Mobile learning roadtrip: a review of three not very well known m-learning projects that I love, and a look at some of the conceptual stumbling blocks that people seem to have with m-learning!

1. Mobile Learning road-trip

2. Geoff Stead @geoffsteadwww.m-learning.org Director – Digital Learning Studio www.tribalgroup.co.uk

3. Building collaborative literacy skills in South African Schools On the job learning for Taxi / Bus / Truck drivers across Europe BLOOM project MoLE project Building skills to support disaster relief. Mobile health Putting wrongs to right

4. “ubuntu” Now in 5 schools in South Africa. All ages. Mix of devices All poor. All under-resourced. All about supporting the teachers. Ongoing - new batch of 1000 phones recycled by Sprint, USA

5. E-Books where there is no paper

6. Reading. Reference. Shared devices Improving the school dance! Poetry Discovery

7. Politicised Visual Literacy

8. Student generated quizzes – Natural sciences

10. Video evidence

13. Micro-courses. Multi-lingual. When and where you need them Customised and translated by local trainers, unions, enthusiasts

16. MoLE project – m-learning for health, and disaster relief Norway UK Poland Canada Romania Bulgaria Azerbaijan USA Italy CNE/CNA Egypt Mexico Funded by US Gvt Driven by Tele-medicine and ADL teams Wide number of beneficiaries Singapore Peru Technical advisors: Building x-platform Apps Localisation & translation Online frameworks to customise & create Open Source !!

17. The learner is the traveller We are tour-guides Technology is the vehicle Learning the destination

18. When you hear The best device you can use is an iPhone / Android / Streak ... you are choosing the transport, not defining the journey The learner is the traveller We are tour-guides Technology is the vehicle

19. When you hear M-learning is all about connecting to our VLE with mobile phones you are merely discussing different routes

20. When you hear Our software / tools / apps are all you need for successful m-learning You are comparing different ways of getting to the destination

21. The learners have their own preferences The learning has its own needs

22. Reminder: M-learning is broader than just courses(it’s the journey) Location aware (GPS) Text messaging (SMS) Social networking Virtual worlds Phone calls Collaboration tools Media capture (image, sound, video) Media playback Media sharing eBooks Surveys / polls

23. When planning your route, see where mobile fits Characteristics: Single and Multi-usersIn a class group and aloneLearning vs Screening vs Performance support vs ReferenceEvidence collectionSmart searchShort and sharpBuilding recallRe-use of existing e-learning vs new-build

24. Mobile course interactivity involves compromise Works on more devices Richer interactivity But there are some great toolkits & frameworks out there trying to make sense of this ...

25. Other tour guides you may find useful ... Molly project layar.com wikitude.org

26. Images by GeoffStead/Tribal, JessWakelin/Tribal, PlayingWithBrushes/Flickr, DVidsHub/Flickr, Pierre Poliquin, MarkRichardson/ZenAndNow, Eurodroid Who was that? Geoff Stead, Digital Learning Studio, Tribal @geoffsteadmoblearn.blogspot.com www.m-learning.org The learner is the traveller We are tour-guides Technology is the vehicle Learning the destination