Mobile Learning: Education on Demand
M-Learning can free learners from the classroom and enable them to study wherever and whenever they choose. Organisations can adapt academic and administrative functions to suit the demands of their new audience: the mobile learner, already comfortable with smart phones, hand-held media devices and Personal Digital Assistants. However, what issues arise from such technologies? How suitable are they pedagogically and practically? This workshop explores the principles and practice of m-Learning. It is for anyone who is interested in using mobile devices in education, or whose organisations already are, or those who simply wish to know more about the emerging technologies.
Topics:
- Issues, uses and implications of m-Learning for learners, practitioners and institutions
- Overview of devices and technologies
- Examination of m-Learning case studies
- Mobile content and communication
- Current and future trends in mobile device usage
Who is it for?
This workshop is suitable for academics, administrators, businesses and anyone with an interest in learning using mobile technologies.
Participants should be familiar with the use of a computer keyboard and mouse, Microsoft Windows based products and the use of a web browser such as Internet Explorer.
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
- Considered the relationship between e-Learning and m-Learning
- Examined real-life and potential case studies of the use of m-Learning
- Looked at communications technologies such as messaging, news feeds, audio casts, voice and video
- Considered and discussed potential administrative and academic uses
- Learned about various technologies and devices, and how they are and can be used
- Explored the issues raised by the technology, its advantages and challenges
