Mlearning, the world wide web and assessment
Alex Hayes
Centre for Learning Innovation, DET NSW
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Session overview
• About CLI
• Demonstration using a mobile device to record an assessment
• The challenge
• The jigsaw and the jargon – blogs, moblogs, Del.icio.us, Technorati
• The story so far
• Current and future projects
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Opening comments - About CLI
• CLI is the primary developer of teaching and learning resources for the
NSW Department of Education and Training:
• 2 200 schools – 760 000 students
• 130 vocational colleges (TAFE) – 460 000 students
• CLI develops and distributes:
• Learning resources (eg print, CD, DVD, video, websites, LMS)
• CLI provides advice and expertise in:
• Technology standards (eg interoperability, metadata)
• Connected Learning (eg tools and technologies; snapshots of
practice)
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CLI functional areas
Learning Design• Pedagogy• Education and industry expertise
Teaching and Learning Innovation
• Teaching and Learning Exchange (TaLe)
• Standards
• Repositories
• Connected Learning
Multimedia Infrastructure
• Copyright
• Contract management
• Project management
Multimedia production • Graphic and multimedia design
• Audio / video production
• Publishing systems
CLI
Policy and strategic advice Partnerships and commercial sales
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An idea ….?
Painting and DecoratingBCGPD3001B Prepare surfaces for painting
1. Student’s or employer’s mobile device
records assessment event
2. Transmits to website
3. Photo / video / audio appears on website (moblog)
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Online assessment idea……….convergence
4. New post automatically sends SMS to assessor’s phone.
5. Assessor views new post, adds comments and then
copies work sample to separate website (eg. Blogger)
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The challenge …
CLI Photodisk image
…and the solution?
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The challenge
TAFE NSW student images used with permission
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1880
1947
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1986-96
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2006The story so far First mobile phone Motorola’s DynaTAC 1973
First mobile network (analogue) 1979
First GSM (digital) network 1991
First SMS 1992 (1995 & 1998)
First ringtone (Finland) 1997
WAP 1.0 specification 1998
i-mode launched 1999
Video (3G) 1999
Global roaming 2000
Commercial 3G 2001
*Thanks to Sony Ericsson for phone images and HWW for the slide
2m Blackberries 15m mp3
players
1,600m mobiles
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Protopage
Technorati
The jigsaw – Web tools …. ?
Del.icio.us
blogs
moblogs
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Jargon buster
Blogs (or “web logs”)
• websites where new content is added sequentially.
• next generation in chat rooms, discussion boards and email distribution lists.
Many of these websites are hosted by agencies who provide free, but often limited storage space for users. Their return comes from selling increased storage and advertising on the site.
Most people use them as a form of electronic diary, recording their thoughts, ideas and journeys.
Mobile blogs (moblogs)
• similar but focus on pictures rather than text. They also link to mobile devices.
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Acronym buster
RSS – really simple syndication or rich site summary
A programmed electronic process which automatically sends information from one source (eg a website) to another (eg a digital phone or email account). Most commonly used to send information or summaries of new content on a website (eg newspaper headlines, sports results, tenders).
SMS – short message service
A service which enables you to transmit text from one digital device to another. Often referred to as texting.
MMS – multimedia messaging service
As above, but also enables the transmission of digital audio, picture and video files.
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So what do you get?• A ‘free’ platform for sending photos, audio files and video to a
website• Free platforms for managing multiple websites• Automatic updates on new entries via SMS and RSS
And the downside?
• Privacy and confidentiality concerns• Child protection• Copyright• Digital rights management – ownership and use of material• IT infrastructure – support, fire walls, return on investment• Call costs
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Mobile learning: the story so far ….• Content downloaded on to mobile devices for use in the fieldFor example: maps, product information, spreadsheets, quizzes, checklists,
standard operating procedures
• Transmission of data (sales, customer record updates, quotes, checklists) back to base
• Links to the internet for up to date informationFor example: local services, phone numbers, news, product sheets, diagrams
• Email and calendar
• Phones converged with websites (blogs or mobile blogs)
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Possible next steps …
• Training videos on demand transmitted to your device
• Problem solving through group interaction via mobile devices
• Short interactive tests sent (or pre-programmed) to the device, completed and submitted electronically to the training centre
• OH&S guides electronically embedded in the workplace and automatically sent to mobile devices when activated (RFIDs)
• Game-based simulations and scenarios played out on mobile devices
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Some ideas for engaging learners via mlearning…….
Internet site
Photos sent to website from mobile phones
All photos appear on blogsite – open for online comment and discussions
Experts assist in identification. Also send SMS with details back to original sender
MLearning - Pest Identification
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Science Excursions – Possible documentation technique
Step 1 - Photos taken on site
Step 2 - Photo sent to moblog site
Step 3 – Digital data ( images ) processed at school site
Step 4 – Students / Educators compose a digital story detailing the learning experience
Step 5 – Digital story processed and made avialable for distribution in CD format, burned to CD
extension …
GPS tagged photos added to database for further explorations.
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Workplace Assessment – Possible Documentation Technique
Step 1 - OH&S risks identified and sent to moblog for discussion and rating
Step 2 – Digital data repackaged into Top 10 risks and sent back to mobile devices
Step 3 - Workplace tasks recorded and sent to moblog for assessment
Step 4 – Further ‘byte’ sized activities sent to the phones
extension…
Site inductions using RFIDs
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Research & Development – Factors & Considerations
1. Mobile learning literature review (eg. using a del.icio.us tagging site)
2. Hardware and software comparisons (phones, PDAs, Mp3 players)
3. Gaming simulations using mobile devices
4. Pedagogy studies (behaviourist, constructivist, collaborative, connectivist learning)
5. Learning design (graphics, accessibility, technical standards, interoperability of learning objects)
6. Developing Communities of Practice (ie. Flexible Learning Framework, TALO, MobiLearn)
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Key questions to consider
• Does this new technology add value to the learning experience?
• Is the pedagogy sound?
• How much additional training or guidance is required?
• Is there are a clear cost benefit to the organisation?
• How sustainable is the whole process? Who pays?
• Why are we devoting time and resources to it? ie just because we can or because there is real value in embracing the new technology?
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Getting the right mix ….hypothesis ?
• A mobile device, with network connections and multimedia capabilities, will soon become an integral part of most people’s daily working and social lives.
• These devices offer exciting, challenging and rewarding experiences for people as they learn and develop within an organisation. The devices do not necessarily replace other learning and development experiences.
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Prove It! An online tool to recognise prior learning
www.cli.nsw.edu.au/proveit
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Our ideal world of education and training in a mobile world ?
Learner uses RPL tool to identify gaps in skills or
evidence of those skills
Learner creates digital portfolio
of evidence
Trainer assesses existing skills and then sets various tasks to
meet gaps
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Learner uses a variety of media to complete
and submit tasks
Learner may engage in face to face
workshops
Learner is assessed and given appropriate
certification
The cycle of continuous learning
continues
See
Try
Apply
Models …?
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Where in the world are we
at with mobile learning ?
http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.php?start=http://www.alexanderhayes.com/
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