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Zoraini Wati AbasInstitute of Quality, Research &

Innovation/Faculty of Education and Languages

Open University MalaysiaKuala Lumpur

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Source: Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, 2009http://www.skmm.gov.my/facts_figures/stats/index.asp

Mobile Scenario in Malaysia


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The driving forces in today’s world of mobile learning


Generation Y Learners

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Current Technology-based Scenario

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New e-Learning OERs Web 2.0 Social networking

Portability/Mobility Smaller devices Increasingly

affordable Broadband Wireless


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The architects of education 2.0 predict that traditional universities

that cling to the string-quartet model will find themselves on the wrong side of history, alongside newspaper chains and record

stores.

"If universities can't find the will to innovate and adapt to changes in

the world around them, universities will be irrelevant by 2020.”

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After a decade of mad human scrambling to attempt to understand

e-learning and blended learning, we now are confronted with mobile or m-

learning, and ubiquitous or u-learning.

Curtis Bonk (2009)

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Different kind of universities


Peer2Peer University http://www.p2pu.org/$70,000 seed grant from the Hewlett Foundation to launch its first 10 pilot courses. Opened for enrolment on 9-09-09

http://www.uopeople.org/

“The University of the People is an idea whose time has come".Dr. Russell S. Winer

Computer and Business Programs


Transform Learning from Push to Pull


Adapted from:Morrison(2003). E-Learning strategies: How to get implementation and delivery right the first time. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley


Put learning into the hands of learners

Change the way we assess learning




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Mobile learning works best when we . . .


Push-Pull Model of Blended Learning

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Learners


Institution

The advantages and benefits?If you have a team filled with the younger generation (Gen Y), m-learning is likely to be welcomed with open arms . . . . we are used to getting information via cell phones and iPods, and are accustomed to accessing what we need when we need it. With its real time format and flexibility, m-learning is just too good to be true for us!

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Mobile learning at OUM


Milestones


Analysis of Learner Readiness for Mobile Learning at OUM


Gender


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Do you have a mobile phone?


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Can you imagine yourself as the learner in the above scenario?


Are OUM learners ready for mobile learning?

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N = 2,837 (end 2008)

“Can you imagine yourself as the learner in the above scenario?”


I would like to receive the following forms of learning content through my mobile device:


What type of courses would you like to receive through m-learning?


OUM mobile learninghttp://mlearn.oum.edu.my/index_m.htm


Mobile Learning Content Creation Worskhop (SMS content) 25 April 2009


Mobile learning – OUMH1103 (sms & podcasts) Forum, content, Tips,

Motivation, Course Management via SMS

SMSes received by OUMH1103 1863 learners & 74 tutors

SMSes planned for the May semester in advance were sent to tutors


Mobile learning – OUMH1103 (sms & podcasts) 2-3 SMS per week Sent around 8pm on week

days Learners reminded (through

tutors, & facebook) to update their mobile Update their user profile in

myLMS Call IQRI Email [email protected] Pass mobile number to tutors


Latest Info Mobile learning –

OUMH1103 (sms & podcasts) Podcasts avaliable at

http://mlearn.oum.edu.my Facebook community

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Kuala-Lumpur-Malaysia/OUM-Mobile-Learning

http://twitter.com/oumh1103 for “archive” of SMS


Categories of SMS and Examples


Total = 31 SMS

Formative Evaluation (mid May 2009 semester)

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51 learners 12 tutors 6 learning centres

Generally receptive Feelings about SMS Actions upon

receiving SMS Timing and frequency Usefulness of the SMS

Abas, Lim & Woo (2009). Mobile learning initiative through SMS: A formative evaluation, ASEAN J. Open Distance Learning, 1(1)


Formative Evaluation (mid May 2009 semester)

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Source: Abas, Z.W., Lim, T. & Woo. T.K. (2009). Mobile learning initiative through SMS: A formative evaluation, ASEAN J. Open Distance Learning, 1(1), 49-58.


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Summative Evaluation - 712 learners(end May 2009 semester)


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From a student’s email . . .


You guys made a great difference by alerting we distance learners

with questions & statements, keeping up all along the ODL

module & tutorials, encouraging our learning. Our “lecturer,” helped and

encouraged us to respond to the messages you guys posted, by

creating a specific section in the forum for discussions of SMS’s.

I strongly believe that this mode of on the move, two-way

communicative learning methodology will be very beneficial and help to complement, the self-learning, the face to face tutorial

and on-line learning.

Email received on 3 Aug 2009

Mobile learning at OUM is like having a/an:

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alarm clock that tells the learner when to studycoach who tells the learner what to study, motivate, engage and keep the learner on trackpersonal assistant to remind the learner of important dates and things to do

Tutor in the pocket



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Mobile Learning at

OUM 13Aug2009ICI9-Zoraini Wati Abas

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