How do we measure mobile learning’s impact on higher-order thinking? How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom. A.P. Chemistry students use their cell phones to answer their teacher's question. When we talk about using cell phones in class, we’re not just talking about using cell phones in class. The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, Internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets. At its core, the issues associated with mobile learning get to the very fundamentals of what happens in class everyday. At their best, cell phones and mobile devices seamlessly facilitate what students and teachers already do in thriving, inspiring classrooms.
Students communicate and collaborate with each other and the teacher. They apply facts and information they’ve found to formulate or back up their ideas. In Ramsey Musallam’s A.P. “Sure, that’s kind of cute,” he says, admitting that it can be seen as gimmicky. Related. About. Revolutionising Education: iPad in South African Schools. Mobile in Ed Tech: Moving Beyond Browser Replacement. In 2003 Steve Jobs made a speech to the International Design Conference in Aspen, and the audio for this speech has just been re-discovered and shared. There is even a transcription from the Verge available here. During his talk, Jobs foresaw future mobile devices as well as the challenge we would face in truly taking advantage of these mobile devices. Ok let’s go back to this revolution, what is happening? What’s happening is the personal computer is a medium– of communication. One of the medium. To me, this situation describes the most common implementation of mobile in educational technology as simply a browser replacement.
Mobile is more than just laptops with small screens and awkward keyboards. In his speech, Jobs went on to describe the transition from old habits to new habits. From radio to television, television to this incredible new interactive medium of the video disc. Google+ Comments. The Future Of Mobile Learning. Taking the Tablets. Here are the slides from my presentation at ALT-C 2012 this morning. The tablet computer is not a new idea, but recently has had an impact on learning and teaching across a range of institutions in the UK and elsewhere.
In this session I will try to tackle the following questions. What do we currently understand to be a tablet? What is the primary functionality? I will conclude with a personal reflection on the overall direction of travel, and where I believe we may finish up. Photo source. Students Find E-Textbooks 'Clumsy' and Don't Use Their Interactive Features - Wired Campus. Several universities have recently tried a new model for delivering textbooks in hopes of saving students money: requiring purchase of e-textbooks and charging students a materials fee to cover the costs. A recent report on some of those pilot projects, however, shows that many students find the e-textbooks “clumsy” and prefer print. The report is based on a survey conducted this spring of students and faculty at five universities where e-textbook projects were coordinated by Internet2, the high-speed networking group.
Students praised the e-books for helping them save money but didn’t like reading on electronic devices. Many of them complained that the e-book platform was hard to navigate. In addition, most professors who responded said that they didn’t use the e-books’ collaborative features, which include the ability to share notes or create links within the text. The pilot projects are based on a model pioneered at Indiana University in 2009 by Bradley C. Mr. Return to Top. Do smartphones make smarter students? Some educators think so. Can an app today keep bad grades away? Long the banes of teachers’ existence, smartphones are being re-imagined by educators as a positive presence in the classroom. What’s more, a survey released Thursday shows more than half of Canadians – 56 per cent – agree that the mobile devices are an “invaluable tool” for students, while fully two-thirds see smartphones as a way for students to conduct online research any time, anywhere. Media professor Sidneyeve Matrix, whose Queen’s University class has its own app, says smartphones have become so ubiquitous that it makes less sense for teachers to fight them than to dial up their potential as a modern-day school supply.
“What drives most teachers mad is that they’re competing with these phones for attention,” says Matrix. “But with 1,400 students in the class, what am I supposed to do? Say, ‘Now, put away your phones, kids?’ “In the old model, the professor was the sage on the stage. But the trend isn’t without its doubters. Handbook_print.pdf (application/pdf objekt) Multi-tasking tablets on the horizon | Page: 1.
