Presentation at the World Summit Awards "Excellence in Mobile Content 2,0" at Abu Dhabi, UAE, February 4, 2013

1. Changing Educational Practices
– Mobile Makes its Mark
Jon Mason
jon.mason@cslld.edu.au
http://cdu.academia.edu/JonMason

2. Overview
Terminology
Digital Learning & Change
Mobile Learning a subset of Digital Learning
Stories from the Frontline
Issues
Engagement & Distraction
Hype
Organizational Readiness
Where to Next?

3. Terminology

4. Mobile Learning
Awkward terms –
m-learning or just transitory?
m-education
Learner
mobility Technology
Learning

5. Mobile learning
Not just a story about content
… or about apps that are educational

6. Inputs to Digital Learning
Laurillard – Re-Thinking Friesen – Re-Thinking
University Teaching e-Learning Research
Laurillard – Re-Thinking
for the Knowledge Society

7. Shifting Focus
Classroom New Learning Spaces
Desktop technologies Handheld technologies
WIMP NUI
Basic computer literacy Multiple digital literacies
LMS Open services
Prescribed content Inquiry
Walled gardens Open spaces
Defined lecture time Micro-lectures
Premium content Free content
E-learning Digital learning
SOE BYOD
“flipped classroom”

8. Stories from the Frontline
2012 Phase 1 Phase 2
• staff directory • events
• maps and places • news
• images • units (Blackboard)
• library
• emergency contacts
• important links http://mobile.cdu.edu.au/

9. Stories from the Frontline
http://www.wagamanschool.com/

10. Stories from the Frontline
Korea National Open University (KNOU)
• Since 2009 delivered u-KNOU
mobile learning services
• Developing new content model
• Matching user preferences with
infrastructure & services
http://www.knou.ac.kr/

11. Stories from the Frontline
Stanford Mobile Inquiry Learning Environment (SMILE)
• Brings mobile into the classroom
• Highly interactive learning environment
• Engages students in critical reasoning and problem solving
• Enables generation, sharing, and evaluation of multimedia-rich
inquiries
http://gse-it.stanford.edu/research/project/smile

12. Wikimedia Foundation
WIKIPEDIA - Mobile Sandbox
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/11/mobile-beta-a-
sandbox-for-new-experimental-features/

13. Issues
Engagement & Distraction
More road accidents!
IT as an “interruption technology”
Literacy (& digital literacies)
Hype
“ubiquitous” access doesn’t exist yet
content often not mobile-ready
connectivity not always available (e.g., remote Australia)
“smartphones” also cost money
information access doesn’t necessarily stimulate learning
not everyone “gets it”
Organizational Readiness
Structural changes continue in universities
Learning material specifically for mobile remains limited
BYOD has a flipside
“Flipping” the classroom

14. Focus OR
Distraction?

15. Engagement or obsession?
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1120/index.html#~2012

16. Engagement?
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1120/index.html#~2012

17. Hype
“ubiquitous” access doesn’t exist yet
content is not always mobile-ready
connectivity not always possible (e.g., remote Australia)
“smartphones” also cost money
information access does not equate to learning
not everyone “gets it” … digital literacy

18. Organizational Readiness
There is a lot to do to be “mobile ready”
content needs to be designed for mobile
courseware needs to be specifically configured
mobile access to information services not enough
mobility of technology (settings & connectivity)
mobility of students & staff
re-thinking pedagogy
re-thinking engagement
new digital literacies
Teaching that utilizes mobile devices can involve
a shift to inquiry-based learning
competence in many digital literacies
agility in harnessing new capabilities (e.g., instant polling)
digital citizenship
Organizations are transforming (again & again & again)

19. http://tinyurl.com/axe77t8 MOOCs  MOOKs & MOOPs?

20. http://tinyurl.com/bkefh8m

21. slideshare.net
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/