Mobile Learning:

Outcomes:  Begin to define mobile learning:  How do we conceptualize it?  Identify some emergent trends:  Inside & outside the classroom  Brainstorm how these devices impact teaching and learning. 

What does the term Mobile Learning mean to you?

Since the advent of the PRINTING PRESS…  Mobile technologies have been around for a long time.  What’s SO different today?

Mobile learning NOW:  Mediated by the Web and the Internet.  Wireless devices: Smart Phones, Netbooks, Hand-held devices.  Combined, these tools provide 24/7 connectivity.  Communicating, collaborating, and creating continually going on INSIDE and OUTSIDE of the classroom.

Student technology trends Laptop Ownership Desktop Ownership

Student technology trends SNS Use Texting IM Use

Snapshot of today’s learners:

Student Learning trends:  Interaction – Face 2 face and online  Exploration and Collaboration  Relevancy  Multimedia  Social, Participatory Learning  Learning anytime, anywhere

Guiding Questions:  Within the mobile learning paradigm:  Is the nature of the learning more powerful, more transformative, or less? How should we consider this?  Access and use of Mobile learning devices is ubiquitous:  The context is changing. Are the learning principles the same?

“Inside” the Classroom:  Hotseat application at Purdue Hotseat application at Purdue  SUNY Cortland Streaming Video SUNY Cortland Streaming Video  The Twitter Experiment at UT Dallas The Twitter Experiment at UT Dallas

“Outside” the Classroom:  Abilene Christian Abilene Christian  ACU Student ACU Student  Apple Education Apps Apple Education Apps  iTunes University iTunes University  MCG Mobile – Medical College of Georgia MCG Mobile – Medical College of Georgia  Moodle Moodle  Moodle4iphone (Free Open Source software) Moodle4iphone

Brainstorm:  Implications for teaching and learning  What does this mean to you?  Envision possibilities  Thoughts/questions/concerns

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