be accessed on a
variety of devices and platforms.
Be backwards compatible
Be backwards compatible
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Blobs vs. Chunks
Create new experiences for learners.
There are great opportunities to
engage learners with mlearning.
Build simple and engaging experiences
Tin Can API
We will need to change how and
what we teach.
Because we won’t know where, when
or how students will want to learn.
• Social
• Contextual
• Spatial
Pivot, Snack, Bursts
Not tethered to the desktop.
How do I turn in my homework?
Spend a week accessing content on mobile
Let’s collaborate!
Questions?
Let’s continue
the
conversation!
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