‘Mobile learning; Handheld learning?’
What do we mean?
by
John Cuthell
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‘Mobile learning; Handheld learning?’
What do we mean?
Data
Evidence
assess process as well as product
Teaching
Tools
Efficiency
Collaboration
Learning
Convenience
Organisation
Chat captures perishable
spoken language forms?
creating contexts for
learning...twas ever thus?
The mobile
learner
connected via
handheld 'smart'
technology
interacting with location and
context?
in a classroom?
moving between locations?
gateway to knowledge
Teaching the mobile learner
right to use device comes with
responsibility to use it
appropriately
Pedagogy that scaffolds
learner agency
Need to be wi-fi aware
Confident with a range of devices
learning status of device needs to be
recognised by both teachers and learners
above its negative (sometimes) social status
Has anyone considered how disabled (SEN)
learners can utilise mobile / handheld
learning
Terminology wise...aren't they just learners
that happen to be using mobile devices? Or
is there a special disposition? Yes.
become 'person plus' (Perkins,
1993?)
user generated context and content
opportunities for learner
agency and choice
Isn't it more about connectivity whilst learning,
learning in the world in context rather than
learning and searching for a context in
conventional terms? Absolutely, the learner is
interacting with both real and virtual contexts.
Extending, or
transforming, mobile
learning?
The Neo-Liberal
Nightmare
Fragmentations
Transfrormations
Placement of the individual in
the cultural landscape
positioning the individual
In and Of the World
Immanence
Transcendence
Preparation for work
Convergent devices and
technologies
Divergent realities
Engagement
Anytime
Before lessons
During Lessons
After Lessons
Break/ Lunch
Extra Curricular
Evenings
Weekends
Excluded from school
Anywhere
Playground
Dinner Hall
Corridor
Classroom
Bus
Walking to/ from school
Home
Term time Holiday
Anyhow
Online
Offline
Local PC
Handheld Device
Yes but with what and why, social world and
contact has purpose, learning needs a purpose
no?
Education
Access
Wifi
Network
3/4G
VLE
COMMUNICATION
Web
SMS
MMS
Web 3.0
Infrastructure
Mobile Phone
Wifi Wireless cloud
School network
Cloud Computing
