Designing mobile learning activities. #MobileMSU 2014
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Designing Effective Mobile
Learning Activities
Sandra Sawaya
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action plan
• introducing you to different strategies to
design effective mobile learning
activities
the mobile device is ________
the mobile device is a
communication* device
talking
texting
uploading
downloading
emailing
sharingsurfing
browsing
design considerations
1. promote enriching conversations
– collaborating with others
– constructing common knowledge
– carrying conversations across context
(Sharples, Taylor, & Vavoula, 2007)
design considerations
2. decide on using apps or built-in features
3. create micro-interactions
4. prepare flexible materials
5. develop a seamless flow of learning
6. facilitate learning
7. produse
(Herrington, Herrington, & Mantei, 2009; Naismith & Corlett, 2006)
Questions?
example: math learning activity
• While you’re at school, at home, at the
mall, and so on, look around you and
identify five different polygons you see.
Take a picture of these shapes and share
them with your group members to create a
presentation showing the different looks
the same polygons can have.
example: language arts
• Classroom vocabulary scavenger hunt
using Aurasma.
• Note cards with vocab words on them
placed on corresponding objects
throughout the room.
• Students scan the cards to reveal an audio
file of the correct pronunciation of the
words.
other examples
design challenges
• enriching learning conversations and
enhance learning experiences without
interference
• evaluating mobile learning activities
– using a fixed technology to achieve a fixed
learning goal in changing and varying
contexts
(Beale, 2007)
implementation considerations
implementation challenges