Location-triggered learning. Mark Gaved

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Location-triggered learningMark Gaved

Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University

Places as prompts

The city as a place for authentic, relevant, engaging learning scenarios

Ubiquity of smartphones enables learning between classroom sessions

How do we know where you are?

Images from https://thenounproject.comCredits: Aneeque Ahmed, Gabriele Malaspina, Marco Galtarossa, Creative Stall

Beacons

Beacons

WayFindr: helping visually impaired in the London Underground

Shibuya Pedestrian Navi: Tokyo metro navigation guide

Lost Ghosts: Playful engagement at Cambridge museums

Examples

Images from wayfindr; http://ustwo.com/blog/validating-wayfindr/http://tagcast.jp/en/casestudy/https://camunivmuseums.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/unlocking-the-potential-of-beacons/

Technical and social challenges

What happened?

Keep testing

Think laterally

Be opportunistic

www.salsa-learning.uk

mark.gaved@open.ac.uk

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