Presentation given during the handout ceremony of the iPad pilot with the law faculty of the Open University of the Netherlands. If you want to download these slides, please visit http://dspace.ou.nl.

1. Lifelong mobile learning:
Increasing accessibility and exibility
with tablet computers and ebooks
Dr. Marco Kalz, Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies,
Open Universiteit Nederland
marco.kalz@ou.nl
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2. Structure
• Mobile lifelong learning
• State of the art: Market & academic studies
• Technological trends: PLE & ePub 3
• Beyond content delivery
• The end of the book as we know it
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3. Hype and reality
Electronic Books as one of the future
trends within the next 2 to 3 years
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4. Eurostat, Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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5. Eurostat, Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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6. Eurostat,
Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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7. Eurostat,
Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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8. Eurostat,
Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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9. Eurostat,
Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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10. Eurostat,
Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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11. Eurostat,
Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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12. Eurostat,
Adult
Education
Survey, 2009
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13. Basic idea: user contexts
• @home
• @work
• @school
• What does this mean
for the @education
provider?
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14. Seamless Learning Support
• (MSL1) Encompassing formal and informal
learning;
• (MSL2) Encompassing personalized and social
learning;
• (MSL3) Across time;
• (MSL4) Across locations;
• (MSL5) Ubiquitous knowledge access
• (MSL6) Encompassing physical and digital worlds;
• (MSL7) Combined use of multiple device types
(including “stable” technologies such as desktop
computers, interactive whiteboards);
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Looi et al., 2010

15. Seamless Learning Support
•(MSL8) Seamless switching between multiple
learning tasks (such as data collection + analysis +
communication).
•(MSL9) Knowledge synthesis (a combination of prior
+ new knowledge, abstract + concrete knowledge,
and multi-disciplinary learning);
•(MSL10) Encompassing multiple pedagogical or
learning activity models
Looi et al., 2010
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19. PWC (2010): Turning the
page. The future of ebooks.
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20. Market study
PWC (2010): Turning the
page. The future of ebooks. 11

21. Market study
PWC (2010): Turning the 12
page. The future of ebooks.

22. State of the art
• Lam et al. (2008): Longitudinal study at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Focus on usability & actual use
• Results: Mixed attitude over time and
functionality problems, high learning curve
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23. State of the art
Nie et al. (2011) study: 28 students of
masters’s programme occupational
psychology & education
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24. State of the art
• El-Gayar et al. (2011): Technology acceptance
study of tablet PCs
• Focus on implications for educational
institutions
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25. State of the art
• Woody et al, (2010): Study
about preferences ebook/book
• No gender effects, no
indication that previous ebook
experiences in uences choice,
no diff. in learning outcomes
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26. Two trends: PLE & ePub3
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Wilson 2005 17

27. Two trends: PLE & ePub3
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28. Two trends: PLE & ePub3
“Personal Learning Environments are
learning environments where learners can
integrate distributed information,
resources and contacts and reflect about
learning progress and learning products
based on standards and interfaces”.
Schaffert/Kalz 2010
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29. Two trends: PLE & ePub3
Schaffert/Kalz 2010
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30. Two trends: PLE & ePub3
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31. Two trends: PLE & ePub3
ePub3
• HTML5
• Media Overlays
• Scripting
• MathML
• Accessibility
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32. Beyond content delivery
Portability,
Social Interactivity,
Context Sensitivity,
Connectivity,
Individuality
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33. Beyond content delivery
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34. Beyond content delivery
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35. The end of the book as we know it...
Stein, 2011
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36. Summary
LLL
Seamless
Outlook
Learning
Early Market
Innovators Study
Academic Technology
Studies Trends
Mixed PLE/
results ePub3
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37. Thank you for your
attention!
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marco.kalz@ou.nl
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