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Will Bohmann

13 Predictions (+1 More) for Mobile and Mobile Learning in 2013: Float Mobile Learning - 0 views

  • The year 2013 will see more companies embrace mobile applications, a wider uptake in mobile learning among the general public, and shifts in what kinds of content and how that content will be delivered to mobile devices
  • Quantified self becomes “mainstream,” according to Chad. Nike FuelBand, Jawbone Up and Fitbit Ultra are all out and widely available. They haven’t, however, made into the mainstream consciousness. These cool life trackers are still very much an early-adopter tech-geek toy or novelty. One of these devices will emerge in 2013 as a real winner here. It may be a combination of pricing, integration with devices or software, or perhaps just a really slick marketing campaign, but one of these devices or a new one will become a “must have” accessory for fitness-minded individuals. Some opportunities for partnerships with health care payers or maybe weight loss programs could also help propel this type of personal gamification into the everyday space.
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    This article was of interest because most predictions are conjecture - the mobile market is growing no doubt, but how and what consumers are going to do with these devices is of real interest. As the mobile market grows, the personal computer market is shrinking
Patricia Palumbo

Mobile Teaching Versus Mobile Learning (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 5 views

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      The one doing the work is the one doing the learning. Simply consuming information is not enough "work" to satisfy the notion of rigorous learning.
  • I'd argue that content delivery isn't even half the picture of teaching and learning.
  • Individuals have had access to "portable learning devices" since the advent of the printing press; we call them books
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  • To achieve the promise of mobile learning, we have to stop thinking about these powerful mobile multimedia devices as only consumption devices and get students using them as production devices.
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      Addressing more than one of the senses, coupled with response output (the "work" component of learning) makes for a more robust learning experience.
  • Brain researchers have been telling educators for quite a while that engaging multiple senses helps students better learn material. Therefore, the excitement here is not so much about the portability or mobility of these teaching devices; instead, it is that these devices can both convey teaching material in more than two media (text and images) and be portable.
    • Frank Barnes
       
      The 3-D Brain app is one of the first apps I loaded onto my first smartphone and all subsequent devices. It appealed to me at the time (and still does) as moving to a higher level of information accessibility and interaction.
  • it is not enough to just give students PDFs of pages from an anatomy textbook. It's not even enough to allow them to take self-grading quizzes. We need to provide materials or applications that allow students to practice identifying parts of the body on their mobile multimedia devices before taking the high-stakes midterm or final exam.
  • It's one thing to learn about different architectural styles in a Western Civ or Construction textbook or lecture; it's another to apply what you've learned by going out into the community and taking pictures of buildings and then identifying the architectural influences. It's one thing to hear or read about the results of sociology studies about gender bias; it's another to go out, collect primary data, and immediately show, as well as discuss, the dynamically growing study results with the recently queried participant. In both cases the activity of capturing "raw" digital material can lead to further learning or assessment activities where students might develop multimedia projects.
  • access is not an excuse. Just as instructors will need to be creative in developing and assessing these mobile learning activities, instructors and institutions will need to help students be creative in finding access to different mobile multimedia production devices.
  • One of the easiest ways for individual instructors to address the access and support issues is to have students work in groups, share access to resources, and help one another figure out how to do it all. Bonus point: Employers want students who know how to work in groups. Getting students engaged in mobile learning projects might not only better facilitate learning, it might also have them learning about various 21st century literacies like group work, composing in multiple environments, and information literacy.
  • "What makes electronic books a potentially transformative technology is the new kinds of reading experiences that they make possible."
    • Karen Trenosky
       
      New kinds of reading: adding the highlighting features like this app in diigo has enhanced my own reading experience
    • Berta Winiker
       
      keyword is practice
  • At minimum we could be asking our students to capture raw material from the real world and engage with it based on the concepts we are teaching them.
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    Defining mobile learning
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    Common Reading for Week 2
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    The start of a conversation about teaching and learning with mobile tools.
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    I do think of my phone as more of an output device than the tablet or pc. Now It is becoming a bit more of an "input also" device!
Lucie deLaBruere

