7 th International Mobile Learning Conference & Handheld Learning 2008 Caryl Oliver 0438 354 144 Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text)

Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text) 2003 - London New possibilities 2004 - Rome The Potential is significant 2005 - Cape Town Learning is in your hands 2006 - Banff Across cultures and generations 2007 - Melbourne Making the connections 2008 - Ironbridge From text to context 2009 - Orlando Mobile..Global..Integrated

2003 - London New possibilities

2004 - Rome The Potential is significant

2005 - Cape Town Learning is in your hands

2006 - Banff Across cultures and generations

2007 - Melbourne Making the connections

2008 - Ironbridge From text to context

2009 - Orlando Mobile..Global..Integrated

Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text) Key Messages Technology is no longer optional Pedagogy needs to exploit technology Teachers need to network the way students network No ‘they’, only ‘us’ Tools still optimised for business and leisure not learning Computer room clutter v handheld freedom Technology getting smaller and bigger Less about the device more about behaviour

Key Messages

Technology is no longer optional

Pedagogy needs to exploit technology

Teachers need to network the way students network

No ‘they’, only ‘us’

Tools still optimised for business and leisure not learning

Computer room clutter v handheld freedom

Technology getting smaller and bigger

Less about the device more about behaviour

Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text) Learning Pedagogy Technology Attention Lectures Powerpoint, video, podcast Inquiry Tutes Internet Discussion Tutes/Seminars Forums, chat rooms Practice Projects Simulations, modeling, games Collaboration Group work Web 2.0, gaming Production Projects/Essays Digital Stories, powerpoint, video

Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text) Social Networking Bedroom culture but bigger “ Friending” as a concept All social websites are going mobile but it is the carriers who are holding it back

Social Networking

Bedroom culture but bigger

“ Friending” as a concept

All social websites are going mobile but it is the carriers who are holding it back

Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text) When we are born everything in the World is normal Anything invented when we are between 15 and 35 is new and exciting Anything invented when we are over 35 is against the natural order of things.

Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text) “ It is important for students to learn what they don’t know” “ It is better to use a few simple tools effectively that try to Embrace a multitude of gadgets badly”

Reflection November 2008 Caryloliver.com - mobile learning solutions 0438 354 144 (voice or text) Ask me now. Go on, I know you want to….. Caryl Oliver 0438 354 144 (voice or text) [email_address] www.caryloliver.com http://caryloliver.mobi www.digitalstorytellingworld.com www.elearningworld.net www.iamlearn.org