Mobile Learning: Pedagogy
Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) PalalasPrepared for M4D MOOC – October 2013
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Mobile Learning: Pedagogy
Outcome:
To identify effective m-learning pedagogical practices that integrate existing learning and teaching theories and approaches while recognizing the pedagogical nuances of mobile learning.
Characteristics of M-Learning
• Portable and flexible
• Student-centred
• Personal, private and familiar
• Complex and fragmented
• Chunked-up > on-off > spaced over time
• Pervasive and ubiquitous: formal + informal
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Benefits of M-Learning 1/2
• Fit into the lives of learners (productive ‘dead’ time)
• Immediacy of communication (incl. speech and data-sharing)
• Enhanced access to learning (dispersed communities ,
isolated situations)
• Access to experts and peers on-the-go
• Perceived as an acceptable way for learners to
receive reminders and chasers (time management)
• Bite-sized e-learning resources delivered to
learners (field practice, work-based learning)
• Abstract (representational) and concrete (environmentally-
situated) knowledge integratedModified from http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/mobile-learning/why-mobile-learning
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Benefits of M-Learning 2/2
• Active experiential learning
• Contextualized learning
• Capturing data, record of learning processes
• Authentic content and challenge
• Learning across contexts
• New learning environments
• Learner autonomy
• Flexible collaboration
• Accessible (special educational needs)…
Types of Learning• Behaviourist
• Constructivist
• Situated
• Collaborative
• Informal and lifelong
• Supported (Naismith, Sharples, Vavoula, & Lonsdale; 2004)
…contingent on needs and context
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Pedagogy
Away from:• Instructionalism• Behaviourism
Toward the blend: • Authentic • Contextual• Collaborative, connected• Personalized• Active and meaningful• Guided by experts• Supported by experts and peers• Engaging and empowering
Case Study• Mobile-Assisted Language Learning
• College English as a Second Language students
• Augmenting in-class with authentic practice
• >> Ecological
Constructivism
(Figure modified from Palalas, 2012)
• References:– Naismith, L., Sharples, M., Vavoula, G., & Lonsdale, P. (2004). Literature review in
mobile technologies and learning.– Palalas, A. (2012). Design guidelines for a mobile-enabled language learning system
supporting the development of ESP listening skills. Doctoral dissertation. Athabasca, Canada: Athabasca University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10791/17 .
Thank you!Dr. Agnieszka [email protected]: http://www.linkedin.com/in/apalalasPresentations: http://www.slideshare.net/agaizaPublications: http://athabascau.academia.edu/apalalas