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Mobile LearningWhat works, what’s next
Mike SharplesLearning Sciences Research Institute
University of Nottingham
www.nottingham.ac.uk/lsri/msh
What works?
http://www.exact-learning.com/en/products/learn-exact-suite/exact-mobile-solution-for-mobile-learning
So what now?
• Creating engaging and effective content– Small screen– Short duration– Interleaved with other activities
• Interactivity• Context adaptivity• Collaboration• Annotation• Standards• Interoperability• Authoring tools• Digital rights management• Business models
And yet...
Mobile learning is more than squeezing
into...
...or delivering...
on...
...or even delivering...
...on an...
Innovations in mobile learning
• University of Birmingham• Wireless pocket PC• 17 MSc Students over one
year• Integrated suite of tools
Communication, Time management, Course content, Note-taking
• Students could add their own software
Student Learning Organiser
• Most use of calendar and timetabling, as well as the communications tools
• No evidence of need for a specific ‘learning organiser’
• Didn’t hinder learning, but nor did it greatly assist
Main Results
Field Trips
Gary PriestnallGemma Polmear
Inquiry-based Learning
• Three year project• University of Nottingham/ Open
University• Aim:
– To help learners engage in effective science inquiries
Low cost inquiry toolkit
• Calculator• Timer• Camera• Audio recorder• Accelerometer• Location tracker• Tilt sensor• Communicator
• Anemometer
Lower cost inquiry toolkit
Inquiry learning cycle
Scripted inquirynQuire Inquiry Guide to provide flexible sequencing of activities
Results• Gain in subject knowledge and knowledge of
the inquiry process, compared to no gains for control group
• Maintained enjoyment of science classes, compared to fall by control group
• How to choose and design personally meaningful inquiries
• How to maintain continuity of learning across contexts
• Role of teacher – framing inquiry in class, orchestrating activity, re-integrating findings
Next stage: nQuire onlinewww.nquire.org.uk
What next?
• Supporting productive learning on student-owned devices
• Access for all – anywhere, anytime, anyone• Inquiry-based learning outside the lecture room• Learning through mobile media creation and
sharing• Connecting learning across contexts• Technology-mediated lifelong and life-wide
learning