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Mobile Learning – Starting small and scaling up
While the discussion on mLearning continues, the fact remains that learners are initiating activities themselves to enhance their personal learning experience. From educational apps to mobile friendly readers, learners are beginning to take advantage of technology to enable their learning.
So what are we waiting for?
The mobile learning marketplace has commercial options that allow many institutions to implement for growth with minimal risk of major capital. While there is validity in adopting and implementing generally accepted technologies and methods, the problem is that while educators wait, the students may already be working, playing, and learning without supervision.
Starting small and scaling up
The call to action is to initiate a mobile learning activity in your classroom in a small way and scale gradually. Using the existing devices, look at making and distributing simple highlight points or flashcards for your lesson. Ask your students to review these over the week whenever free. Based on these simple tasks you’ll get an idea of how mobile learning can and cannot be used in your classroom.
Next you can ask for recommendations from your students themselves on the educational apps they like and already use. Look for mobile learning tools that enable delivery of content so it can be accessed by students once the content has been delivered to the device.
Delivering learning experiences
A perfect example of delivering value through mobile devices is a course in natural science where an assignment required students to take a picture of a specific leaf and post it in an online environment. Prior to mobile learning the activity required two devices to accomplish, a camera and a computer. The new reality requires a quick picture and potentially instantaneous upload into the system.
Utilizing mobile devices for learning is about delivering learning experiences and about an eco-system of connectedness and engagement. Taking advantage of these opportunities means delivering meaningful one-to-one learning experiences like never before.
Tools for Mobile Learning Tops List of Educator Tech Wants
Audrey Watters writes about what educators think is one new tech tool they are most looking forward to taking into the classroom with them this fall, in this article, Teachers Pick Their Top 5 Back-To-School Tech Tools posted on Aug 16th.
And at the top of the list is Mobile Learning.
1. The iPad: Mobile Learning
The iPad and Twitter tied for the number of votes in our back-to-school survey. But if you combine those teachers who listed the iPad with those who voted for tablets, along with the shout-out for the 15 netbook mini-lab, then the educators who responded are most excited about bringing mobile hardware in the classroom. Many teachers noted this will be their first experience with 1-to-1 technologies.
2. Twitter: Real-Time Information
It’s not surprising, perhaps, since requests to complete our survey were passed around via Twitter, that many educators who responded said they were looking forward to incorporating Twitter into their work routines this fall. Teachers said they planned to use Twitter as a microblogging tool in the classroom, as a way to communicate with parents and the community, and as a part of a teacher’s own professional development and personal learning network.
3. Google Apps for Education: Cloud-Based Collaboration
Several teachers who responded said they’re looking forward to using various apps in the Google Apps for Education suite this fall. Some teachers said they’re planning to have students submit their assignments or complete quizzes using Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Forms. Other teachers said they’re looking forward to having students collaborate on projects via Google Apps.