Building a Mobile Strategy - Part 1a. As promised, the results of my conversation with the Mobility Guru. --------------------- What Is Mobile? After some discussion, the Mobility Guru and I decided to treat mobile based on operating system (iOS, Android, Win8RT) vs. hardware or form factor. His original definition "can hold it in one hand" doesn't really account for netbooks or other forms that smoothly run pre-mobile operating systems (Like Windows 7, Linux and the Mac OSs).
The complication with Mobile is not necessarily with the form factor. It's with the OSs, it's range of implementations (especially with Android), and the difficulty handling various websites and existing applications. We plan to change this definition. I would love to not have to treat mobile as an entirely separate beast. We both may be dreaming. Mobile Goal/Success Definition - ITStated goal (cribbed from the Strategic Plan for IT) - "Lead the Mobility Expectations for the Organization".
Apparently, this is defined as the following: The Web Folks. Top 7 Myths Of Mobile Learning.
How Tablets Will Change Higher Ed. Tablets are set to change computing with intuitive operating systems, web browsing, access to hundreds of thousands of apps, and even the option to attach a keyboard. From the start, we knew tablets would be big—they’re more mobile than laptops but easier to interact with than phones. It hardly needs to be said (but we’ll say it anyway) that Localist performs well on tablets of all makes, but let’s not kid ourselves: when we say “tablets,” we mean the iPad. Apple’s tablet represents 89% of the US tablet market! Tablets are being adopted at an impressive rate, and tablet purchases are expected to outpace smartphone purchases over the next two years. Your school should be preparing to incorporate tablets into campus life and the classroom. Why Tablets are Not the Same as Mobile The way people use mobile phones is fundamentally different from how they use tablets—at least as the technology stands now.
Tablets Will Transform the Classroom Keeping up with Students About the author. Noste si vlastní přístroje! Text článku: Jsou firmy, které kvůli snazší kontrole a vyšší bezpečnosti dat trvají na tom, aby jejich zaměstnanci používali pouze služební technologie, které jsou spravovány podnikovými IT administrátory. Podobný tradiční přístup lze nejsnáze realizovat v podmínkách lokální sítě, tj. u zaměstnanců sedících v kanceláři, pracujících na stolních počítačích a dodržujících pevnou pracovní dobu.
Jenže toto je model, který je překonaný. Dnes je u mnoha pracovních činností naprostou samozřejmostí, aby se zaměstnanec pohyboval z místa na místo nebo aby podstatnou část své práce dělal z domova. Ke slovu tak přicházejí mobilní technologie. I tyto je samozřejmě možné spravovat centrálně, a snadněji tak zajistit bezpečnost dat. Stále častěji se však můžeme setkat s tím, že zaměstnanci používají své vlastní přístroje a veškerá firemní data jsou uložena v internetových mracích (viz článek Fiony Graham z BBC News v Citacích - [1]). Situace ve školství je nápadně podobná.
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. 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. Researchers develop ‘smart’ touch-responsive internet-enabled newspaper. My European speaking tour (ending today) has had two primary themes: crowdsourcing and the future of corporate IT. However at a couple of points, notably a guest lecture to Moscow’s Higher School of Economics’ School of Journalism, I have delved into the future of media.
As always, my well-known Newspaper Extinction Timeline has come up as a hot topic of discussion. One of things I always have to point out is that we should not be comparing newspapers with the tablets of today when we think about the choices people will make in how they access news. Tablets similar to those of today will be given away for free and digital paper which has all the qualities of today’s paper plus the advantages of digital at a low cost will be the alternative. The e-ink initiatives have some way to go, however it seems there are other paths to this outcome, as shown in this video.
In a post on BBC College of Journalism website Paul Egglestone of University of Lancashire’s school of journalism writes: Mobile Apps Will Pass - History Will Repeat Itself. Over the past few years the big sexy conversation at conferences has slowly morphed from social media to mobile. It is partially because social media is better understood now but it’s also because mobile is the shiny new toy that everyone is trying to figure out. We have seen incredible inroads that mobile traffic is making up a larger and larger portion of web traffic. Mobile traffic to websites has doubled across the year alone in 2011.With all these discussions it has me thinking more and more of the future of mobile apps.