One Year or Less: Mobiles « 2011 Horizon Report - 1 views

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    "Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less According to a recent report from mobile manufacturer Ericsson, studies show that by 2015, 80% of people accessing the Internet will be doing so from mobile devices. Perhaps more important for education, Internetcapable mobile devices will outnumber computers within the next year. In Japan, over 75% of Internet users already use a mobile as their first choice for access. "
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    This is the web version of the 2011 Horizon report predicting that in One Year or Less, Mobiles will be part of the landscape
Frank Barnes

The Innovative Educator: Finally! Research-based proof that students use cell phones fo... - 1 views

  • Here are some of the most exciting findings from the study: "An unexpected number of middle school students (from all ethnicities and incomes) say they are using mobile devices including smartphones and tablets to do their homework. Previous TRU research indicated that middle school students are using smartphones and tablets for communication and entertainment. However, this is the first TRU research that shows that middle school students are also using these mobile devices to complete homework assignments.
  • More than one out of three middle school students report they are using smartphones (39%) and tablets (31%) to do homework. More than 1 in 4 students ( 26 %) are using smartphones for their homework, weekly or more.
  • Where 39% of middle school students use smartphones for homework, only 6% report that they can use the smartphone in classroom for school work. There is also a gap in tablet use. Although 31% of middle school students say they use a tablet for homework, only 18% report using it in the classroom. 66% of students are not allowed to use a tablet for learning purposes in the classroom, and 88% are not allowed to use a phone. Students say using mobile devices like tablets makes them want to learn more.
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  • Despite the high numbers of middle school students using laptops, smartphones and tablets for homework, very few are using these mobile devices in the classroom, particularly tablets and smartphones. A large gap exists between mobile technology use at home and in school.
  • Teacher education and training on the effective integration of mobile technologies into instruction may provide significant benefits for all. Mobile device usage in class appears to have the potential to sustain, if not increase interest in STEM subjects as students progress into high school.
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    Research concerning mobile devices in the classroom. Verizon initiated, so caution toward bias.
Will Bohmann

MOBILE USAGE: How Consumers Are Using Their Phones, And What It Means - Business Insider - 1 views

  • Mobile is no longer a communications utility, but a media distribution hub.
  • The biggest beneficiaries have been mobile apps. Time spent on apps dwarfs time spent on the mobile Web, and smartphone owners now spend 127 minutes per day in mobile apps.
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    Hard to believe the average mobile device accounts for nearly 2 hours of user time in mobile apps. Time to think about what these apps are doing for (to) us.
Frank Barnes

Take A Leap Of Faith With Mobile Learning - 1 views

  • The most important reason for the low uptake of mobile learning, until now, has been the lack of understanding of mobile devices and mobile learning.
  • Today’s mobile devices move beyond merely providing access but to actively helping and supporting us at work and at home. It has also empowered and enabled us to do things that we may never have had the confidence to do in the past. If we stay within the comfort of the “learning box”, we will never fully recognise or realise the true value and potential of adopting “mobile” solutions.
Patricia Palumbo

10 things you should know about supporting mobile devices - TechRepublic - 1 views

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    "The explosion of mobile device usage in business has led to some tricky and unexpected support challenges. Brien Posey lists some of the concerns IT pros should be aware of." This is a popular tech support site. This fellow is very cautious about security and mobile devices he also discussed the lack of training for tech support staff being thrown into having to support staff suddenly without being told that the devices had been acquired. Some of the comments brought varying opinions about how mobile devices should be allowed, or not,and why. Most seemed to feel they should be allowed. Though it depended on how sensitive your data is in the business and a clear use policy would be helpful.
Lucie deLaBruere

iPads, Apps, & Mobile Devices - 0 views

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    Nice collection of articles about mobile learning. I like the way the apps collections is around "function" or "learning tasks"
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    A nice collection of articles on mobile learning. I especially liked the way the app collection "Ipad as..." is organized by learning tasks / function
sbriere

Mobile Phone Literacy Project | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural O... - 1 views

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    Women and girls constitute the majority of the 775 million illiterates in the world. The main goal of the project is the empowerment of women and/or girls through education via innovative mobile technology-based learning and information programs.
Lucie deLaBruere

Realizing Increased Student Achievement With Mobile Technologies: Here's the Plan -- TH... - 0 views

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    For example, in 2010, we predicted that by 2015 each and every student in K-12 would be using a mobile device, 24/7, for curricular purposes. In 2010 that prediction seemed far-fetched, but K-12 is on course for the technology to be in place.
Will Bohmann

