MobiDics: Cooperative Mobile e-Learning for Teachers

Technische Universität München

MobiDics:
Cooperative Mobile e-Learning
for Teachers
Andreas Möller, Stefan Diewald, Luis Roalter
Technische Universität München, Germany

Barbara Beege
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Matthias Kranz
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

mLearn 2012, Helsinki, 17.10.2012

Agenda

1.  Introduction & Motivation

2.  Survey of demand

3.  MobiDics – A mobile didactics toolbox

4.  Discussion & Future work

17.10.2012 A. Möller, S. Diewald, L. Roalter, B. Beege, M. Kranz 2

1. Introduction & Motivation

Problem
§  University courses held by associates or PhD students
§  Little teaching experience
§  Limited didactic knowledge

à  Awareness for didactically profound course preparation
à  Tool that provides docents the necessary didactic knowledge
à  Learning on mobile devices is explored more intensively
à  Facilitating time and location-independent learning


1. Introduction & Motivation

MobiDics – “Mobile Didactics”
§  “A didactic toolbox for the pocket”
§  Mobile e-learning platform
§  For university teaching personnel

Features
§  Knowledge acquisition
§  Encouragement of using didactic methods
§  Improvement of lessons
§  Improvement of learning in classic
classroom settings
§  Dynamic and context-based adaption to
individual needs


2. Survey of demand for m-learning support

Online Questionnaire: “Using new technologies”
à  Assessment of demand for tools supporting course preparation
à  Potential of application of a mobile application
à  Problems of lecturers of current course preparation

Participants:
§  103 involved people
§  43% PhD candidates – 15% Post Docs – 15% Assistant Profs – 27% Other
§  Recruited from Centre for Higher Education
§  53 female, 50 male
§  Average age: 32.9 (standard deviation = 8.8)



Results and Implications
à  Technical basis is available:
§  92% regularly use smartphones
§  92% check email
§  79% search for information

à  Smartphone usage for information research
(potentially on didactics) is adequate

à  Main reasons for spare usage of didactic methods:
§  Missing substantiated knowledge about didactic methods
§  Too little experience in teaching
§  Limited preparation time for courses and lectures
§  Lack of feedback on the success of didactic methods



Results and Implications
à  MobiDics addresses the problems identified in the survey
à  Provides the educational background of didactic methods
à  Suggestions tailored to personal teaching needs
à  Feedback about specific method usage from other lecturers and professionals
à  Long-lasting impact of the system: especially young users


Agenda

1.  Introduction & Motivation

2.  Survey of demand

3.  MobiDics – A mobile didactics toolbox

4.  Discussion & Future work


3. MobiDics – A mobile didactics toolbox

à  Supports the preparation,
structuring and execution of
university courses
à  It is an e-learning/m-learning
system

Design of MobiDics
§  Didactic Methods
§  Functionality
§  Implementation



Learning Content: Didactic Methods
§  Classic link between didactic background concepts
and formulated educational goals in class
§  Support individual learning phases:
e.g. knowledge transfer, repetition, assurance of understanding

Arrangement of the Method Toolbox
§  Two-dimensional matrix for method classification
§  Organized based on ARIPA and social forms
(German translation: ARIVA; developed at TU Zurich; Kiel, 2008)



Arrangement: ARIPA & social forms for didactic methods

Social forms -> Work alone Group work Interactive with Frontal talk
ARIPE entire class (class is listening)
A-lignment

R-eactivation

I-nformation

P-rocessing

A-nalysis

à  Each method incorporates an individual goal
à  Teachers can use it to create learning situations
that are appropriate for their need



Functionality: Four paradigms guiding our research and development

1.  Everywhere Use

2.  Better Understanding

3.  Context Sensitivity

4.  Pervasive Cooperation

(Möller et al, 2011a)



Functionality: Method Management
§  Browse by name, ratings, actuality,
or frequency
§  Methods can be rated and marked
§  Creation of own collection of
personally methods for courses
§  Available without internet connection
after synchronization
§  Methods comprise: extensive
description, examples and ideas for
practical implementation
§  Methods contain e.g. ideal group size,
expected time, necessary material



Functionality: Explanation of Methods
§  “Gallery mode”
§  Multimedia elements are available
§  Methods can link to external
resources

Functionality: Multilingualism
§  Multiple languages seamlessly
within one system
§  Wordings and concepts are
translated



Functionality: Collaborative Learning and Exchange
§  Learning from the experience or with the exchange with
others is central factor of learning success
§  Collaborative features are included:
community or peer exchange
§  Rating system allows users to evaluate quality of content
§  Quality control determines the adequacy of methods
for specific subjects
§  Filter function allows limiting method choices
§  Function for commenting methods



Functionality: Context Integration
§  User can react on context-specific
conditions: e.g. room size, equipment
§  Support of the integration in existing
teaching and learning environments:
room management, reservation system

Functionality: User Management
§  Every user creates an account:
provide additional information on a
voluntary basis
§  User-generated content


ight be especially valuable. Users can choose which fields are publicly visible to others to keep their
vacy. This shall encourage e.g. newly appointed faculty members to use the app without the col
s and thereby lower the border to use didactic methods in their lectures.

ation 3. MobiDics – A mobile didactics toolbox
ics infrastructure consists of a server, a web interface and a mobile client application, which are illust
Implementation

schematic overview of the MobiDics infrastructure. MobiDics consists of a mobile Android application and
mobile client applications and web interface (left) – server and database (right)
erface, which both synchronize with the web server and database of didactic methods in the background.



