New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education — resource from Jerry Johnson at learningdigitally.org

Table of Contents

1 – Introduction:
Using mobile technologies to develop new ways of teaching and learning
3, Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney and Brian Ferry
2 – Professional development:
Faculty development for new technologies: Putting mobile learning in the hands of the teachers
4, Geraldine Lefoe, Ian Olney, Rob Wright and Anthony Herrington

3 – Adult education:
Using a smartphone to create digital teaching episodes as resources in adult education
5, Anthony Herrington

4 – Early childhood education:
Digital story telling using iPods
6, Ian Olney, Jan Herrington and Irina Verenikina

5 – Environmental education:
Using mobile phones to enhance teacher learning in environmental education7, Brian Ferry

6 – Information technology education:
Incorporating mobile technologies within constructivist-based curriculum resources
8, Anthony Herrington

7 – Language and literacy education:
Using iPods to capture professional dialogue between early career teachers to enrich reflective practice
9, Jessica Mantei and Lisa Kervin

8 – Mathematics education:
Role of mobile digital technology in fostering the construction of pedagogical and content knowledge of mathematics
10, Mohan Chinnappan

9 – Physical education:
Using iPods to enhance the teaching of games in physical education
11, Greg Forrest

10 – Reflective practice:
Collaborative gathering, evaluating and communicating ‘wisdom’ using iPods12, Lisa Kervin and Jessica Mantei

11 – Science education:
Using mobile phone cameras to capture images for slowmations: Student-generated science animations
13, Garry Hoban

12 – Visual arts education:
Art on the move: Mobility – a way of life14, Ian Brown

13 – Design principles:
Design principles for mobile learning
15, Anthony Herrington, Jan Herrington and Jessica Mantei

Considering a mobile learning initiative at your institution – then read this — from livinginthe4thscreen.com

There is a great post over on the LearningDigitally.org Blog about starting a mobile learning initiative at your institution. According to the article the first thing you have to consider is:

“will the learners be consumers of content, producers of content, or both?”

The next thing to keep in mind according to the author of the article, Judy Brown, is:

“We need to look instead at the capabilities unique to the new technologies. Look at the devices students are using every day, look at what these offer.”

I couldn’t agree more. Instead of trying to move people to a particular platform, use the one they already are comfortable with.

Under the heading of Decisions to Make the article lists the following…

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ELI 2010 Online Spring Focus Session

Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility
Join us March 3–4 for “Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility,” the ELI 2010 Online Spring Focus Session. Back by popular demand, this virtual event, hosted in Adobe Connect, allows you to exchange ideas and collaborate with the ELI community—all without leaving your campus. You’ll have access to resources and guided activities to help you organize a local team event or participate as an individual.
Program highlights include:


Although mobile learning has different meanings for different communities, we know that learning is deepened and enriched when students have options for their learning for multiple paths through course content. Mobile technology not only enables students to take their learning with them beyond the physical walls of the classroom, but it also makes possible a new array of interactions in the classroom as well. Mobile learning encompasses participating in learning activities anywhere, at any time, and utilizing mobile technologies that are rapidly evolving. Possible applications of mobile technology include enabling authentic learning engagements (such as real-time data collection), spontaneous mash ups (such as populating a map with local data), synchronous interactions with classmates and subject experts, and a rich variety of interactions with course content. Precisely because of its fluidity and independence from physical boundaries, mobile learning offers vast potential to enhance all types of instruction: face-to-face, blended, and online. The goal of this focus session is to re-assess the potential of mobile technologies and identify new ways in which mobility can contribute to the learning experience.


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From DSC:
I signed up and downloaded a whitepaper from intelliresponse.com entitled, “Going Mobile: Web Self-Service for Students — Learn how higher education institutions can embrace the new multi-channel eco-system for student self-service (via Mobile, Social Media, Web)”.

I thought it was interesting how the term eco-system weaved its way through this company’s marketing literature. But it also relayed some more data on the increasing amount of mobile devices out there (now and expected in the near future).  If we were to substitute the word “learning” in place of the words “self-service”, this topic becomes very relevant to this blog.

Here are a couple graphics from the paper:

Going Mobile: Web Self-Service for Students Learn how higher education institutions can embrace the new multi-channel eco-system for student self-service (via Mobile, Social Media, Web)

Mobile self-service

“Ultimate Mashup” a Glimpse into the Future — from blog.programmableweb.com by Adam DuVander

“A new iPhone app is trying to take the fiction out of Science Fiction. Movies have long portrayed people in the future speaking commands to computers. Siri, based on $200M of research and development, is trying to make it so.”

Technologies to Watch in Higher Education: 7 Years’ Worth of Predictions — from Saul Carliner

The New Media Consortium and Educause recently published their annual Horizon Report, which “describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact in higher education within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years” (Johnson, Levine, Smith & Stone, 2010). In response, I compiled the lists of technologies to watch from all seven reports…

Food for thought: Which technologies did they call correctly? Which ones not?

References
Johnson, L., Levine, A., Smith, R., & Stone, S. (2010). The 2010 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

Internet in hand is the cognitive denominator — from Judy Breck and handschooling.com

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Learning Technologies 2010 – Recap — from Amit Garg

From DSC:
Thanks Amit for a great posting/summary here! There are some very powerful messages in there.

AT&T to invest $2B in mobile network — from CNN.com by Marguerite Reardon

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Print media hail iPad’s potential — from CNN

(CNN) — Now that they’ve gotten a peek at it, publishers of books, newspapers and magazines are hoping Apple’s forthcoming iPad tablet device will breathe new life into their struggling industry.

A handful of publishers already have struck content deals with Apple for the handheld wireless device, which displays text, photos and graphics in high-res color. Apple will launch an online bookstore to sell titles for the iPad, much like iTunes sells music for iPods and other Apple devices.

Also see:

Apple iPad: ‘Oversized iPhone’ for some, ‘iVolutionary’ for others — from CNN

Bottom line, he said, the iPad seemed like a product that would hold appeal for some but might be hard to justify buying for many.

“It’s definitely a niche product. There’s no killer app on this product that would make me run out and buy this product. Most of the things I do with my iPhone I’m happy with.”

Apple’s iPad: The Future of Mobile Computing in Education? — by Dian Schaffhauser
Two university mobile program managers speculate on the impact the iPad might have on higher education

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