1. The New Smart Devices
for Learning
Steve Wheeler
University of Plymouth
2. The Future...?
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“One day every
town in America
will have a
telephone!”
~ U.S. Mayor, (c 1880)
www.abebooks.com
3. The Future...?
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• 1989: ‘The future is multi-media’
• 1999: ‘The future is the Web’
• 2009: ‘The future is smart mobile’
hof.povray.org
5. Multimedia
brought the world
into the
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classroom...
Smart
technologies will
take the
classroom into
the world.
www.canada.com
8. “Education must
begin with the
solution of the
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teacher-student
contradiction, by
reconciling the poles
of the contradiction
so that both are
simultaneously
teachers and
students.”
http://arts.anu.edu.au
~ Paulo Friere
9. “The present speed of
information based on
new technologies has
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undermined traditional
expert driven
processes of
knowledge
development and
dissemination.”
~ Dave Cormier
www.aaceconnect.org
10. Formal and Informal learning
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Formal Learning Informal Learning
11. Self organised learning
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Formal Learning Informal Learning
Self Organised Learning
In SOL students take
responsibility for their
own learning and put this
into successful action.
Source: http://www.equal-works.com
12. “We simply have
too much
information and we
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can’t make sense of
it all. It changes too
quickly”.
~ George Siemens
comets.iastate.edu
Source: www.connectivism.ca/
13. Personal Web Tools
Generating Content
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Sharing Content Organising Content
14. Personal Web Tools
Generating Content
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Communication
Sharing Content Organising Content
15. E-Learning 3.0
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1. Distributed (Cloud) Computing
2. Extended Smart Mobile Technology
3. Collaborative Intelligent Filtering
4. 3D Visualisation and Interaction
Source: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
16. “We need diversity of
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thought in the world to
face the new
challenges.”
~ Sir Tim Berners-Lee
www.topnews.in
17. Virtuality Continuum
Adapted from Nijholt & Traum (2005)
Continuous spectrum from the completely real
(Reality) to the completely virtual (Virtual Reality).
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Real Virtual
World World
Web meets World
18. Web meets World
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Camera
Mobile phone
G P S Mash-up
Haptic
Projector
Personalised
QR codes 3-D
Geotagging
Communication
Geomapping Navigation
Video Bar codes
Browser Ambient
19. Virtuality Continuum
Adapted from Nijholt & Traum (2005)
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Real Augmented Augmented Virtual
World Reality Virtuality World
Mixed Reality
20. Virtuality Continuum
Adapted from Nijholt & Traum (2005)
the virtual the real
augments augments
the real the virtual
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Real Augmented Augmented Virtual
World Reality Virtuality World
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images.businessweek.com
1: The phone app
2: The ‘wearable’
22. Augmented
reality is when
technology
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recognises what
you are doing
and then
enhances it.
AR apps add
information to
the world
around us.
Source: www.geeks.co.uk
23. Layar is a free
application on your
mobile phone which
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shows what is
around you by
displaying real time
digital information
on top of reality
through the camera
of your mobile
phone.
www.winandmac.com
24. As you move
your mobile
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phone camera,
so the overlays
change to
represent
information
relevant to the
scene before
you.
truliablog.com
25. Find the nearest tube station...
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www.guardian.co.uk
26. Find the nearest Tube Station...
Augmented
Virtuality is when
you interact with
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your computer
using objects in
the physical
world.
Natural Born
Cyborgs?
www.guardian.co.uk paradox2101.fw.hu
27. Coloured caps
Camera
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Projector
Coloured caps
Mirror
Phone
blogs.fayobserver.com
MIT’s “6th Sense” Wearable...
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ambient.media.mit.edu
...enables you to take
pictures using the framing
gesture
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ambient.media.mit.edu
...enables you to take
pictures using the framing
gesture and manipulate
documents with natural
gestures...
chi2009.org
30. ...will project onto any surface...
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www.labnol.org
33. Virtuality Continuum
Where they fit in to the continuum...
Layar, 6th Sense
Pathfinder
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Real Augmented Augmented Virtual
World Reality Virtuality World
34. Some possible smart tech uses
• Informal, self organised learning
• Problem based learning
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• Group based activities
• Outdoor learning
• Independent study
• Distance learning
• Blended learning
pointlessbanter.net
35. Some issues with Smart Devices
• Personalised learning?
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• Connectivity
• Choosing a device
• Learning how to use it
• Learning what it can be used for
• Bandwidth availability
scavenging.files.wordpress.com
36. Thank you
Steve Wheeler
Faculty of Education
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University of Plymouth
W: www2.plymouth.ac.uk/distancelearning
E: swheeler@plymouth.ac.uk
B: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
