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Short presentation that was used to start a discussion on new educational technologies and approaches for ICT4D. Given for the Deutsche Welle Akademie (DW Akademie), which offers media training for journalists and activists around the world.
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eLearning & ICT4Dknowledge exchange
Inge (Ignatia) de Waard
ICT4D changes: global influences
• Emergent countries versus developing countries shift in global North/South
• War in all forms and shapes• Social media coverage: peer media / activism• Natural disasters (rise climate change)• Health (globalisation, multinational interest)
ICT4D changes: contemporary online learning
• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC): more Web oriented (Learning Management Systems - LMS)
• Mobile learning: mobile penetration and mobile internet access
Global MOOC map
Global mobile learning
http://businesstech.co.za/news/mobile/44111/global-mobile-penetration-rates-revealed/http://itu4u.wordpress.com/2013/08/06/does-almost-everyone-have-a-phone/
Mobile first?
Some mobile data
In Transforming learning through mEducation it is predicted that mEducation will be a $70 Billion market opportunity by 2020.
mHealth is a massive, growing market, GSMA-PwC research predicts that the growth of the mobile health market will lead to a global revenue opportunity of US$23 billion by 2017. This includes $6.9 billion in Europe, $6.8 billion in Asia, $6.5 billion in North Americas, $1.6 billion in Latin America, and $1.2 billion in Africa.
Mobile devices are more than a computer
(Some) mobile devices have the ability to • Measure, analyse & produce data
(sensors) • send relevant data to editors/reviewers • offer advice as content deliverers • AND they can be embedded in any
context , either institutional or personal.
ALL mobile devices are connected for communication purposes
What is so specific about mProjects?
• Human challenges– Digital skills– Need: motivation and willingness– Workload – Security – personal / Censorship - regional
• Design challenges:– Screen Size(s)– User-friendliness (keep the clicks down to … 1 )– A mobile friendly learning/content platform– Different content and content sizes (download, time available…)
• IT challenges– BYOD or not?– Security & privacy?– Synchronization with other IT architecture
Consider multiple learning optionsmLearning • Just-in-time learning: what you need, when you really need it• Authentic learning: in the field• Learning anywhere and anytime• Contextualized learning: in your setting• Personalized and collaborative learning• Multimedia carry-on (learner preference: visual, audio, text…)• Augmented learning• Gamification• Time management (when you can)MOOC’s and social media• Flipped classroom• New pedagogies: building on peer knowledge exchange• Increased knowledge production• Open Educational Resources (OER). mLearning and social media:• Connected throughout the day• Connected in your field of preference/expertise• Content from the context
Options with MOOC fitting developing regions
• Open Educational Resources• MOOC trajectories: continued professional development, non-
formal certification, access• Digitalizing personal contexts, getting knowledge from the
crowd
Contemplating OER content
OER saves money, demands time & critical eyes:• YouTube lectures on topic (mobile but size? Cost?)• Creative Commons pictures / your pictures?• Remixing of OER (Licensing!)• Quality assurance of OER?
As a learner in this Age
You need to be connected and engaged:• Networked and Social learning• Personal Learning Management skills • Personal Learning Network• Digital skills
MOOC and mobile challenges
• Language (dominant English)• Cultural sensitivities (Global North direct
and indirect represented in OER)• Digital skills of all parties• Digital divide • Trust (content, propaganda,
representation)• Best learning approaches are only partially
known • Teachers / trainers / activist’s development• Censorship of social media / peer media• Digital safety / mobile = personal
Experts in the mobile network
Very small part of what is done, but with faces
Policy development in developing regions & conflict areas (Gaza, N-Irak)
John Traxler: specialized in training policy implementation
Humans
Ethics
Context
Participation
PolicyFuture
Deep rural basic education participatory roll out
Adele Botha (part of CSIR team): rolling out tablets – teachers/trainers first, pupils second (change management). Holistic approach in South Africa.
Cofimvaba
participation
sustainability
Educational tech
Full infrastructu
re
Gender realities in mobile learning
• Ronda Zelezny-Green, expert in gender and mobile (GSMA gender)
Personal
Context
Private
Genderempowerment
Culturaldiversity
Refugee camps
Barbara Moser-Mercer experience in setting up online learning (MOOC, mobile) in challenging areas. Article Learning Hub in refugee camp (Coursera)
Context
Need
Safety
Restoring community
Trust
Natural disaster / disaster readiness
David Metcalf involved in mobile readiness and rebuilding community
Need
Innovation
All regions Infrastructure
Support
Context
Possible useful documents
Download the start-a-MOOC template
• More practical questions you want to reflect upon prior to setting up a MOOC: e.g. NEED?
• Document available here (Google drive doc, so you need to sign in with Yahoo, FB)
Starting a mobile project5 core elements:• 1. What is the goal of the mobile project?.
2. Get all the stakeholders involved.3. What are your planned participant dynamics (peer-to-peer, patient monitoring, patient guidance, data analysis…).4. What is the (mobile) infrastructure like in the target area you will be rolling out your project?5. What is the mobile situation for your target audience?
Knowing the above steps, you can get more practical:• 6. Security can be an issue (ethical issues, privacy of health records…)
7. What will be the core devices you will cater for? BYOD or not?8. How will you design the content or the app? (Authoring tools or programming or social media…?)9. Which strategies / existing platforms do you have for mobile content delivery ?10. What is a mobile content user allowed to do? User policies?
Mobile basics
More on what to consider when contemplating mLearning can be viewed herehttp://www.slideshare.net/ignatia/durable-and-scalable-mlearning-drilldown
A more complete overview on the different aspects of starting a mobile project http://www.slideshare.net/ignatia/planning-mlearning-project
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