Predictions for mobile learning

1. Back to the Future
of Mobile Learning
Mike Sharples, Institute of Educational Technology

2. In 2002 I gave a presentation with the title:
“Personal Lifelong Learning Devices:
Where will we be in the next 15 years?”
How far have we come in the 15 years
since 2002, and how far could we still go?

3. PERSONAL LIFELONG
LEARNING DEVICES
Where will we be in the next fifteen years?
Mike Sharples
Kodak/Royal Academy of Engineering
Educational Technology Research Group
University of Birmingham
2002 presentation

4. Mobile technology predictions

5. 2000 2015
2002 Multimedia Communicator
•Colour multimedia
handheld computer
•Mobile phone
•MP3 player
•Fast internet connection
•Under £300 Pogo
2002 presentation

6. 2007 - First commercial phablet
HTC Advantage X7500
£225 to £400 with 3G contract
The pioneering Britishcompany PogoTechnology Ltd wentinto liquidation in 2003.It took four more yearsfor a multimedia phonetablet (phablet) to bemarketed

7. 2000 2015
2006 Mobile Videophone
2002 presentation

8. 2007 - Videophone
By Kalleboo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2975135
A mobile video call between Sweden and Singapore
made on a Sony-Ericsson K800 (2007)
The ‘videophone’ on theprevious slide was amockup concept fromNokia

9. Mobile learning predictions

10. 2000 2015
2003 Handheld Learning Device
Student learning
organiser
Students on MSc in
Human Centred
Systems, University of
Birmingham
2002 presentation

11. Mobile learning organiser
Our research in 2002-2004 with a prototype ‘Mobile
Learning Organiser’ showed that students wanted
anytime anywhere access to content, but preferred
standard office tools to specialist educational tools such
as a daily lecture and meeting calendar.
Corlett, D., Sharples, M., Chan, T., Bull, S. (2005) Evaluation of a Mobile
Learning Organiser for University Students, Journal of Computer Assisted
Learning, 21, pp. 162-170.

12. 2016 - Blackboard mobile

13. 2016 - Blackboard mobile

14. 2013 - FutureLearn
Learning platform for free online courses that runs on mobile devices
25% of FutureLearnlearners access courseson mobile devices

15. 2000 2015
2004 Collaborative M-Learning
Handheld devices
for collaborative
learning
2002 presentation

16. Collaborative m-learning
Where?
Orchestrating learners to collaborate with
mobile devices is a challenge for teachers.
Good pedagogy. Usable technology.
Poor integration into the classroom.

17. 2000 2015
2005 Location Aware Guide
2002 presentation

18. 2004 & 2014 - Location-aware guide
CAGE location-aware guide
MOBIlearn project, 2004
Ultrasonic beacons
Locatify Guide, 2014
Bluetooth beacons
Lonsdale, P., Baber, C., Sharples, M., Byrne, W., Arvanitis, T.N. & Beale, R. (2004) Context
Awareness for MOBIlearn: Creating an engaging learning experience in an art museum. In J.
Attewell and C. Savill-Smith (eds.) Mobile Learning Anytime Everywhere: A Book of Papers
from MLEARN 2004. London: Learning and Skills Development Agency, pp. 115-118.

19. 2000 2015
• Dinner party
• Look up “Delia’s illustrated cookery
course” on handheld
• Guide to choosing a dinner recipe
• Wine advisor
• Click to order over wireless link
• Food and wine delivered to home
2005 Personal Learning Assistant
2002 presentation

20. 2015 - Food and wine guide
Yummly - 2015 Wino the Wine Advisor
Google Play

21. 2000 2015
2008 Wearable Learning
2002 presentation

22. 2016 - Wearables for learning
Microbit programmable wearable
EdTech Magazine
October 17th
2016

23. 2000 2015
2009 Embedded Learning
Lab of Tomorrow
2002 presentation

24. 2000 2015
2010 Ambient Learning
•Ambient Wood (Equator project)
–A wood that teaches
•MetaPark (BT)
–A walk through a park in contact with
people in the virtual park
•AL project
–Learning embedded in everyday objects,
buildings, environments
2002 presentation

25. Ambient learning
People in real world conversing with people online
www.Georama.com
High definition mobile phone webcasts with live chat

26. 2000 2015
2015 Lifelong Learning Assistance
•Lifelong learning organiser
•Creativity tools
•Worldwide collaborative investigations
•Guides and mentors
•Contextual learning
2002 presentation

27. Lifelong mobile learning assistance
We still have a long way to go in
developing personal and mobile tools for
lifelong learning support

28. And some more predictions…
In 2005 we ran ‘Future Technology
Workshops’ with adults to predict the future
of mobile learning. Their two main
predictions were…

29. Mobile learning beyond 2016
The Whisperer
Context-related
information into
an earpiece
Gives information
about who you
are speaking to,
or the event you
are watching

30. Mobile learning beyond 2016
The Whisperer
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/meet-the-pilot-smart-
earpiece-language-translator-headphones-travel#/
Context-related
information into
an earpiece
Gives information
about who you
are speaking to,
or the event you
are watching

31. Mobile learning beyond 2016
X-ray tablet
Transparent
augmented reality
See into a
landscape or a
building
Understand its
structure or
function

32. Mobile learning beyond 2016
X-ray tablet
Transparent
augmented reality
See into a
landscape or a
building
Understand its
structure or
function
“the next-generation iPhone will be clear — as
in, completely transparent so that users can see
straight through it — so that Apple can use it to
power an augmented reality experience similar to the
one offered by Microsoft’s HoloLens”
http://bgr.com/2016/10/24/iphone-8-rumors-specs-design-
revealed-or-nope/

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