This document discusses 10 questions about mobile learning. It notes that mobile learning is about augmenting learning and performance, not just delivering courses on phones. Some key advantages of mobile learning include just-in-time learning, learning anywhere, and the ability to capture and share information. Challenges include limited screens and input methods on phones. Mobile learning can be used to access content, capture information, compute responses, and communicate with others. Research shows mobile tools can support learning activities when integrated with learning management systems and social media. Popular mobile apps for learning include YouTube Edu, iTunes U, and tools for notetaking, assessment, and communication. Both students and instructors can be productive with mobile devices for tasks like direct instruction

1. Ten Questions about Mobile
Learning
http://tinyurl.com/sunymobile
David Wicks
Seattle Pacific University

2. Augmentation – Not Delivery
“So mLearning is not about
putting e-learning courses
on a phone; you should not
think about mLearning as
delivery of courses.
mLearning is about
augmenting our
learning—and our
performance. This includes
a role in formal learning
and, occasionally can be the
delivery mechanism for a
full learning solution, but the
real opportunity is
augmenting learning and
performance, not learning
delivery.” Kindle Location 590)
(Quinn, 2011,

3. Quinn's Four C's of Mobile
(2011)

4. 1.What is mobile learning?

5. Which of the following is NOT
considered mobile learning
technology?
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m

6. 2. What are the advantages?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane (Traxel, 2007)

7. 3. What are the challenges?

8. 4a. Where can (can’t) we make use
of mobile learning?

9. 4b. Where can we make use of
mobile learning?
accessing Capture of ability to Communicate
Content in the information Compute a with others
form of media response
• Just-in-time • Capture • Formative and • Share course
learning, evidence of summative information
• Learn while competency assessment • Collaborate on
waiting • QR codes • Note-taking projects
• Replay leading to more • Concept • Create
challenging content mapping portfolios
concepts • Movies of • Share
• Social reading student reflections
performance

10. 5. What does the pedagogy look
like?

11. 6. What does the research say?
Learning activities supported
through mobile tools (Laurillard,
2007)

12. 7. How is m-learning being
integrated into learning
management systems?

13. 8. How is it being integrated
with social media?

14. 9. What are the must-have
mobile learning apps?
accessing Capture of ability to Communicate
Content in the information Compute a with others
form of media response
• YouTube Edu • Google • Google Forms • Twitter
• iTunes U Goggles • Dragon • Texting
• AudioBoo • DoubleTake • Other speech- • Skype
• Kindle • iMovie to-text apps • WordPress
• GhostReader • Flickr • NoteTaker HD • Wiki
• Mindmapping
apps

15. 10. How can instructors and
students be productive with mobile
accessing
devices?
ability to
Capture of Communicate
Content in the information Compute a with others
form of media response
Instructors Instructors ask Instructors use Instructors learn
prepare direct students to share speech-to-text how to text, tweet,
instruction content video, audio, or and Google forms and blog
in formats that text tips on how for assessment.
can be consumed they are being
in chunks using productive with
mobile devices mobile apps
Students take Students capture Students use Students learn
advantage of JIT evidence of mindmapping or how to share
learning and competencies met notetaking documented
available time to software for learning through
learn. classroom notes. digital portfolio

16. Comments or Questions?
David Wicks
Director, Instructional Technology
Seattle Pacific University
dwicks@spu.edu
Twitter: dwicksspu
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