Mobile Learning: Using SmartPhones in the Classroom

1. Mobile Learning:Using SmartPhones in the Classroom Tia McMillan

2. “After realizing you can check your email or browse the Web wherever you go, without having to carry around a second device (such as laptop), it’s hard to go back.” Jamie Lendino PC Today

3. SmartPhones What do we know? Over 10 yr existence Diversity of features and styles Multiple OS availability Integration in society Predictability

4. SmartPhones & Education What do we know? Current technology Can be user specific Digital materials available Currently in use

5. “…[C]ell phones complement the short-burst, casual, multitasking style of today’s ‘Digital Native’ learners” Patricia Deubel THE Journal

6. The Need Learners University Greater connectivity Addressing time constraints Increasing the learner base

7. The Need Learners University Greater connectivity Addressing time constraints Increasing the learner base

8. “Smart phones also enable global collaboration and scientific experimentation and research. Users also can access information globally. Smart phones thus support interactive learning.” J. R. Corbeil and M. E.Valdes-Corbeil EDUCAUSE Quarterly

9. Research Case studies Expert opinions/reactions Educators opinions/reactions PDA v/s SmartPhone

10. Research

11. “…[S]students can learn anything from a cell phone, if we educators design it right” Patricia Deubel THE Journal

12. Development Third party application Sample school applications SmartPhone education-specific features

13. “In private industry, the survivor of a ‘technology battle’ is not always the company with the superior technology or the deepest pockets (although the latter does prevail quite often), but oftentimes the company who can sustain their product via the most appropriate business model and make progressive adjustments to that model when needed.” labellec Electronic Papyrus

14. Commercialization How should we implement SmartPhones? Decentralization Change Agents Cell phone vendors Administrators Educators Students

15. “Still, even with such technology available in most schools, students are tied to a classroom or lab setting .” Robert Kadel Learning and Leading with Technology

16. Persuasion Using Perceived Attributes Relative Advantage Complexity

17. “Mobile computing/communication devices offer a unique opportunity for teachers and students in different kinds of instructional settings to capitalize on the flexibility and freedom afforded by these devices.” . R. Corbeil and M. E.Valdes-Corbeil EDUCAUSE Quarterly

18. Reaching Critical Mass: Innovators & Early Adopters Decision Who are they? • Research experts • Teachers • Traditional Students • Business Leaders Methods of Persuasion • Relative advantage • Relative advantage, Trailability • Relative advantage • Compatibility, Trailability

19. Reaching Full Adoption: Laggards Decision Methods of Persuasion • Complexity, Observability • Complexity, Observability • Relative advantage, Compatibility Who are they? • Parents • Non-traditional students • School administration

20. “Mobile technologies also support learning experiences that are collaborative, accessible, and integrated with the world beyond the classroom. The benefits, however, do not come without challenges.” . R. Corbeil and M. E.Valdes-Corbeil EDUCAUSE Quarterly

21. Confirmation Finding solutions to challenges Could give tech-savvy students an advantage over non-technical students. Feeling of isolation or of being out-of-the-loop for non-techies. Rapid upgrades Additional learning curves

22. Our missed our opportunity is one that our students will miss as well.

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