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Post by Phil on Mar 18, 2007 7:55:47 GMT 4
Ok. If you're interested in Mobile learning, then this is the place for you. *Looks across at Dean*. Here is a list if some articles/ sites to be starting with. As people come up with new links, I’ll add them to this list. When adding a link, it would be helpful to have a 1-2 line summary of what people are likely to find when clicking on it, personal bandwidth and all that. Main Texts Marc Prensky’s article in Innovate, the journal of online education. What can you learn from a mobile phone? Well, everything. You’ll need to log in with your email and a password but it’s all relatively painless and well worth it for all the articles. learning with mobile devices: research and development Around 20 articles on lots of different aspects of mobiles. British based forum concerned with all aspects of M-learning. The Elearn magazine. Lots of interesting articles on a wide range of elearning material. Case studiesAn example of how hair dressing content modules are delivered to mobile phones. An example of ipod use @ Dean University.
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Post by dean on Mar 19, 2007 16:10:37 GMT 4
I read the articles that Arthur supplied links for, and it's interesting to see what is being done with ipods. I'm not convinced that technology should be integrated for the sake of technology. I think the foundations of education particularly literacy are areas that require more focus, as without these basic skills technology is of little use. However I believe that technology in the school is important, and plays a vital role in equipping students for life skills that they will encounter. I can't lay my hands on it now, will need to have a better look, but i remember a project being done on the barrier reef, where students spent a number of days or maybe even weeks with a computer link up to the school. The objective if i remember correctly, was to see the benefits of research being done on site yet still keeping up with the their daily school work. Dean
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Post by salwa on Mar 20, 2007 23:11:23 GMT 4
Hi Dean and all,
I agree with you that “technology should not be used for the sake of technology” (as Dean mentioned). It should not be the driving force behind learning, but we should adapt it to serve the pedagogical objectives.
Salwa
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Post by javed on Mar 21, 2007 9:54:32 GMT 4
M-Learning has a lot of potentials in the Pacific....if v look around in the Pacific, the number of people who own portable music players and mobile fones computers are dramatically more than the number of people who owns computers (let alone being online).....i think it is a niche market in the Pacific.......but as Dean n Salwa mentioned that technology shoudl not be the driving force but it should be the pedagogy that shoudl drive the technology....thus it will be difficult to get people expereince various froms of m learning...but if v make them aware of the benefits of m-learning would be the way forward.
Do anyone thinks podcasting is collabrative (since it only allows one way communication)?
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Post by reggie on Mar 21, 2007 20:27:36 GMT 4
Arthur,
If you're out there - can you put the links in here? Can't remember where I saw them and hate to have to trawl through all the discussion threads again.... Will do if you think I'm being a complete lazy cow though!
Thanks
Reggie
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Post by Phil on Mar 24, 2007 21:08:39 GMT 4
Yeah Reggie,
Sorry been a bit busy, observed lesson, creating webpages for work and setting up a dummy course for my ex-boss.
I'll dig out the links (got some new ones as well, games and teaching) and I'll try to write something.
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Post by dean on Mar 26, 2007 14:25:07 GMT 4
Found that link i was talking about, i realise its not quite the same as M-Learning but i thought it was an interesting article on the use of technology, and the argument put forward by proponenets of situated learning "that meaningful learning only takes place if it is embedded in the social and physical context within which it will be used." I gues this could apply to M-Learning aswell. lsn.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2001/alexiades.htmlDean
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Post by salwa on Mar 27, 2007 19:17:25 GMT 4
Hi Dean and all,
I think that mobile learning is the new generation. It provides ease of use, light weight, stores music, and allows for learning anywhere. This digital mode of learning suits a lot of preferences especially the "where and when to learn".
Just today, I read an article about how ipods are used in the states to help medical students detect hear problems: It seems listening about 400 times to different heart beasts is an effective way to improve a doctor's ability to detect a problem.
Salwa
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Post by Phil on Mar 27, 2007 19:33:45 GMT 4
Just today, I read an article about how ipods are used in the states to help medical students detect hear problems: It seems listening about 400 times to different heart beasts is an effective way to improve a doctor's ability to detect a problem. Salwa The beats go onAlso iPods help docs improve stethoscope skillsEngland, Cricket and the ipodJust came across a couple of more medical sites for ipods. I wonder why there are so many medical sites?
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Post by joweston on Mar 28, 2007 5:42:53 GMT 4
Hi All, Those are some great examples of how M-learning can created a situated learning experience. Educause also explores M-learning in the article "Going Nomadic: Mobile Learning in Higher Education". I tend to think that it's this vision of breaking down conventional learning barriers where "an interested learner could ping a network or site for learning engagement: digital objects, digitally tagged materials, learning objects, instructors, other learners and instigators", that holds the real opportunities (Alexander , 2004). How many times are we in the car or in a restaurant and we wonder who sings the song we can hear. Now we can type in the lyrics right there at the table and have the answer in a matter of seconds. This connectivity might be enabled by technology but the point is that we can now learn anything anywhere which is incredibly empowering. Cheers Jo Reference: EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 39, no. 5 (September/October 2004): 28–35. Going Nomadic: Mobile Learning in Higher Education Bryan Alexander. www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm0451.asp
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Post by Phil on Apr 15, 2007 10:56:14 GMT 4
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Post by dean on Apr 16, 2007 7:13:50 GMT 4
Having had another read of the article by Marc Prensky "What can you learn from a cell phone" has left me with some questions. While I agree with what he is saying about the potential of the mobile phone as a learning tool, what about the cost of air time?
Who would pay for this? As in the case of universities would they be given a quota for learning? Who would subsidise this quota? If the government, surely there would have to be unequivocal evidence supporting this type of learning?
I can see the potential as Prensky has stated for the use of learning language, or listening to lectures and the fact that a mobile phone also incorporates a number of hardware devices such as a camera, compass (GPS), calculator, web browser, MP3, video recorder, Oh and a phone. However most of these features delivering information cost money and as the student being the end user I wonder whether or not this would be accessible to all.
Dean
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Post by Phil on Apr 18, 2007 16:09:15 GMT 4
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Post by dean on Apr 30, 2007 10:14:07 GMT 4
Thanks Phil Interesting to see how mobiles are being used. Sorry it's taken so long to reply, snowed under with assignments.
Dean
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Post by salwa on May 14, 2007 18:24:41 GMT 4
Hi Phil, CEPA seems more interesting now, but I wonder whether high school students will use this service.
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