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Tablets for Teaching and Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 12 Mobile Learning Trends to Watch Out For in 2015. Top 20 Most Useful Mobile Business Apps For 201... Micro-Learning as a Workplace Learning Strategy. In todays’ time-crunched, attention-deficit and multitasking world, micro-learning seems to have cropped up as a possible solution to corporate learning and personal development.

Micro-Learning as a Workplace Learning Strategy

However, what exactly is micro-learning remains a bit of an elusive concept with different people defining it in different ways. Should it be something that takes less than 5 minutes to consume? April 2015, Volume 1 Number 2. Mobile Learning in Context Contributing Editor Janet Clarey. April 8, 2015 Contributing Editor, Janet Clarey When people talk about customary approaches to eLearning, they usually envision self-paced courses, tutorials, and synchronous virtual classroom training.

Mobile Learning in Context Contributing Editor Janet Clarey

Still popular after 20 years, this “traditional” type of eLearning is typically designed and structured as a formal solution. It originated in one-way communication (web 1.0), much like email originated from traditional mail. Done right, for the right reasons, it works. Mobile learning, on the other hand, originated in two-way communication (web 2.0), defies the customary approach to eLearning, and shifts the control and responsibility for learning.

A collection of essays curated by Janet Clarey, Mobile Learning in Context explores topics from implementation to how to motivate learners to complete training. Complete the form below and download this publication today! All fields are required. Learning and Teaching with Mobile Devices: An Approach in Higher Secondary Education in Ghana. 2015 Mobile Learning Trends Infographic. Mobile Learning Infographics 2015 Mobile Learning Trends Infographic 2015 Mobile Learning Trends Infographic The 2015 Mobile Learning Trends Infographic explores what role mobiles are playing in shaping up the workplace learning scenario.

2015 Mobile Learning Trends Infographic

These trends with mobile learning are evidence to the fact that we are on the brink of a new era of learning – through the mobile device. Flash to HTML5 For years, Flash has ruled mobile content delivery arena. Device agnostic design approach Of course, this is both a cause as well as an off shoot from the previous trend. M-learning will assist Instructor-led Traditional Classroom Training. E-learning Training Methods Vs Traditional Classroom Training Traditional classroom training consumes more time, but, face-to-face interaction is possible.

M-learning will assist Instructor-led Traditional Classroom Training

The trainer and the participants can share a common platform and goal, and this can create rapid developments as far as the training program is concerned. Nevertheless, e-learning training methods have their own benefits. It is a pragmatic fact that short e-learning modules offer easy referring facility to the employees, and this facilitates the final execution process. When e-learning methods are applied, the entire training program becomes enjoyable and effortless; employees can undergo the training process using their own time and space! One of the main practical flaws of traditional classroom training is that the partakers may forget the real essence of the covered topic within a short period. Are you using mobile technologies to support inclusive practice?

Mobile technologies, far from being a distraction, are increasingly recognised for their ability to enhance teaching and learning and contribute to the digital student experience.

Are you using mobile technologies to support inclusive practice?

From speaking to people in further education (FE) and higher education (HE), we know that both staff and students are benefiting from the opportunities that this technology affords. From using mobile to provide enhanced methods of communication and more timely assessment, feedback and submission opportunities, to delivering new channels for accessing and using research, as well as promoting the sharing of resources and knowledge digitally, the list of applications is almost boundless. For the traditional student, these opportunities are ubiquitous and often taken for granted in terms of aiding the learning process. But how does this apply to non-traditional students or those that need that extra bit of support? Taking advantage The short answer is yes! What you can do. Mobile and Accessible Learning for MOOCs. Mobile Learning in Context Contributing Editor Janet Clarey.

Mobile learning. 10 Ways That Mobile Learning Will Revolutionize Education. Smartphones and tablet computers are radically transforming how we access our shared knowledge sources by keeping us constantly connected to near-infinite volumes of raw data and information.

10 Ways That Mobile Learning Will Revolutionize Education

We enjoy unprecedented instant access to expertise, from informal cooking lessons on YouTube to online university courses. Every day people around the globe are absorbed in exciting new forms of learning, and yet traditional schools and university systems are still struggling to leverage the many opportunities for innovation in this area. Recently frog has been researching how learning models are evolving—and how they can be improved—via the influence of mobile technologies. We’ve found that the education industry needs new models and fresh frameworks to avoid losing touch with the radically evolving needs of its many current and potential new constituencies.

We have been focusing on the concept of mLearning—where "m" usually stands for "mobile" but also just as easily for "me. " 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mobile learning is for everyone. Mobile Learning. Pathway to a SMILE August 3, 2015 Key Takeaways This case study explains how SMILE — Synchronous Mobile Interactive Learning Environment — allows the instructor to present and record lessons anywhere, anyti… The Evolution Continues: Considerations for the Future of Research in Online and Blended Learning June 16, 2015 The model of online learning that has evolved over the past 20 years relies on ubiquitous data communications that are owned and operated routinely by all segments of the population.

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Mobile Learning for Education. Mobile Learning Publications. UNESCO Mobile Learning Publications Today there are over six billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide, and for every one person who accesses the internet from a computer two do so from a mobile device.

Mobile Learning Publications

Given the ubiquity and rapidly expanding functionality of mobile technologies, UNESCO is enthusiastic about their potential to improve and facilitate learning, particularly in communities where educational opportunities are scarce. This Working Paper Series scans the globe to illuminate the ways in which mobile technologies can be used to support the United Nations Education for All Goals; respond to the challenges of particular educational contexts; supplement and enrich formal schooling; and make learning more accessible, equitable, personalized and flexible for students everywhere.

Emerging trends in education and mobile learning. At the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2014 I sat on a panel titled Emerging Trends and New Technology – considered in the context of mobile learning.

Emerging trends in education and mobile learning

Below are the notes of the key points that I made. Note: The issue of Emerging Trends and New Technology begs the question: for who? For students in California, or for those in Kolkata? Developed country trends are very different from developing country trends. Most of the points below focus on the latter. Professor Mike Sharples - People Profiles - Open University. Profile For further information see My research concerns human-centred design of new technologies for learning.

Professor Mike Sharples - People Profiles - Open University

It involves gaining a deep understanding of how people work, play, learn and interact as a foundation for the design of novel socio-technical systems (people in interaction with technology). I am Academic Lead at Futurelearn, and co-investigator on the Wolfson OpenScience Laboratory and Juxtalearn projects.