Ideas in Mobile LearningBristol

March 2014

Overview

• an online curriculum• to promote the use of social media• in an educational context• on a European scale• as a social innovation

Background and partners

• Perceived gap in the use of social and mobile media in post compulsory (tertiary or Secondary II) education.

• This perception consolidated by small scale research.

• Six schools from six nations, with support organisations providing technical, educational and research support.

Connected Social Learning

• social media as a space…• a space as a learning environment…• a learning environment as a

collaborative activity…

A curriculum in progress

A curriculum in progress

A curriculum in progress

Responses topeer review

• driving for innovations– Does this provide better results?

• attitudes to using social media in education– Do learners accept their use for learning?

• following current trends from modern society– Can we not drive against what society ‘wants

us to do’?

• dialogue over doing– Why a wiki?

Conclusions

• Challenges and benefits – so far• Challenges and benefits – future?

• Predictions

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