1. Mobile Learning
What’s the need for change ?

2. There is a need to re-conceptualize learning
for the mobile age, to recognize the essential
role
of mobility and communication in the process
of learning, and also to indicate the
importance
of context in establishing meaning, and the
transformative effect of digital networks in
supporting virtual communities that
transcend barriers of age and culture.

3. STUDYING IS NO LONGER CONFINED INSIDE
THE FOUR WALLS OF THE CLASSROOM

4. MOTIVATE
ON THE MOVE
BENEFIT
INTERACTION
LIBERATE
ENGAGE
LIFELONG LARNING
ENHANCE
AUGMENTED REALITY
REAL-TIME COLLABORATION
NOMADIC CONNECTION
INTEGRATION
NEW LEARNING
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES

5. MOBILE DEVICES RAISE STUDENT MOTIVATION
IT IS MUCH EASIER TO COMBINE GAMING AND LEARNING FOR
A MORE EFFECTIVE AND ENTERTAINEMENT EXPERIENCE

6. LEARNING ON THE MOVE
MOBILE DEVICES MAY ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACCESS
INFORMATION FROM ANYWHERE,ANYTIME

7. BENEFITS
• ACCESSIBILITY:MOBILE LEARNING CONTENT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE
• CUSTOMIZED CONTENT:LEARNING CONTENT CAN BE
HIGHLY TAILORED TO STUDENT’S NEEDS
• VARIETY:TEACHERS CAN USE MOBILE LEARNING TO BREAK UP THEIR
LESSONS GIVING STUDENTS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DO

8. INTERACTION
MOBILE LEARNING FACILITATES DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

9. LIBERATE
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY BENEFITS STUDENTS
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR LEARNING
DISABILITIES

10. ENGAGE
• QUICK-FIRE KNOWLEDGE ENGAGES STUDENTS

11. Lifelong learning
Mobile devices support learning from any
location throughout a lifetime

12. Enhance
• Mobile devices:
• Enhance and enrich the teaching and learning
of many subjects
• Enhance collaborative learning
• Enhance indipendent learning

13. AUGMENTED REALITY
THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURROUNDING REAL
WORLD OF THE USER BECOMES INTERACTIVE AND
DIGITALLY MANIPULABLE

14. REAL TIME COLLABORATION
Sharing the same content with other students
leads instant feedback and tips

15. Nomadic connection
The nomadic learners access information
anywhere and at anytime.

16. Integrate
Mobile learning delivers closer integration of
language learning with everyday
communications needs and cultural
experiences

17. New learning
• Personalised
• Learner-centred
• Situated
• Collaborative
• Ubiquitous
• lifelong

18. Great opportunities for teachers
only if……….
teachers understand that formal learning can be
enriched by the informal one

19. What should teachers do ?
Begin your training as soon as possible, to be self-confident with tech
•Consider that digital natives take technology for granted, so tech is not motivating in itself
•Consider the objectives behind implementing mobile devices in your teaching
•Consider what skills you will improve and how
•Be careful about what type of learning you want to deliver
•Decide what activities are good for the classroom and what for home
•Use checked, free and filtered apps
•Be sure that students are already familiar with the use of mobile devices
•Provide devices for those who don't have tablets or smartphones or alternatively, organize small group activities
•Teach your students digital citizenship before using any digital tool with them
•Be sure the school has a clear policy

20. Let’s find our way through mobile learning,
considering it as an opportunity, choosing what we
consider right for our students among what it has
to offer.
Let’s get to know it to control it.
Let’s make an ally of it, not an enemy

21. By
ANNARITA BARBONE
EFL TEACHER