Attributes of an MLearner
What attributes do mobile learners need for success?
- A ‘mobilised’ learner – provoked, stimulated to act..
- 'Stumbling upon' – ability to make connections, notice
- Curious; hypothesising; self-initiated; confident; experimental;
- Self aware – critical reflection on barriers to and opportunities for success
- Opportunities to move around
- Ability to move
- Capacity to synchronise/integrate learning ‘outputs’
- Ability to cope with/learn in an unstructured context
- Sense of self as learner – self/culturally defined? juggling this
- Ability to define own learning outcomes
- Permission/ownership of technology/tools for learning – and to pursue own interests
- Success requires your sense of self as a learner to fit with cultural context/system/those who define success
- Independence / anonymity? / collaborative