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Angela Murphy

Towards a Mobile Curriculum Framework (Ignatia / Inge de Waard) - Academia.edu - 0 views

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    The rapid spread and penetration of mobile devices to every layerof society has confronted the educational community with many newopportunities and responsibilities. As mobile computing and its disruptiveaftermath enter the education arena, the challenge becomes how to harness thepotential in ways that are beneficial to the educational community at large andthe learners in particular. This paper outlines the initial conception, designresearch methodology followed and the development of the definitive MobileLearning Curriculum Framework as a first attempt to systematically andcomprehensively explore, where and how mobiles could appear withineducational provision. The curriculum framework is underpinned by three broad learning objectives; to acquire domain knowledge, to develop sufficientand appropriate skills to enable mobile learning practice and to understand the role and impact of domain knowledge in the relation to the applicationcontext. To this end the curriculum framework is presented as a modularsolution for adaption to accommodate differing contexts dele BOTHA 1 , Jacqueline BATCHELOR 2 , John TRAXLER 3 ,Ignatia DE WAARD 4 , Marlien HERSELMAN
Angela Murphy

They Love It, but Do They Learn from It? Evaluating the Educational Impact of Innovations - 0 views

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    Abstract - The SECAL (Situated Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Learning) framework offers a broadly based method for evaluating learning with technology in its many forms and implementations. Central to the framework are detailed and discipline-specific definitions of learning and corresponding descriptions of innovative study environments designed to exploit the potential of technology to support achievement of high quality learning goals. The objectives are to collect evidence of how these environments may or may not lead to effective learning and to identify what, if anything, might be done to improve the prospects. The concept of situation implies the need to evaluate contextual influences as well as how students and lecturers actually use technology. This is achieved through rich description generated from multidimensional, qualitative methods which are theoretically grounded in interpretive, critical and postmodern paradigms. The ubiquitous student evaluation of teaching systems are over-reliant on subjective data and offer little insight into pedagogical issues. The case-specific SECAL method uses objective and subjective data to assess how technology impacts on learning processes and outcomes. Broader objectives include grounded-theory development and identification of institutional influences on teaching and learning innovations. This type of evaluation is not particularly easy to conduct, but is a prerequisite to gaining academic credibility, maximizing the benefits of investment and justifying it in terms acceptable to economic-rationalist administrators. A description of the method in this article is followed by a case study illustrating its practical applications. 
Maxine Mitchell

"Design principles for mobile learning" by A. Herrington, J. Herrington et al. - 0 views

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    Mobile learning can be enabled by technological tools and  infrastructure. Mobile technologies are portable, personalised, and  increasingly convergent. People always have them on hand and  populate them with personal profiles and playlists, performing a  multiplicity of functions.
Maxine Mitchell

Theory - The London Mobile Learning Group - LMLG - 0 views

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    Mobile learning is not about delivering content to mobile devices but, instead, about the processes of coming to know and being able to operate successfully in, and across, new and ever changing contexts and learning spaces. And, it is about understanding and knowing how to utilise our everyday life-worlds as learning spaces. Therefore mobile learning is not primarily about technology.
Maxine Mitchell

The Different Uses of E-learning and M-learning - 1 views

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    E-learning and m-learning have become extremely important buzz words of the education technology revolution. The two terms are not always used correctly, with some confusion about the differences between them and where they overlap. And in more complex terms, thinking about the differences between e-learning and m-learning can be particularly useful for teachers who use technology in the classroom, as it can help them to pick out which techniques are best for which education scenario.
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MobiMOOC 2012 Day 1 | Thetechieprofessor's Blog - 0 views

  • Home Today was the first full day of the mLearning MOOC. I’ve had mixed success. A MOOC is attended by a global audience. Not all webinars will coincide with ones time zone. I for example would have had to be awake at 2 am for the opening session and skip work in mid afternoon for the second. Synchronous learning does have its problems. Which brings me to today’s question: what is mobile education? On this day an attempt was made by MOOC attendees to define mobile learning. Difficulties were encountered in no time – the semantics became convoluted as we tried to accommodate aspects of technology, mobility and learning. My conclusion is that “mobility” is best defined in reference to the learner, not the devices. Mobility in learning is independence from traditional structures of education. This new model allows self paced, self prescribed curriculum that is accessed at the time and place decided by the learner. The devices used are ancillary here, merely the means to an end.
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