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