Implementation

Figure 2: Screenshots of the mobile application. Left: The main menu of didactic methods, sorted by “recently viewed”.
Screenshots of the mobile application
Middle: The method description view with jump list to different sections. Right: The commenting function for methods.


3. MobiDics – A2: Screenshots of the mobile application. Left: The main menu of didactic m
Figure mobile didactics toolbox
Middle: The method description view with jump list to different sections. Right: Th
Implementation

Screenshots of the web interface
Figure 3: Screenshots of the web interface. Left: The main menu of didactic methods
17.10.2012 A. Möller, S. Diewald, L. Roalter, B. Beege, M. description page of a method with multimedia content, such
detailed Kranz 19

plication. MobiDics menu of didactic methods, sorted bytoolbox
3. Left: The main – A mobile didactics “recently viewed”.
with jump list to different sections. Right: The commenting function for methods.
Implementation

Screenshots of the web interface
ce. Left: The main menu of didactic methods (with language indicators). Right: the
e of a method with Möller, S. Diewald, content, such as Kranz
17.10.2012 A. multimedia L. Roalter, B. Beege, M. images or sketches.. 20

4. Discussion & Future work

Evaluation – two-step process
1.  Evaluation of initial prototype (103 participants)
§  51% declared they would use MobiDics “likely” or “very likely”
§  Asked for most appealing features:

Expert knowledge 63%

Illustrative multimedia examples 80%

Criteria-based research 92%

2. Informal evaluation of subsequent iteration of the system
Highly appreciated
§  Rating function
§  Ability to comment methods and contributions


4. Discussion & Future work

à  Long-term evaluation

à  Observations and user feedback

à  Adjust the system to users’ needs

à  Evaluate the learning process of synergies and collaboration

à  Improvement of teachers’ satisfaction

à  Theoretical formalization of classification of the methods

à  Deduce models for methods that better match
with the user’s profile and interests


Technische Universität München

Research Team

Prof. Dr. Matthias Kranz Andreas Möller Luis Roalter Stefan Diewald
LTU Luleå, Sweden TUM, Germany TUM, Germany TUM, Germany

Angelika Thielsch Barbara Beege Dr. Andreas Hendrich Dr. Barbara Meyer
Univ. Göttingen, Germany LMU, Germany LMU, Germany LMU, Germany


Contact

andreas.moeller@tum.de | roalter@tum.de | stefan.diewald@tum.de
Technische Universität München, Germany

beege@sprachraum.lmu.de
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

matthias.kranz@ltu.se
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

17.10.2012 A. Möller, S. Diewald, L. Roalter, B. Beege, M. Kranz

Questions

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Thank you very much
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Literature

§  E. Kiel: Strukturierung. In E. Kiel (Ed.) Unterricht sehen, analysieren, gestalten,
Utb. (2008)
§  A. Möller, A. Thielsch, B. Dallmeier, L. Roalter, S. Diewald, A. Hendrich, B. Meyer,
M. Kranz: MobiDics - Improving University Education With A Mobile Didactics
Toolbox, In: Video Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pervasive
Computing (Pervasive2011), San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2011
§  B. Meyer, B. Beege, A. Möller, A. Thielsch, A. Hendrich, M. Kranz: Förderung der
Methodenkompetenz von Lehrenden an Hochschulen -- Design--Based
Research rund um "MobiDics”, In: 77. Tagung der AEPF (Arbeitsgruppe für
Empirische Pädagogische Forschung), Bielefeld, Germany, September 2012
§  A. Möller, A. Thielsch, B. Dallmeier, A. Hendrich, B. Meyer, L. Roalter, S. Diewald,
M. Kranz: MobiDics - Eine mobile Didaktik-Toolbox für die universitäre Lehre,
In: 9. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik der Gesellschaft f. Informatik e.V.
(DeLFI2011), pp. 139-150, Dresden, Germany, September 2011


Paper Reference

•  Please cite this work as follows:
A. Möller, B. Beege, S. Diewald, L. Roalter, M. Kranz
MobiDics: Collaborative Mobile E-Learning for Teachers
In: 11th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn
2012), p. 109-116, Helsinki, Finland, October 2012

BibTex entry:
@inproceedings{mlearn2012,
title={{MobiDics - Cooperative Mobile E-Learning for Teachers}},
author={Andreas M"{o}ller and Barbara Beege and Stefan Diewald and Luis Roalter and Matthias Kranz},
booktitle={{Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn)}},
editor={Marcus Specht and Jari Multisilta and Mike Sharples},
pages={109--116},
year={2012},
month=oct,
address={Helsinki, Finland},
isbn={978-952-10-8351-8},
}


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