The future of mobile CPUs, part 1: Today's fork in the road | Ars Technica - 0 views

  • In this grand progression, 2013 will certainly be a significant milestone for mobile devices, smartphones and beyond. It's likely to be the first year in which tablets out-ship notebooks in the US. And in the coming years, this will lead to a confluence of high-end tablets and ultra-mobile notebooks as the world figures out how these devices co-exist, blend, hybridize, and/or merge.
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    Good article on the divergence of tablets and phones
mikenblue

Mobile Game-Based Learning in secondary education: engagement, motivation and learning... - 0 views

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    Mobile Game-based verses project based learning: The results showed those pupils who played the game to be engaged and to gain significantly more knowledge about medieval Amsterdam than those pupils who received regular project-based instruction. High interest to me due to gamepbased learning and connection with mobile devices.
Francisco Mugnani

5 Myths About Writing With Mobile Devices - Edudemic - Edudemic - 1 views

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    The difficulty I have with writing on an iPod is one of the things that consistently has me preferring the computer for producing text content. While this article did not really sway me from that opinion, it did give me a new perspective on writing itself and how students are learning it with mobile devices.
sbriere

Classroom Management of Mobile Devices: The Traffic Signal Approach | TeachBytes - 0 views

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    "It's the big question circulating through my school, and probably most of yours right now: Should I let my students use mobile devices in class? As you probably already know, cell phones can be a great tool for instruction."
Berta Winiker

Suren Ramasubbu: What Are Mobile Devices Teaching Your Kids? - 0 views

  • A generation of students is growing up with a different level of access to information at their collective fingertips.
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  • allowing the learner to work through their weak spots in the privacy of their handheld.
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  • Subjects like algebra are more palatable when placed in a game format and students can relate the relevancy of real world experiences.
    • Berta Winiker
       
      I'm curious as to to specifics of this study about discipline issues vanishing. What was the population studied? Other questions.
  • Young people communicate differently based on today's technology.
    • Berta Winiker
       
      clicking on the word estimates doesn't provide more details about this statement
  • Discipline issues nearly vanish:
  • The iSchool Initiative estimates each $150 iPod touch would save at least $600 per student per year.
  • ebook learning experience can be enjoyed anywhere for free.
  • Whether schools will allow ad-supported technology in the classroom remains to be seen.
  • Any notes she made on any platform would be saved automatically. This content and extra portability cost the student and the school nothing.
    • Berta Winiker
       
      Back it up with the info, please
  • The majority of the world accesses the Internet through a mobile device instead of a desktop PC.)
  • Adults need continuing education
  • "Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile!" survey.
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    includes a link to a 2 hour audio Global Education Conference via Blackboard Collaborative
Lucie deLaBruere

Horizon Report Wiki - Mobile Apps - 1 views

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    What are Mobile Apps discussion from the Horizon Report Wiki
anonymous

New Voices For The Voiceless: Synthetic Speech Gets An Upgrade : Shots - Health News : NPR - 1 views

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    This was one of the best articles for MAT622 becuase it shows mobile not as handy mobile device, but as a tool that helps to serve real-world problems. This use of mobile doesn't ask "how can we do what we've always done with other things with mobile," but instead asks what new things can we do with these new technologies.
Lucie deLaBruere

Best Tablets - Top Ratings and Reviews | TechCrunch - 0 views

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    This site compares tablets and proviles comparison for many different types of mobile devices (tablet).  If you are shopping for a tablet or comparing other mobile devices to yours, you should add this site to your list of resources
Ryan Fleming

Does Mobile Learning Work? | Defense News | defensenews.com - 0 views

  • Todd Richmond, director of advanced prototype development and transition at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies, said his gut feeling is that what a user gets out of mobile learning depends on the user. “If you have a user that is comfortable with a tablet or a smartphone, they will be more willing to put up with issues and engage with the content,” he said
  • Jan Cannon-Bowers, research director of University of South Florida’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, said the convenience of mobile learning makes it useful for refresher training in rare procedures. For example, she’s working with the military on an app for refresher training for corpsmen.
  • “We do this all the time. It was the same thing with PC-based training and distance learning,” she said. “It was dominated by very, very smart people who are engineers and software designers. They see possibilities — and there are possibilities — but we don’t apply them smartly
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