Introducing Mobile Learning

J Sainulabdeen, PhD

Overview of Mobile Learning

M-learning or mobile learning is defined as "learning across multiple contexts, through social and content interactions, using personal electronic devices.”

A form of distance education, m-learners use mobile device educational technology at their time convenience.

Smartphone Tablet ( extra features )

Video camera & Web browser Front and rear facing video cameras

GPS ( Global Positioning System ) Larger screen

3G+ Internet access Memory capability

Mobile operating ‘platform’ ( iOS, Android, Blackberry)

Faster processor enabling video playback

VoIP ( Voice over Internet Protocol )

Touchscreen with virtual keyboard

Mobile TV USB port

Facilities

[…] we cannot point to a single application that steps up to modern understandings of how people learn.

[…] The lack of collaboration capabilities underlie this point, as do the overwhelming number of application[s] that are simply drill and practice or focused on delivering content for consumption, not creation or re-use.

Language Learning Apps

Talk about … how you might use language-specific, consumption apps? how you might use generic, productive apps? whether you could implement a flipped approach with

apps?

Explore … whether the apps discussed are available in your store? what other similar apps are available in your store?

Share … your favourite language learning app at

http://goo.gl/bdLPX9

Reflect & Explore

Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Collins COBUILD E-DICT

Online Learner’s Dictionaries

Grammar Check Thesaurus

Other Facilities

QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional barcode) first designed for the automotive industry in Japan.

A barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached.

A QR code uses four standardized encoding modes (numeric, alphanumeric, byte / binary, and kanji) to efficiently store data; extensions may also be used.

QR code

QR Codes can increase the impact of mobile devices, to enhance flexibility of provision

and personalisation of learning

QR code Symbol

Talk about … how your language learners could use QR

codes? Explore … downloading a QR scanner. scanning these codes Share … how you could use QR codes at

http://goo.gl/XHeucf

Reflect & Explore

Augmented reality technology permits learning via remote collaboration, in which students and instructors not at the same physical location can share a common virtual learning environment populated by virtual objects and learning materials and interact with another within that setting.

Augmented Reality (AR)

App iWow : A mobile device based augmented reality enhanced world globe.

AR apps

LandForm+ is a geographic augmented reality system used for search and rescue, and emergency management.

AR apps

Talk about … how your students could use AR apps? how you could design AR experiences for your

students?Explore … downloading an AR browser from your app store

(e.g., Junaio, Layar, Wikitude, Woices). downloading an AR creation app

from your store (e.g., FreshAiR).Share … how you could use AR apps at http://goo.gl/PMcdbB

Reflect & Explore

Augmented reality is the blending of virtual reality and real life, as developers can create images within applications that blend in with contents in the real world. With AR, users are able to interact with virtual contents in the real world, and are able to distinguish between the two.

Virtual reality is all about the creation of a virtual world that users can interact with. This virtual world should be designed in such a way that users would find it difficult to tell the difference from what is real and what is not. Furthermore, VR is usually achieved by the wearing of a VR helmet or goggles similar to the Oculus Rift.

Augmented Reality VS Virtual Reality

AR with goggles

AR with goggles

AR with SP

A popular application is found in telepresence videoconferencing, the highest possible level of videotelephony. Telepresence via video deploys greater technical sophistication and improved fidelity of both sight and sound than in traditional videoconferencing.

Technical advancements in mobile collaboration have also extended the capabilities of videoconferencing beyond the boardroom for use with hand-held mobile devices, enabling collaboration independent of location.

Telepresense

Thank you.