What do mobile technologies do best?
Context-relevant Learning: The Borderless Classroom
Discussions at the last workshop elicited the conclusion that one area where mobile technologies really worked well to support learning was in location based learning / learning in context / in the field. The workshop opened with two presentations.
Presentation by Celine Llewellyn-Jones of London Metropolitan University.
Presentation by Juliet Sprake. of Goldsmith's College.
Brainstorms
- The Pros and Cons of M-learning in the Field
- Moving on from Borderless Classrooms: What other activities are mobile devices good for?
Afternoon Discussions
- What are the attributes of the mobile learner?
- What hardware/software attributes enable or support m-learning?
- What enables collaborative learning with mobile devices?
Strategic Futures Planning
Presentation by Jocelyn using the Office of Science and Innovation's Strategic Futures Planning Toolkit.
The group identified drivers for the use of mobile devices in formal and informal learning.
Next Step is Scenario Development using the four most frequently noted trends from today:
- Educational institutions’ flexibility in the face of rapid / unpredictable change in mobile technologies
- Valuing informal learning, hobbies and skills (self-directed learning) vs enforced formal learning
- Affordable and available connectivity and hardware
- Government policy, objectives and funding: e-strategy, Every Child Matters, Digital Divide, Regeneration
We will be looking at this in the next workshop.
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