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Go Mobile!

Go Mobile!. Marguerite Koole Instructional Media Analyst & Program Administrator ( EdD ) Athabasca University. Advantages, Issues, and Examples of Mobile Technologies in Distance Education. Go Mobile. Introductions Your experience with mobile learning Go mobile: first steps

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Go Mobile!

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  1. Go Mobile! Marguerite Koole Instructional Media Analyst & Program Administrator (EdD) Athabasca University Advantages, Issues, and Examples of Mobile Technologies in Distance Education

  2. Go Mobile • Introductions • Your experience with mobile learning • Go mobile: first steps • Advantages & Challenges • Theory • Development recommendations • Evaluating mobile sites • MobiGlam • Conclusions • References & Resources

  3. Introductions • Your expertise • Your interest in mobile learning

  4. Demographics • Who uses SMS regularly? • Who has never used SMS? • Who has used a cell phone to check: • the weather? • movie listings? • browse the Internet? • Who is currently involved with delivering learning materials by mobile?

  5. First Steps . . . • Setting the baseline • Familiarize yourself with your device • Navigation • Input/output • Send me an SMS • Visit this website on your device: http://cdenews.mofuse.mobi/ • If you are on a computer:http://mtld.mobi/emulator.phphttp://www.opera.com/mini/demo/

  6. Query • What are some potential uses of mobile devices in learning? • Advantages? • Challenges? • What kinds of systems & tools can be used for m-Learning?

  7. Theory: The FRAME Model (DL) Usability- How the learnerinteracts with thedevice (L) Mental, emotional& physiological characteristics • (D) Technical • Characteristics • Specifications: • physical, electronic (LS) Constructivism - How learnerinteracts with otherswithin his/her socio-cultural environment (DS) Information transfer- How data &information is transferredbetween people & systems Context: The learning system rests within a context of data or informationwaiting to be transformedinto meaning (S) Social & culturalCharacteristics

  8. Theory • DLS: Mobile Learning

  9. Practical Issues • Limitations • Transparency • Chunking • Flexibility • Information access • Cognitive & social

  10. Evaluate Mobile Sites • Using the chart provided, access these mobile sites with a mobile device & evaluate the experience. • http://library.athabascau.ca/drr/index2_m.php • http://www.eslau.ca/ • http://library.athabascau.ca/

  11. Mobile Moodle • MobiGlam • Video: http://cde.athabascau.ca/umlautm/videos/Intro_mobi.ram • Moodle site • Register your device • Video: http://cde.athabascau.ca/umlautm/videos/screen2_mobi.ram • Navigation • Video: http://cde.athabascau.ca/umlautm/videos/cell_phone.ram • Administration interface • Emulator

  12. Conclusion • Query: additional comments?

  13. References & Resources • Ally, M. (2005). Multimedia information design for mobile devices. In M. Pagani (Ed.), Encyclopedia of multimedia technology and networking. (). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc. • Elsayed Meawad, F., & G. Stubbs. (2007). A service oriented approach towards large scale deployment of mobile learning. Unpublished manuscript. • Koole, M. (2006). The framework for the rational analysis of mobile education (frame) model: An evaluation of mobile devices for distance education. Unpublished Athabasca University, Athabasca. • Koole, M. (2009). Chapter 2: A model for framing mobile learning. In M. Ally (Ed.), Mobile learning: Transforming the delivery of education and training (1st ed., pp. 25-47). Edmonton, Alberta: AU Press. (http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120155) • Sharples, M. (2005). Towards a theory of mobile learning. Retrieved August 3, 2007, from http://www.mlearn.org.za/CD/papers/Sharples-%20Theory%20of%20Mobile.pdf

  14. More Resources • MOMO: Mobile Moodle http://www.mobilemoodle.org/momo18/ • SMS Gatewayhttp://smsgateway.ca/default.aspx • AU Digital Reading Room (Mobile)http://library.athabascau.ca/drr/index2_m.php • AU Digital Libraryhttp://library.athabascau.ca/ AU Mobile ESL Project http://www.eslau.ca/ • AU School of Computing Mobile Learning Projecthttp://scis.athabascau.ca/research/enhanced_mobile.jsp • mLearning Consortium (McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.)http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/mlearning/

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