1. I was promised mLearning
(and flying cars)
Andrew Smyk
HighWeb Ed – Syracuse
June 25, 2012

2. Andrew Smyk
• program coordinator, interactive multimedia
• Sheridan College
• master of education
• user interface & user experience
• grew up in Clinton, NY
• live in Toronto, Canada
twitter: @andrewsmyk

3. Agenda
#hewebSYR #mlearning
I was promised mLearning
(and flying cars)

4. Agenda
#hewebSYR #mlearning
• background of mlearning and flying cars
I was promised mLearning
(and flying cars)

5. Agenda
#hewebSYR #mlearning
• background of mlearning and flying cars
• what is mobile learning (mlearning)?
I was promised mLearning
(and flying cars)

6. Agenda
#hewebSYR #mlearning
• background of mlearning and flying cars
• what is mobile learning (mlearning)?
• your LMS is not mlearning
I was promised mLearning
(and flying cars)

7. Agenda
#hewebSYR #mlearning
• background of mlearning and flying cars
• what is mobile learning (mlearning)?
• your LMS is not mlearning
• elements of mobile learning
I was promised mLearning
(and flying cars)

8. Agenda
#hewebSYR #mlearning
• background of mlearning and flying cars
• what is mobile learning (mlearning)?
• your LMS is not mlearning
• elements of mobile learning
• opportunities and challenges
I was promised mLearning
(and flying cars)

12. Calvin & Hobbes
30 December 1989

13. This is the only flying car my kids know.

14. But they know mobile.

17. Folding Chalk Board
+
Face Time

18. Black Box

19. your LMS is a
Black Box

20. build a
experience

21. build a
Clear Box
experience

22. What about my mobile LMS app?

24. But it’s a
BYOD world

25. 55%
can’t participate

26. Mobile has become the students first choice
for internet access- NMC Horizons Technologies Report 2011

27. Learning activities need to be accessed on a
variety of devices and platforms.

28. Don't convert,
Create! Developing a Progressive Mobile Strategy
- Dave Olsen @dmolsen

29. Create new experiences for learners.

30. Where is my context-aware mlearning,
leveraging geolocation, social media,
peer-to-peer personalization
and multisensory experiences?

31. There are great opportunities to engage
learners with mlearning.

32. We will need to change how and
what we teach.

33. Because we won’t know where, when
or how students will want to learn.

35. Social
Contextual
Spatial

36. Pivot, Snack, Bursts

37. Not tethered to the desktop.

38. How do I turn in my homework?

39. Questions:
andrew@andrewsmyk.com
twitter: @andrewsmyk
http://gplus.to/andrewsmyk
#hewebsyr #mlearning

40. Resources & Credits
• Calvin and Hobbes © Bill Watterson and Universal Press Syndicate
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang © MGM Pictures
• Linguaphone Coversational Course English Complete - http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/jheboom/000001.htm
• Liguaphone Gramaphone - http://designc20.com/linguaphone.html
• Molton AeroCar – courtesy of DLBerek http://www.flickr.com/photos/23269353@N00/6056950483
• Chalk Board – courtesy of Margolove http://www.flickr.com/photos/margolove/2309415588/
• Cellphones in a Pile - Courtesy Geitan Lee, flickr.com
• Blackboard Mobile Learning - http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Mobile/Products/Mobile-Learn.aspx
• mLearning Revolutionizing Education - http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/mlearning-revolutionizing-education.html
• NMC Horizons Technologies Report 2011 - http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project
• Kids on Couch - http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/mlearning-revolutionizing-education.html
• Trail of Devices – Lyza Danger - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyza/7382255242/
• Mobile Frameworks - https://mobilelearninginfokit.pbworks.com/w/page/41753215/Frameworks%20for%20mobile
%20learning
• Koole, M.L. (2009) 'A Model for Framing Mobile Learning', in Ally, M. (ed.), Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of
Education and Training, Edmonton, 2009, p.38)
• Park, Y. (2011) 'A Pedagogical Framework for Mobile Learning: Categorizing Educational Applications of Mobile
Technologies into Four Types' (The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 12(2), February
2011)