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Learning on the move Considerations for formal, semi-formal & informal learning and instruction Michael M. Grant, PhD [email protected] | @michaelmgrant Emerging Technology & STEM Symposium | May 6, 2013
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Michael M. Grant The University of Memphis
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3 Targets
1. Formal, informal & semi-formal learning
2. Uses of mobile devices for teaching & learning
3. Considerations for teaching & learning
Mobile devices Some images from Lisa Buser at http://www.memphisparent.com/2010/09/pint-sized-learners-have-the-touch/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceardach/4549898097/sizes/m/
Formal, informal & semi-formal learning
Formal Learning Images from http://www.law.fsu.edu/prospective_students/VideoViewbook/images/sections/technology.jpg
Informal Learning Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/oncell/4711186271/in/set-72157624761515274/
Semi-formal Learning
Considerations
• Much of mobile learning literature focuses on leveraging informal learning.
• Fragmented, transient knowledge may occur from informal learning.
• Disconnected pieces of information must be integrated and internalized.
Uses of Mobile Devices
Increased access to student information & campus resources
Increase interaction with content
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Increase access to student information & campus resources
Increase interaction with content
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GeoJourney Images from http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/monitor/01-15-07/page26071.html
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Increase interaction with content
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Create representations of knowledge
Create representations of knowledge
Using Google Voice Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PoWsFlsKU&feature=player_embedded
Create representations of knowledge
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Augment face-to-face instruction
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Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Support performance & decision-making
Deploy instruction
Deploy instruction
Microlearning in Amsterdam
Considerations
Mobile devices & services
Culture & situatedness
Mediation
Learner autonomy, self-direction & self-regulation
What does mobile mean?
Always isn’t better.
Mobile Devices & Services
• Characteristics of mobile devices make them attractive for learners, teachers, and developers.
• Mobile device adoption does not guarantee its potential or use.
• Mobile device adoption does not guarantee the adoption of mobile services.
• Little attention given to the distinction between mobile devices and mobile services.
Culture & situatedness
• Mobility with learning affords authentic interactions within cultural settings.
• Learning in situ provides authentic settings and lends real-world credence to learning contents.
• Context-aware, or location-based services, allow specific learning tasks to occur at a particular location.
• The value and utility of location-based services is just beginning to show promise.
Mediation
• Mobile devices and mobile services mediate interactions with physical and networked environments.
• Mediated interactions facilitates/allows knowledge construction.
Learner autonomy, self-direction & self-regulation
• Mobile learners are physically and socially separated from peers and teachers.
• Learning itself with mobile devices and mobile services may change.
• There is not consensus on the use of self-regulation with mobile learning.
What does ‘mobile’ mean?
• Mobile is used often without a clear definition. • Mobile described both identity and influences. • Mobile reflects the fluidity and flexibility of mobile
devices and mobile services. • Mobile augments learners.
Always isn’t better
The more learning is decentralized, the more important guidance and scaffolding will become.
Always isn’t better
Always isn’t better
Always isn’t better
Fragmented information does not change into knowledge until it has been internalized.
