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Rethinking Mobile Learning andthe Promise of Flying Cars
Andrew SmykWeb Conference @ Penn State 2014
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"It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus."
Nikola TeslaNew York Times, October 1909.
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Calvin & Hobbes
30 December 1989
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aThis is the only flying car my kids know.
aBut they know mobile.
Educational Technology
?How are we use it
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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne
Management and Administration of Teaching and Learning
Interactive Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Delivering Electronic Teaching Resources
Research and ScholarlyInquiry
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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne
Management and Administration of Teaching and Learning
Interactive Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Delivering Electronic Teaching Resources
Research and ScholarlyInquiry
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Credit: Gregor Kennedy - University of Melbourne
Management and Administration of Teaching and Learning
Interactive Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Delivering Electronic Teaching Resources
Research and ScholarlyInquiry
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We need to improve on this!
eLearning
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mLearning
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eDistribution
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Where is my context-aware mobile learning, leveraging geolocation,
social media, peer-to-peer personalization and multisensory
experiences?
Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University
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Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University
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campus
Credit Tim Klapdor (@timklapdor): Innovation Technology Officer at Charles Sturt University
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campusstudent centered
collaboration
audio/video
assessment
distribution
mobile?
aIs implementation organic?
Hoadley’s
3Laws of Education Technology
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1It’s not the technology. It’s what you do with it.
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2It’s not what the technology makes possible. It’s what technology makes easy.
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3Pay attention to the trendsin learning, not in technology.
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We are held back by our past.
Move past #EduTech flotsam and jetsam
What’s your strategy?
Instructional Designer
Creative Technologist*
Content Strategist
Multimedia Specialist
Instructional Designer
Content Strategist
*Someone who won’t take any guff.
Multimedia Specialist
Creative Technologist*
Mobile has become the students first choice for internet access - NMC Horizons Technologies Report 2011
Learning activities need to be accessed on a variety of devices and platforms.
Learning activities WILL be accessed on a variety of devices and platforms.
Don't convert,
Create! Developing a Progressive Mobile Strategy
- Dave Olsen @dmolsen
Build
Integrated Content
Create new experiences for learners.
There are great opportunities to engage learners with mlearning.
We will need to change how andwhat we teach.
Because we won’t know where, when or how students will want to learn.
• Social• Contextual• Spatial
Pivot, Snack, Bursts
Not tethered to the desktop.
How do I turn in my homework?
Let’s collaborate!
Questions?
Let’s continue the conversation!
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