JISC Mobile and Wireless Technologies Review presentation

by Doug Belshaw on Nov 29, 2010

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A presentation introducing the mobile and wireless technologies review I undertook for the JISC e-Learning team.

A presentation introducing the mobile and wireless technologies review I undertook for the JISC e-Learning team.

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JISC Mobile and Wireless Technologies Review presentation — Presentation Transcript

Mobile and WirelessTechnologies ReviewDoug Belshaw, JISC infoNet1. The history of mobile learning (4 mins)2. How the mobile review was undertaken (2 mins)3. An overview of key findings (4 mins)

1. The History of Mobile Learning (through interpretative dance allegory)

Unicorn 101 Twisted horn Lion’s tail Billy goat beard Cloven hooves

Alan Kay’s Dynabook (1968)

Sketches of Dynabook (1972)

People got excited and impatient

Evolution of laptops

Evolution of the PDA and mobile phone

Evolution of 3G networks & wifi

Evolution of content (VLEs, etc.)

Mobile learning is about people, not devices

Mobility oflearners is key

Mobile learning looks different

iPad (2010)

2. How the mobile review was undertakenDan Sutch Names Initial More names(Futurelab) & refs. interviewees & references Events Sharing as I go Synthesis Even (even) more (On The Horizon) (XMind) names & refs.Quotations Re-checked Draftfrom interviewees brief structure

3. Key findings

Key words:• affordances• context• initiatives Wh at?• learning ?!!• time• use

Affordances:• how much something costs• rate in change of cost of Mars bars• “An affordance is a quality of an object, or an environment, that allows an individual to perform an action.” (so sayeth Wikipedia)

How affordances work (Belshaw, 2010, p.0) Practices Affordances Speciﬁcations

Key findings:1. Fragmented landscape2. Change management issue3. ROI very difficult4. Prensky was wrong5. There will never be a ‘perfect‘ mobile device

Key findings:• Fragmented landscape• Change management issue• ROI very difficult• Prensky was wrong• There will never be a ‘perfect‘ mobile device

http://mobilereview.jiscpress.org* *yes, it’s got a mobile-friendly version ;-)

Image credits (1/2)• Unicorn - CC BY owlana - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonze/50246452• Dynabook images - fair use - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook• History of laptops - fair use - http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/laptop-revolution-where-size-does-mater-a-whole-lot• Smartphone evolution - fair use - http://pocketpc-live.com/images/2009/10/smartphone-evolution.jpg & http://www.ignant.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/kyle-bean-cell-phone-evolution-500x496.jpg• 3G networks and wifi - fair use - http://www.airportlivery.com/images/wifizone.gif• VLEs on mobile - fair use - http://www.w3.org/2009/11/mobileOKPythia/plugin-moodle.html• Wifi - CC BY-NC-SA güneş in wonderland - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunes_t/252218894• Mobility of learners - CC BY-ND jisc_infonet - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/2296206546• Colourful straws - CC BY-ND tink tracy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lostartist/3683737800/• iPad - CC BY-NC Photo Giddy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/12905355@N05/4301184191/in/photostream• Word cloud created with http://wordle.net

Image credits (2/2)• Key - CC BY ~Brenda-Starr~ - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/3509344100• Jigsaw punctuation - CC BY Horia Varlan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4290549806• Empty treasure chest - CC BY-NC-SA ntr23 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ntr23/4828222692• Digital native - CC BY-NC-ND cole007 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cole007/4479675163• Mobile phone drawing from 1974 - CC BY catmachine - http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmachine/3826156707

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