Rethinking mlearning and the Promise of Flying Cars ConfabEdu 2014

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Rethinking Mobile Learning andthe Promise of Flying Cars

Andrew Smyk

ConfabEDU Edition 2014

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"It will soon be possible to transmit

wireless messages around the world

so simply that any individual can carry

and operate his own apparatus."

Nikola Tesla

New York Times, October 1909.

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Calvin & Hobbes

30 December 1989

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This is the only flying car my kids know.

But they know mobile.

Mobile Learning (mLearning)

who

what

where

when

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Mobile Learning (mLearning)

who

what

where

when

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student

content

anywhere

any time

Educational Technology

?How are we using it

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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne

Management and

Administration of

Teaching and

Learning

Interactive Learning,

Teaching and

Assessment

Delivering

Electronic Teaching

Resources

Research and

Scholarly

Inquiry

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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne

Management and

Administration of

Teaching and

Learning

Interactive Learning,

Teaching and

Assessment

Delivering

Electronic Teaching

Resources

Research and

Scholarly

Inquiry

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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne

Interactive Learning,

Teaching and

Assessment

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We need to improve on this!

eLearning

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mLearning

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eDistribution

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Where is my context-aware mobile

learning, leveraging geolocation,

social media, peer-to-peer

personalization and multisensory

experiences?

Selling a PDF as mLearning is like giving the learner a dead parrot.

Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University

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Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University

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Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University

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collaboration

audio/video

assessment

distribution

mobile?

Is implementation organic?

Hoadley’s

3Laws of Education

Technology

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1It’s not the technology.

It’s what you do with it.

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2It’s not what the technology

makes possible. It’s what

technology makes easy.

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3Pay attention to the trends

in learning, not in

technology.

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No simple export tools!!!!

Limited mobile support?

Java Update!!!!!

Simplicity????

Print outs?

We are held back by our past.

Move past #EduTech flotsam and jetsam

What’s your strategy?

Instructional Designer

Creative Technologist*

Content Strategist

Multimedia Specialist

Instructional Designer

Content Strategist

*Someone who won’t take any guff.

Multimedia Specialist

Creative Technologist*

Stop being risk averse.

Let’s explore

Off the shelf solutions

sentry

Major Gen. Sir Isaac Brock

Major Gen. Sir Isaac Brock

Mobile has become the students first choice

for internet access - NMC Horizons Technologies Report 2011

Learning activities need to be accessed on a

variety of devices and platforms.

Learning activities WILL be accessed on a

variety of devices and platforms.

Be backwards compatible

Be backwards compatible

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Blobs vs. Chunks

Create new experiences for learners.

There are great opportunities to

engage learners with mlearning.

Build simple and engaging experiences

Tin Can API

We will need to change how and

what we teach.

Because we won’t know where, when

or how students will want to learn.

• Social

• Contextual

• Spatial

Pivot, Snack, Bursts

Not tethered to the desktop.

How do I turn in my homework?

Spend a week accessing content on mobile

Let’s collaborate!

Questions?

Let’s continue

the

conversation!

On Twitter:

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