Mobile Learning (m-learning)
m-learning delivered by mobile (cell) phone or other (web-accessible) handheld.
Ideas for using m-learning in the classroom
20 Ideas: Getting students to use their mobile phones as learning
tools
from Doug Belshaw’s teaching-related blog: news, resources
and ideas for busy teachers!
http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php/2006/09/21/20-ideas-getting-students-to-use-their-mobile-phones-as-learning-tools/
or, for short,
http://tinyurl.com/p6hb4
m-learning portal
A web site in the U.K. devoted to m-learning, this describes a multi-year project
focused on basic skills learning for
school dropouts aged 16-24. Handhelds, especially mobile phones, are ubiquitous
in youth culture in developed, as well as in many areas of developing countries.
They are as comfortable to young people as pencils and pens. They allow access
from a wide variety of places, and at any time. The instruction is designed
in game format, using appealing graphics, and with content of interest to young
adults. The youth involved in the three-year project, from 2001- 2004, were
not enrolled in any education or training and were unemployed, underemployed,
or even homeless. The m-learning infrastructure includes a Learning Management
System and a "microportal interface" which together enable access
to m-learning materials and services from a variety of mobile devices plus web
and
TV access.
On the web site, look at the interactive demos.
Read the case studies:
ACT (college) entrance test preparation ($20)
News by phone
ABC News
CNN toGO
BrainMeld
A global community of educators, academics, technologists, and video game professionals
to promote the use of mainstream videogames as classroom learning tools. Includes
teacher guides to using certain
games in the classroom.
Handheld GED Study Buddy.
Ideal for students who like to play video games. These handhelds use cartridges
for the 5 subjects of the GED exam. The cost is $399 plus $50 for each cartridge.
Publisher: Steck Vaughn
Ubiquitous Learning
Mobile learning (m-learning) is also called HDUL (handheld devices for ubiquitous
learning, pronounced "huddle" I guess). You can read some research
on it at:
Bibliographies, Case Studies and Reviews of the Literature
Reports:
U.K.
http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/pdf/1440.pdf
http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/041923RS.pdf
http://www.nrdc.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=606&ArticleID=470
also see this UK site below which is linked to the last report - you need to
go into publications and presentations to see what they have done
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/hgm/research/SkillsforLife/index.htm
another UK report
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/southampton.doc
and an interview
http://ferl.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=11528
Scotland
http://www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/webpages/cs_008655.hcsp
Canada
http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/iit-publications-iti/docs/NRC-48230.pdf
How Mobile Phones are Used for Literacy in Developing Countries
Mobiles fuel literacy drive
28 Jan, 2007, the Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/When_mobiles_fuel_literacy_drive/articleshow/1489219.cms
Other Resources
Publications
5 Publications:
http://tinyurl.com/yoh2c4
- Mobile Learning in Practice
- Mobile learning anytime everywhere: A book of papers from MLEARN 2004
- Mobile technologies and learning: A technology update and m-learning project summary
- Learning with mobile devices : research and development - a book of papers
- MLEARN 2003 : learning with mobile devices - book of abstracts for the second annual MLEARN conference 19-20 May 2003
Thanks to the following people who provided much of this information on the National Institute for Literacy Technology Discussion List in November, 2006[ http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions ]: Tina Luffman, Susan Reid, Ronda Rafiti
This page was created on 11/15/06 and updated 7/13/07 by David J. Rosen