Community based learning & mLearning Bitville Oy Antti
Keurulainen
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Before... Bitville Oy Antti Keurulainen
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Source: Riding the big Waves, a white paper on the B2B
eLearning industry, Fred McCrea, R. Keith Gay, Rusty Bacon, January
2000. http://www.masie.com/masie/researchreports/b2br
eport.pdf
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Expectations for eLearning 200020012002200320042005 Expectation
2006200720082009 20102011.com boom youtube wikipedia social
networking cost savings globalisation time-to-market The world is
more connected than ever
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Traditional benefits of eLearning Possibility to respond
quickly to short product/technology cycles Always available, always
accessible Cost-efficient Possibility to calculate ROI and analyse
the impact of the investment New multimedia methods for
illustration (animation, video, etc) The latest information, single
point of delivery, easy update and maintenance possibilities
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Traditional benefits of eLearning Possibility to respond
quickly to short product/technology cycles Always available, always
accessible Cost-efficient Possibility to calculate ROI and analyse
the impact of the investment New multimedia methods for
illustration (animation, video, etc) The latest information, single
point of delivery, easy update and maintenance possibilities But
are we satisfied with the success of eLearning ?
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eLearning or mLearning is only seldom enough as a complete
solution One-way information delivery Getting the amount of content
right Getting the type of content right Getting experts to
contribute Usability and accessibility Communities missing
Collaboration and discussion potential not reached Limitations on
creativity Does not leverage student motivation and engagement
potential Difficulty with easy updating Inadequate feedback
channels This all leads to less of an audience than hoped for
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Evolution? Revolution? Bitville Oy Antti Keurulainen
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Web 2.0 is: WEB 2.0
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Web 2.0 is: Interaction of people who share the same interest
People-oriented instead of content oriented Distributed ownership
WEB 2.0
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Community based learning Liberate knowledge Allow distributed
ownership Reward for participation Make contribution easy and fun
Share interest Focus on people Discover expertise Reveal innovation
Exploit user motivation
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Learning process model Bitville Oy Antti Keurulainen
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Change process Learning process Learning Time Building
awareness Allowing consideration Action Engagement
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Change process Learning process Learning Time Building
awareness Allowing consideration Action Engagement Required
intensity Intensity
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Change process Learning process Learning Time Building
awareness Allowing consideration Action Engagement Required
intensity Intensity Time Pre-work Pre-info Information Pre-test
Invitation Launch Classroom Conference Webinar Workshop Campaign
Online courses Using in daily work Assessing in real world Sharing
experiences Embedded to daily work Sharing best practices Sharing
interest Innovating improvements
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mLearning Bitville Oy Antti Keurulainen
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Change process using mLearning Learning Time Building awareness
Allowing consideration Action Engagement Required intensity
Intensity Time SMS invitations SMS reminders Happening info
Greetings from top management Analysis report distribution
Classroom info Conference info Webinar info Workshop activities
Campaign exercises Online exercises Polls Sharing experiences
Embedded to daily work Participating in learning community Polls
Sharing best practices Sharing interest Participating in learning
Community Polls
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HW & hosting Platform mobile application development Rich
media development Manuscript authoring Socio-pedagogical expertise
Content expertise Digital learning solution Infrastructure &
skills needed for mLearning
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Four alternatives for developing and distributing content to
mobile devices Native installations Flash HTML evolution (HTML 5)
Java
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Native applications Is reliable in tested devices Also works
offline Slow process for development and testing Needs installation
Needs certificates Inefficient process if there are many
installation packages Inefficient if there are a lot of devices
Pros:Cons:
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Flash Easy tool for creating content Should work in similar way
in all devices Less testing, fast development Industry standard Not
working well yet in mobile devices Memory management is problematic
Animations might be too heavy for some devices Different devices
have different Flash players (Flash lite 3, 3.1, 4.0, Flash 10.1
Not available for iPhone/iPad Future unclear for mobile devices!
Pros: Cons:
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HTML 5 No need for plug-ins Partially supports offline use
Better forms for mobile devices Less loading Some animations
possible Video playback Some hype ongoing Does not work in Symbian3
phones Different browsers behave differently Professional animation
tools not yet available Pros: Cons:
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Java Clients Useful approach for low end phones Robust Mature
technology Widely supported Pros:Cons: Requires installation
Limited functionality Dependency of one channel Dependency on 3rd
party
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Case: Nokia Mobile Mathematics Bitville Oy Antti
Keurulainen
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Request from South Africa presidency: Can mobile phones be
harnessed for learning mathematics in formal education - even
without a teacher?
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Combining informal and formal learning Combining learning and
social networking Service for learners and teachers Active learning
environment (not only content push or pull) Theory Exercises
Tutoring Digital support for learning processes (e.g. Dynamic
topic-specific hints) Peer-to-peer support Competitions Add-hoc
tests Self-testing (activity score, competence score)
Multi-dimensional messaging and collaboration Education for all:
Sustainability, scalability, affordability, accessibility,
inclusivity Service design principles
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Momaths access channels Nokia 2011 Nokia Mobile Mathematics
Deployment in new countries.pptx v. 0.2 2011-12-19 There are two
channels to access Nokia Mobile Mathematics: MXit app is instaled
on learners phone. Learner connects to MXit network, where Nokia
Mobile Mathematics was implemented as one of the MXit channels.
This connection can be zero rated. Direct access with web browser
to Nokia Mobile Mathematics server. The web browser of computer or
mobile phone can be used. Nokia Mobile Mathematics Plugin MXit
Momaths channel Moodle MXit-chat WWW MXit app Web browser Zero
rating can be implemented via Nokia browser and Opera Mini
(Negotiations and implementation is planned for beginning of 2012)
Zero rated
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Momaths Timeline Nokia 2011 Nokia Mobile Maths - Project
Timeline.pptx v. 0.6 2011-04-10 Feb 2009 South African pilot ~300
learners 6 schools, 3 provinces: North West Western Cape Mpumalanga
Feb 2009 South African pilot ~300 learners 6 schools, 3 provinces:
North West Western Cape Mpumalanga Jan 2010 South Africa service
scales up ~4000 learners 30 schools, 3 provinces: North West
Eastern Cape Western Cape Jan 2010 South Africa service scales up
~4000 learners 30 schools, 3 provinces: North West Eastern Cape
Western Cape Sep 2010 Finnish pilot ~60 learners (grade 10) Sep
2010 Finnish pilot ~60 learners (grade 10) Jan 2011 Finnish pilot
~300 learners (grade 10) Maths for first year of secondary schools
Jan 2011 Finnish pilot ~300 learners (grade 10) Maths for first
year of secondary schools Jan 2011 South African provincial
implementation ~20 000 learners 150 schools, 4 provinces: North
West Eastern Cape Western Cape Free State Jan 2011 South African
provincial implementation ~20 000 learners 150 schools, 4
provinces: North West Eastern Cape Western Cape Free State Jan 2012
Grade 10 and 11 Potential target group 50 000 learners. Jan 2012
Grade 10 and 11 Potential target group 50 000 learners. Oct 2008
Government request South African Presidents office request a
project exploring use of mobile technologies to support formal
education in South Africa Oct 2008 Government request South African
Presidents office request a project exploring use of mobile
technologies to support formal education in South Africa
Integration South Africa service integration to DR Maths
Integration South Africa service integration to DR Maths
Investigations Integrating the service to the DBE infrastructure.
Investigations Integrating the service to the DBE infrastructure.
Evaluation April 2009August 2009Dec 2010March 2010June 2010Dec 2011
June 2011