m-Learning and the disengaged
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The Project
• 4 tutors 1 coordinator and 1 technician
• Working with all the agencies in county
• Youth and community centres
• 109 referrals
– Single mums
– Young people with difficult backgrounds
• One to one, once a week
• Small group work
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•PDA mobile v Smart phone
•3G GPRS
•Wireless
•Bluetooth
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Wireless learning hubs
hubs
digilabs Andrew
Rachel Liz
Lisa
Peter
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Challenge
• •
Disengaged Lost
• •
Irresponsible Missed out
• •
Feckless Lack confidence
• •
Dishonest Lack self esteem
• Personal issues
No Ambition
Happy with their lot
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Modus operandi
• One to one
• Negotiate individual development plan
• Develop trust
• Loan phone
• Remote mentoring via phone
• Weekly meeting
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Good things
• 115 referrals
• 90 young people helped
• At least 8 have got jobs
• 12 have achieved a qualification
• 3 are completing College courses
• 5 more have applied for a College course
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Learner one Partner organisation one
Learner two Partner organisation two
Learner three
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The learning resources
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12. Media board
1. The technology 3. interactive
2. The Interface
6. email
5. The games! 8. Quiz builder
7.SMS
11. wireless hubs
9. The Portal 4. SMS quiz
10. MS software
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Lessons learned
• Communication tool for mentoring
• Enabling 24/7 communication is key
• A3 learning – sofa surfing
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Lessons learned
• Ok for learning resources but…GPRS
• In a wireless environment – m-moodle
• Developing for small screen format needs
new skills
• Wireless hubs
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Lessons learned
• Kit is still too techy
• Kit is stil too glitchy
• Robustness? ⅓ damaged
• Need technical expertise
• Buckets of stylus’s
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Lessons learned
• Multiple service providers
• Complexities of dealing with them
• SMS versus (virtually) free email
• Use PAYG
• Can’t wait for multi-provider phones
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Final report:
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