Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments Conference 1 Mobile learning isn’t one flavour or one approach it’s a whole grocery store Geoff Stead Head of Innovation Tribal @geoffstead Triballabs.net moblearn.blogspot.com Andy Black @andyjb Andysblackhole.blogspot.co m
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Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments Conference
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Mobile learning isn’t one flavour or one approach it’s a whole grocery store
Geoff Stead Head of Innovation Tribal @geoffstead Triballabs.netmoblearn.blogspot.com
There are mobile data networks covering 90% of the people on the planet
... but we are all different
The trends are similar all over the world
... but the specific choices of technology, and cultural significance varies
Women need to borrow from the man
in the family
Equal gender ownership
Long, expensive contracts
No contractsMicro payments
FREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text message
Pay to receive a text message
FREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text message
$400 smartphone
$100 smartphone
to recieve a text messageto recieve a text message
Do fewer thingson smarter phones
to recieve a text messageDo more things
on dumber phones
Do fewer thingson smarter phones
Costs 6x more to phone Tanzania (next door) than
USA / China / India
FREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text messageFREE to recieve a text messageLeads the world in mobile banking
Same, same ... but different
We are using different phones used in different countries .... to do the same tasks
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5.8 billion mobile subscribers worldwide by 2013
50% of new internet connections in 2009 were from a phone
60% of the world’s population can access fast mobile connections (HSPDA/3G+)
Mobile data use exceeding Voice
Smartphone market share keeps going up and data rates keep going down
On average, your mobile phone is within an arm’s reach 19 hours per day
The hype is entrancing ...
But how can we REALLY learn what works?
Device churn costs risks too many different devices
Rapid technology evolution vs glacial curriculum change
Supplier enthusiasm vs real, transferrable lessons
Rapid evolution: multi-touch, pinch, zoom, swipe
We used to worry about how
to fit text onto small screens
Rapid evolution: panning over a virtual screen
Rapid evolution: it knows where I am
Rapid evolution: it understands what I see
Mobile learning’s gradual evolution
2011
2007
2003
Working inside the
system
iPad / tablets
Connecting to non-mobile systems (VLE)
Access to course resources
Podcasts
Class register
Specialist kit
“clicker” voting
Traditional courses & class groups.
structured learning
2011
2007
2003
Working outside the
system
Augmented Reality
User’s own devices
Gaming
Blogs
User generated
Personalised
Mobile learning’s gradual evolution
Informal, work based, performance tools,
job aids, personalised
Traditional courses & class groups.
structured learning
Informal, work based, performance tools,
job aids, personalised
Micro-course modules
Integration with institutional systems
Reference materials
User generated
Post course support tools
Augmented reference materials
Activity based
CommunicationCollaboration
Gaming
Mobile learning convergence point
User-owned
@dawnhallybone
@derekrobertson
@Consolarium
@olliebray
@timrylands
@johndavitt
@trucano
@deputymitchell
@davewhy
@grahambm
Technology as tools, not the entire “system”
But we alre
ady know this!
It even works with knitting
Technology as tools, not the entire “system”
Rapidly developing community in Australia primarily using Ipod touch http://slidetolearn.ning.com
Great guide to getting startedat http://www.slidetolearn.info
http://www.learning2go.org/
Project in Wolverhampton in the UK Phase 1 2003 with 120 devices in four schools. Phase 2 2005 more than 1000 pupils plus teachers in 18 schools Phase Three 2006 with an additional 1000 devices across all Key Stages. Phase Four 2008 further rollout of over 1500 devices. This last phase includes devices rolled out within the "Computers for Pupils" initiative and the national MoLe Net scheme.