Mobile learning uses mobile technologies to enhance learning experiences anywhere and anytime. It is learner-centered and allows for personalized, gap-filling materials. Tools for mobile learning include the Chumby, iPhone, and Live Scribe pen, which enable access to information on the go through videos, guides, and sharing notes. The global landscape shows over 3 billion mobile phone users and companies/countries implementing mobile learning programs using devices, e-books, and streaming media. Implications include 24/7 learning environments, needs for digital skills, addressing collaboration on solitary devices, chunking information effectively, and engaging diverse global audiences.

1. R U Learning?Opener #9 : Real-Time Mobility and PortabilityAdapted from Chapter 10 : U-Learning? From The World is Open By Curtis J. Bonk

2. Explore with me…The idea of mobile learningThe tools for mobile learningThe mobile learnersThe global mobile learning landscapeThe implication and potential of mobile learning

4. “Education is the goal, learning is the means. A lot of learning can happen without teaching.”-Nicholas Negroponte,Chairman Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Media Lab

5. The Idea of Mobile LearningMobile Learning = Ubiquitous learning = Learning on the Go! = “…an exciting form of learning that uses mobile technologies to enhance the learning experience.”u-Learning : The use of technology (mobile techonologies, WiFi Internet access, mobile devices) to learn without reflecting on it.

6. The Idea of Mobile LearningCharacteristics of Mobile Learning (among others):Learner-centeredGap-filler materials (not necessarily formal learning materials)Greater learners’ autonomyYoung(er)Learning is personalized and customized

7. The Mobile Learning Tools

8. Some of the Tools for Mobile LearningChumby – Fun + mobile internet device; streams newsfeeds, weather reports, short language course iPhone – 3-in-1 mobile device : phone, media player and internet surfing device, represents a convergence of technologyLive Scribe – Digital Pen + Digital Notepad + Laptop/PC dock + Internet = Portable Thoughts!

9. Possible M-Learning ApplicationsChumbyWebcam feeds of lectures?

10. Informational videos?iPhoneQuick guides?

11. Dictionary?Live ScribeSharing of lecture notes?

12. Sharing of lecture audio?INTERNET AIDED LEARNINGON-THE-GO, JUST-IN-TIME LEARNINGPORTABLE THOUGHTS

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14. Meet the 21st Century Learner

15. The Mobile Learners21st Century Learners = Multitaskers PersonifiedAccess is KINGPerpetually onlineShared online social spaceI-want-it-NOW!

16. The Global Mobile Learning Landscape3.3 billion people have mobile phones, the number will potentially hit 4 billion by 2010

17. The Global Mobile Learning LandscapeIn IBM, employees download more than 4.5 million podcasts to keep up-to-date and get cutting edge knowledge.In Korea, more than 90% of households are already connected to cheap, broadband internetWe are increasingly relying on digital info, storage and access

18. The Global Mobile Learning LandscapeIn JapanCyber University of JapanFree courses offered via streaming videos, PowerPoint slides, text info, audio filesIn KoreaPortable Multimedia PlayersCan broadcast TV programmes from the Korean Educational Broadcasting System

19. The Global Mobile Learning LandscapeIn Latin AmericaPocket SchoolGrammar and spelling lessons stored in customised MP3 playersIn AfricaDigital Education Enhancement Project (DEEP)Illustrated e-books installed in handheld devices for rural primary teachers

20. The Implications of Mobile LearningThe creation of learning environments where learning is going on 24/7 for anybody seeking itGreater need for digital learning skills or competencySearching/Googling/Identifying authority

21. Networking/Facebooking/NingingParticipation vs Consumption Participation does not necessarily translates to consumption, vice versa (lurkers in the midst?)The Implications of Mobile Learning (for ID)Addressing collaborative learningMobile devices are mostly solitary devices – the connection (to the internet) makes it a gateway to collaborationHow to effectively chunk information?Bite-size info