Our mobile learning research and development work at The Open University has built expertise around pedagogical innovation in tandem with advancements in technology. Combining teacher-led, developer-led and learner-led innovation, we aim to develop new pedagogies that recognize the specific characteristics of design and support for mobile and contextual learning.
5. Are these people learning?
Examining assumptions, opportunities, constraints
6. Changing mindsets
Augmented reality
Social - mobile
Source:
http://www.thedesignblog.org/
7. A mobile learning decision
Or facilitating new
Extending access?
learning?
8. Mobile learning at The Open University
Extending access… and changing learning
Mobile
Mobile VLE Library
(Moodle)
Macon project
Keren Mills, Library
9. Mobile learning at The Open University
Mobile apps extend and enhance interactive practice
For students of For students of
Chinese French
Qian Kan and Valerie Demouy, Department of Languages
10. Mobile learning at The Open University
Familiar study books morph into new products
Interactive multimedia ebooks
Peter Scott, KMI
11. Mobile learning at The Open University
E-book production inspires new collaborative learning
E-book created
collaboratively by teachers,
used by a group of students
on iPads in outdoor learning
Smith, Kukulska-Hulme & Page (in press) activity
12. Mobile learning at The Open University
Mobile approaches transform teachers’
professional practice
English in Action, Bangladesh
Frank Banks, FELS
http://www.eiabd.com/eia/
13. Mobile learning at The Open University
Field-based learning becomes more inclusive
Tabletop
Mobiles in indoors
the field
‘OUT THERE and IN HERE’
Anne Adams, IET
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/otih/
14. Mobile learning at The Open University
Local inquiries are shared with an online community
iSpot: wildlife identification
Jonathan Silvertown, Science
19. Re-invention of reading
The Sonnets of William Shakespeare for the iPad
– performed by actors
Each sonnet is linked to:
•an old-spelling transcription
•a modernised version
•commentary, interviews
Share-a-Sonnet via Facebook, Twitter or email
20. Incidental and persuasive learning
Mobile Assistance for Social Inclusion and
Empowerment of Immigrants
with Persuasive Learning Technologies
and Social Network Services
http://www.maseltov.eu
21. Incidental mobile language
learning
Noticing and recording
Kukulska-Hulme, A. & Bull, S. (2009). Theory-based support for
mobile language learning: noticing and recording. International
Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 3(2),12–18
22. Incidental language learning
individual at home
•Watch foreign language
TV with subtitles
•Press a button on your
mobile device when you
notice an unfamiliar word
•Collect a personal word
list with meanings
•Hear the word in context
Fallahkhair, S., Pemberton, L., & Griffiths, R. (2007). Development of a cross-platform
ubiquitous language learning service via mobile phone and interactive television.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 23, 312-325.
23. Incidental language learning
individual out in the world
Get text read out to you Hear it in different
voices
See a translation
CapturaTalk
Word Lens
Speak it!
24. Incidental and social learning
peer group
Marcus Winter
University of Brighton
•Capture unknown
words and expressions
•User groups
•Text-to-speech
•Audio comments
•Favourites
•Ratings
•Flagging errors
http://itrg.brighton.ac.uk/lingobee/files/Lingobee_Mobile_Userguide_en.pdf
25. Incidental and social learning
social media
MiLexicon
Joshua Underwood,
PhD candidate
Institute of
Education, London
•Share with your
social networks
26. Incidental and social learning
location-based
Toponimo
Tommy Sweeney,
PhD candidate
University of
Nottingham
•Share words
relevant to a
specific place
27. Incidental learning with e-books
game-based
ELMO e-book and game prototype, Sharp Labs
Read a story, collect new words, use the words to direct
the dog to solve a puzzle
29. Thank you
International Association
for Mobile Learning
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
www.iamlearn.org
Editor's Notes
Brief background: ‘ Touch screen learning is ideally suited to learning a language like Chinese, sweeping away much of the uncertainty and cross checking. Rather than having a text book, audio CD and a notebook to practice in, the sound, instructions and writing are all brought together in one interactive experience.’ Many students are commuting or on the move. people respond well to focusing on a limited amount of information at a time (such as might be contained in a compact ‘learning object’, a set of questions to answer or reflect on, or a summary of some kind). 1572 downloads of the first version of this App in the last 26 weeks. 2 nd version, 165 downloads in the first week. The use of mobile phones and other portable devices is beginning to have an impact on how learning takes place in many disciplines and contexts, including language learning. Learners who are not dependent on access to fixed computers can engage in activities that relate more closely to their current surroundings, sometimes crossing the border between formal and informal learning. This creates the potential for significant change in teaching and learning practices. Taking the broader field of mobile learning as the setting within which developments in mobile-assisted language learning may be understood, the paper argues that an emphasis on mobility can lead to new perspectives and practices. (Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes (2009). Will mobile learning change language learning? ReCALL , 21(2), pp. 157–165)
Joining in – participation is now key in open media – people want to participate and connect – not just receive . So we’ve been looking at how social networks can support this. Recognise this? Probably not – new species of Notcher moth spotted for first time last year in the UK … by a six year old. Of course she had a bit of help – from experts at the OU and the natural history museum. But we didn’t send them round her house She upload the photo to iSpot – produced by science faculty and IET. It’s a social network for budding naturalists – keen to connect, share observations and get expert advice …. So alongside our great content we’re bringing the power of the social network so they can be can be part of the observation and national experiment.