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Benefits and Hazards: 

Benefits and Hazards of teaching with mobile devices Geoff Stead Lilian Soon Please read the speaker notes for each slide

Learning on the move?Mobile resources?1 to 1 access to computers?Communication?Enriched learning!: 

Learning on the move? Mobile resources? 1 to 1 access to computers? Communication? Enriched learning! What is m-learning?

Where is it being used?: 

Where is it being used? Museums Hospitals and medical schools Colleges and commed centres Business Schools

A sense of scale:: 

A sense of scale: Schools in Wolverhampton and Dudley: are aiming to provide every student with a PDA. They have already bought and trialled thousands Tribal CTAD: Over 750 PDA devices bought, set up and distributed 150 000 SMS Quizzes printed for 40 quizzes 15 current sites trialling the new authoring tools Over 100 mediaBoards up and running Learndirect Scotland: 60 students aged 6 – 85 years!

The technology...: 

SMS MMS GPS Audio Smart phones PDAs Java games Playstation® The technology...

Examples: SMS Quizzes: 

Examples: SMS Quizzes Link: to more info

Examples: phone quizzes: 

Examples: phone quizzes

Examples: BSM® theory test: 

Examples: BSM® theory test This game is a quiz containing the real, exact, complete set of theory questions in the driving theory test. The real test contains 35 questions from a bank of 900. Our games split these into 9 different sets of 100 (space restrictions). If you send us a premium rate SMS costing £1.50, we will send you 100 questions. Try a free taster by texting “BSM free” to 80806 Try the real one by texting “BSM more” to 80806 (Launched Feb 2006)

Examples: on a PDA: 

Examples: on a PDA Link: for live samples

Examples: mediaBoard: 

Examples: mediaBoard Multi-dimensional “map”: geographical, virtual Students build with photos, text, audio onto a pre-identified virtual location Extends to more abstract or imaginative concepts too A mobile blog for teams!! Link: to more info

87 million: 

87 million Dec 1992 95% Click on each figure for more information: The first text message was sent in Dec 1992 and SMS was launched commercially for the first time in 1995 95% of 16-24 year olds use text messaging regularly, each sending an average of 100 texts per month. UK mobile phone owners now send 87 million text messages on a typical day across the four UK GSM network operators. MDA website link

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Sample questions sent to students using bulk SMS site: If you notice a bruise on a child, you would (a) speak to the parents (b) tell your manager. *** Reply with a or b. List 3 signs of neglect. What 2 steps could you take to ease a new child into your setting? List two effects of separation on a child from its parent/carer. List 3 different types of personal relationships that people have during the different stages of development. List 3 different types of child observations.

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Impact Increased communication between tutors and students Increased participation in class Increased interest in subject Grades beyond expectations Copyright Getty Images

PDA Flash® materials: 

PDA Flash® materials Link to sample materials

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Holding it in their hands Drag and drop Ease of use, intuitive Going at their own pace with feedback Quizzes/tests Individual attention from tutor Personal engagement Game-like nature Audio and interactivity What learners like best Images: © 2005, HEFCE

Other PDA materials: 

Other PDA materials Quizzler Self-marking Excel® Flash® materials devised for Dewsbury College Re-edited NLN -content courtesy of Adveb

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Offline web pages BBC mobile Other PDA materials

Slide18: 

http://www.i-cue.co.uk Guardian article BBC Bitesize Other mobile phone materials

Benefits: where it works best: 

Individual, personal, private Collaborative, creative Mix of learning styles Motivational Bridge into IT Blended with paper-based materials, with other ICTs, with everything else you normally do Benefits: where it works best

Benefit or Hazard?: 

Safe vs disruptive learning: Safe = extending current practice Disruptive = empowerment and constructivism Benefit or Hazard?

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New language? Orange poetry competition 2&4 2 see & 4 see, 2 tell & 4 tell, 2 taste & 4 taste, 2 get & 4 get, 2 give & 4 give.. Phone ban Accessibility Technical support Benefit or Hazard?

Please note: 

Please note You can read about and view our work in Innovative Practice with e-Learning, the JISC guide to mobile and wireless technologies www.jisc.ac.uk/eli_casestudies.html or email info@jisc.ac.uk for a copy

The end: 

The end Please join us in the discussion forum. We will both be there on the 30th March, eager to share information and hear about new ideas