With recent data suggesting that the average user has well over 50 apps installed on their smartphone it is a great time to be an app developer. I on the other hand can’t help but feel like we are in a case of history repeating itself. We are also seeing that time spent on mobile apps is greater than time spent on the desktop or the mobile web. I am probably no different as I have right at 50 apps installed. History Repeats Itself The point is what happened next? Mobile learning in developing countries in 2012: What's Happening? | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education. In recent chats with officials from [an un-named country], I learned of the desire of educational policymakers there to leap frog e-learning through m-learning.
This made an impression on me -- and not only because it succinctly was able to encapsulate four educational technology buzzwords within a five-word "vision statement". In many ways, this encounter helped confirm my belief that a long-anticipated new era of hype is now upon us, taking firm root in the place where the educational technology and international donor communities meet, with "m-" replacing "e-" at the start of discussions of the use of educational technologies.
My 'evidence' in support of this observation is admittedly anecdotal (and personal), and, contrary to standard operating procedure here at the World Bank, not gathered in any sort of rigorous way. So the topic is generating increasing heat in many quarters ... is there any accompanying illumination to help guide us in our related decisions? Some final comments: 5 Myths about mobile learning. [and how to overcome them] Photo by stefg74 Here are some common mLearning myths I regularly come across in English language teacher training – and some myth-busting lesson plans.
Myth 1: Mobile learning means learning via texting with mobile phones Mobile phones (or cell phones) are just one of the myriad devices that can be used for learning. Myth 2: Mobile learning means ‘learning on the move’ This is one of the most common definitions of mobile learning I hear. *Thanks to Neil Ballantyne for alerting me to this theory, which states that all learners will have a long bus ride to work/school in which they will want to look at flashcards or similar Myth 3: Mobile learning means learning with apps Another common misconception.
Access video rich content reviewing mobile phones, and thenproduce their own audio reviews via mobile devices,which peers and teacher can then comment on. Myth 4: Mobile learning means content delivered in ‘bite-sized’ chunks This relates to Myth 3 above. What about you? Mobile Learning Proves to Benefit At-Risk Students. Digital Tools Teaching Strategies Wireless Reach/Qualcomm As we explore the potential of mobile learning, especially as it relates to reaching out to disenfranchised students, the most recent results from Project K-Nect seem that much more relevant. The pilot program based in North Carolina, which we covered here on MindShift, was designed to make math more engaging for low-income kids with the use of mobile phones in Onslow County School System. This is just a math program. Imagine how it could play out with other subjects. In its third year, the program has more than proven successful.
Some stats from the most recent report, released last month, quoted here: By the end of the fall 2010 semester, 89 percent of the Algebra I students reported they are more motivated to learn math compared to 76 percent at the beginning of the semester. 90 percent of the Project K-Nect students in Algebra I and 100 percent of the Algebra II students demonstrated proficiency on their end of course exams.
- The history of the cell phones for learning movement. 0 Comments January 3, 2012 By: Lisa Nielsen Jan 3 Written by: 1/3/2012 3:49 AM ShareThis Are you going to follow the pack or be an education pioneer? Lisa Nielsen writes for and speaks to audiences across the globe about learning innovatively and is frequently covered by local and national media for her views on “Passion (not data) Driven Learning,” "Thinking Outside the Ban" to harness the power of technology for learning, and using the power of social media to provide a voice to educators and students.
Disclaimer: The information shared here is strictly that of the author and does not reflect the opinions or endorsement of her employer. 3 Must-Have Technology Tools For Your Classroom. Students' math scores jumped 20% with iPad textbooks, publisher says. A $100 Solar-Powered Tablet: Will This Be “The One”? The Digital Learning Farm and iPad Apps M-Learning. Mobile Learning. The iPad and the academy.
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