Overview of M-Learning:Resources and Tools

Miami’s M-Learning Center

Gerald Gannod, Director, M-Learning CenterRobert Howard, Asst. Vice President, Academic Instruction and ITJim Kiper, Chair, Computer Science and Software EngineeringGlenn Platt, Co-Director, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies

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What is Mobile Learning?

• Anytime• Anything• Anywhere

• Facilitate active learning• Leverages mobile platform• Creates new opportunities

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What Lies Ahead (1993 Redux)

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What Do We Know?

• Some Stats • Pew Report

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Mobile Poll

How much do you already know about m-Learning?

Get your phones out…

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Examples

• iPad Adoption• Science Ed• Purdue – Hotseat• UW Madison – ARIS• University of Oxford – Molly• University of Utah• ACU

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Education Apps

• Viewers and e-readers– iAnnotate, Kindle, Nook, GoodReader

• Notes– Notetaker HD, Dragon Dictation, Evernote

• Office Suite– iWork: Numbers, Keynote, Pages

• Real-time communication– AIM, Skype, Airsketch

• Social Networking– Facebook, Twitter, Glympse

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App Classifications

• Games• Reference– Wikipanion, Newsy (news aggregator)

• Mapping– Map

• Storage– GoodReader

• Brainstorming– Popplet, Adobe Ideas

• Content Specific (education apps)

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More Examples

• Higher Ed – Listing• Best(?) Apps For Higher Ed• Horizon Report – Report– Delicious Bookmarks

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Resources

• 50 m-Learning Resources• What Is Mobile Learning• Mobile Learning Examples from the UK• Mobile Learning Overview

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Tools

• 20 M-Learning Tools• Mobile Tools for Teaching

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Trends

• Mobile Trends for 2020

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How To Keep Up

• Blogs (RSS Aggregation) (Google Reader)• Social Bookmarks (Delicious)• Twitter

– Searches– Lists

• Google Alerts• Slideshare• YouTube/Vimeo• Scribd• YouTube/Edu• iTunesU

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M-Learning Center Overview

• Miami has established an M-Learning Center devoted to supporting faculty, staff, and students in the use of mobile technology for education

• Multi-disciplinary effort involving SEAS, AIMS, and IT Services

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Activities of the center

• Educational Support– Disseminate knowledge about best practices in M-

Learning• Software Development Support– Create software for mobile devices

• Service and Research– Support research and outreach activities

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Student Projects

• Miami iPhone App– Miami’s identity on the

iPhone

• Track’M– Bus tracking system– Finalist 2010-2011

MUITDC Competition

• Polaris– Proctor and Gamble

Decision Support for iPad

• Alcohol Intervention– Increase awareness of the

problems of binge drinking

• HEARTifacts– Semi-Finalist Youtube Film

Your Issue, 2010

• Alumni Networking– Supports making

connections between alumni at networking events

– Integration with Linked-In

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Miami iPhone App

• App supports a number of functions meant to inform users about various aspects of Miami

• Developed by student developers employed by the Miami M-Learning Center– Software Engineering– Computer Science– Electrical Engineering– Graphic Design

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HEARTifacts

• App supports finding Automated External Defibrillators using Augmented Reality

• Created for an external customer• Students part of capstone team consisting of:– Computer Science/Software Engineering– Graphic Design– Marketing– MIS

• http://seasnews.eas.muohio.edu/2010/08/automated-external-defibrillator-aed-app/

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M-Learning Summit

• October 2010• Forum for discussion about the importance of

m-learning and best practices• Speakers from:– Industry– Higher Education– K-12

• Student poster session