1. Mobile Learning Scenarios
from a UCD Perspective
State of the art Objectives Methodology
Reviewing the literature To define m-learning Personas
reveals a notable lack of application scenarios, in order Focus Groups
research that examines the to design mobile learning Contextual inquiry in
use of m-learning in applications useful and commuting situations
education that is exclusively friendly, based on the
done on-line and its use by requirements of potential
students while commuting. users.
Eva and Pablo running a contextual inquiry in a commuting situation
From Virtual Learning Environments to Mobile Learning Environments
in a MOBILE SOCIETY
scenario 1:
Xavi Works in accounting
20-min short trip
35 years old Studies Business Administration and Management
Single Motivation: Enhance his career prospects
Great! When I’m on
I’m not sure what I
the metro, I’ll
¡$%x&#x@! have to do. I’ll send an
I sent in the start looking for
email to the lecturer
activity yesterday. the newspaper
to ask him!
One more done! article!
Let’s see when is the
next one due!
He catches the metro every morning to At lunchtime, now at work, the lecturer Journey home: Xavi searches for the After dinner, he starts to read the newspaper
At home: Today is the last day to submit the Once on the train, he enters the virtual
work. While he is waiting for the train... has already answered his email... article and uploads it to his work group... articles uploaded by the other students in the
assignment... classroom. The lecturer has sent a task...
work group and to do the assignment.
scenario 2:
Imma Lawyer
45-min long trip
28 years old Studies Humanities
Lives with her partner Motivation: Hobby
I think the
I feel tired today. answer must
I’ll just connect be B
to the Internet
for a while
She uses her journey to work to read the On her way home, Imma connects to the Imma also uses Google Scholar to As she has not arrived home yet, she starts Before dinner, she starts to do the
She is about to start a new course and she is Internet and consults the virtual classroom assignment that she has read about and
material, underline and make notes on her search for complementary reading to do one of the activities in the
downloading all the material to her e-book... forum... made notes on during the journey.
e-book reader.... material, downloading it to her e-book... self-assessment test...
MOBILE-LEARNING PROJETS IN PROGRESS
prebaque, egilrod, imanresa@uoc.edu | http://pretoria.uoc.es/wpmu/ambitp
Pablo Rebaque-Rivas, Eva Patricia Gil-Rodríguez, Irene Manresa-Mallol
Campus mobile Campus e-book Campus Ipad Learning Materials in different formats