Mobile Learning Workshop for HKUSPACE Feb 28

Mobile Learning Workshop
February 28, 2013. Admiralty

By Daniel Chun
Researcher in Mobile Learning
http://MobileLearner.com
By Daniel Chun, 28/2/2013

About me
• Thank you for inviting me and I know.
• I am popular
• Everybody talks about me
• They even invite me to show up at seminars
and events

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Daniel Chun
• B.Sc, M. InfoTech, MBA, PhD Student (Lancaster)
• Mobile Learning researcher
– Judge for UNESCO / Nokia Mobile Learning Ideas Project competition 2011
– Keynote speaker 2011 APAC M-Learn Conference (Bandung)
– Recipient of 2010 APACMLEARN Award (Kuala Lumpur)
– Speaker at HKWTIA 1st Mobile Learning Workshop
– Asia editor for IAMLEARN 2011, Published a few papers in Mobile Learning
• Work / Academic / Volunteer
– Blue Ocean Strategy Consultant Trainer / HKUST Business Case Writer
– Founder - a Cyberport Startup - ClassBooking.com | OpenClass.co.uk
– Executive Director Kids4Kids Limited (a registered HK charity)
– Vice President for The Entrepreneurs’ Network (www.ten.org.hk)
– Group Business Development Director – Taiwan Mobile 1995-2001
– Program Manager for CompuServe HK 1992
– Head programmer for Hutchison Mobile Data in 1990

• Tell me about you, introduce yourself !!
– Your name
– Which department
– What do you do
– What do you expect to take away from this
workshop ?


• What is your
perception of
Mobile Learning ?


My first mobile learning experience

Hardware Media and Software


My current learning tools


Did you know


Learning Flower

Michael Allen – Flower Model
http://themobilelearner.com/blog/?p=19

Definitions
• Mobile Learning was identified early on as an
extension to e-learning that can be realized by
the use of mobile computing devices (Quinn,
2000).
• Traxler (2009) simply refers mobile learning as
“mobile e-learning” and is not adjoining of the
two buzz words “mobile” and “learning”.


Definitions
• Mobile Learning means any sort of learning
that happens when the learner is not at a
fixed, predetermined location, or learning that
happens when the learner takes advantage of
the learning opportunities offered by mobile
technologies (O’Malley et al., 2003).


Definitions
• The field of studying mobile learning is still nascent and
will continue to develop itself into newer identity
(Traxler, 2009), which is similarly described as only an
evolutionary phase (Kukulska-Hulme, 2009). Traxler
(2009) further supported the notion that mobile
learning still has a blurred definition, one which may
differ across different geographies, culture and in
particular amongst the two distinct groups of
“developed” and “developing” countries.
• The concepts of mobile learning therefore can be
elucidated based on culture and affordances of mobile
technologies


http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/wp-
content/uploads/GSMA_Mobile_Economy_Infographic.pdf

Q. how does that affect me


• mEducation will hit main stream


Key Trends
• The abundance of resources and relationships
made easily accessible via the Internet is
increasingly challenging us to revisit our roles as
educators.
• Both formal and informal learning experiences
are becoming increasingly important as college
graduates continue to face a highly competitive
workforce
• Education paradigms are shifting to include
online learning, hybrid learning, and
collaborative models
http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project• Massively open online courses are proliferating
• Open is a key trend in future education and
publication, specifically in terms of open content,
open educational resources, massively open
online courses, and open access.

Let’s look at the functions

(Source: US NETP-2010 report, Page 58)


The MLEARN stakeholders

Higher
Payment Education Content
Gateway Institute Publisher
Marketplace

Internet & Mobile
Operator


• Educational Technology - Academia


Mobile Learning CoP


Mobile Learning – Theory and Practice
• First Professor in Mobile Learning
• First Mobile Learning Manager at British
Council (based in HK)


UNESCO
• A popular definition of mobile learning is education
that involves the use of mobile devices to enable
learning anytime and anywhere. While this definition
captures much of the essence of mobile learning, it
requires two important clarifications. Discussions
about mobile learning should:
– 1) focus more on mobility and its unique affordances than
on technology per se; and
– 2) include questions about how mobile devices can
support not only learning but also broad educational goals
such as effective education administration and information
management.


Turning on Mobile Learning in Asia

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002162/216283E.pdf


Transforming learning through
mEducation

http://www.g3ict.org/download/p/fileId_910/productId_224

• BREAK TIME (5 mins)


BACKGROUND OF STUDY
• A study was conducted in HK with IVE

• Online questionnaires
- 2010 June -2011 June
- over 1150 was sent out
Google forms with online questionnaire
designed with a total of 10 questions
- target: students studying in higher education
- Sample size = 204
- Response rate = around 17.7%

• Administered various semi-structured
interviews with students

DATA COLLECTION AND FINDINGS
•Separated into 2 parts
Part I – 7 questions
- Using Likert scales of response
- Explores the participants’ perceptions of
Mobile Learning towards their learning
environment and habits

Part II – 3 questions
- Probe the preferences towards the use of
Web 2.0 and Mobile technologies

Question 1
- only 1 person disagree
- 94% agree that Mobile Learning is an effective method.
Question 2
- only 2 person disagree
- 96% agree that Mobile Learning can facilitate building new courses and learning
objects
Question 3
- 28 persons (14%) disagree
- Over 80% agree that Web 2.0 is useful for learning
Question 4
- 17 persons (8%) disagree
- Over 78% agree that Mobile Learning and Web 2.0 can make all test and assessment
faster

Question 5
- 3 persons (1%) person disagree
- Over 76% agree that Mobile Learning and Web 2.0 can improve communication
Question 6
- 204 (everyone) agree
- 100% agree that Mobile Learning and Web 2.0 can make sharing-editing-
collecting data quicker
Question 7
- Nobody disagree
- Over 88% agree that Mobile Learning and Web 2.0 offers flexibility for learning
anytime anywhere


Question 8
- Some of the above Web 2.0 features and technologies were prescribed to the
respondents
- Youtube (reading and writing) and Forums (discussion) are mostly used by
students
- Skype (collaborating, whiteboard) and RSS Feeds (reading) are rarely used by
students


Question 9
- Not all students will pay or can afford mobile data plan
- Use alternative mode of access: Wifi
- Logically explained as HK students are given free student accounts to use one of
the HK Public Wifi network operator
- Campus-based, establishment-based, government Wifi hotspots are abundant in
a metropolitan city like Hong Kong.

Question 10
- A marginal majority and clearly replacing textbook in the traditional sense is not
immediate
- Over 58% agree to use mobile device like iPad for reading textbooks
- Christensen et al (2011) however had suggested the textbook publishing market
is in the danger of being replaced by newer software platform and user-generated
content
- The analogy is the camera and film industry
- The reading habits and use of text-book may not be displaced, but the form of
consumption could be
- Further work and on a monthly basis, the perception and adoption curve will
change due to price

LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE STUDIES
Limitations
• Limited to studying one higher education college
only
• Without knowing the detail demographics of the
participants

Future Studies
• Currently going through the data collection coding
phase of our constructivist approach of grounded
theory – to develop a theory based on the
experience of the students

CONCLUSIONS
• Conducted in Jun 2010, sampled 204 students
aged over 18 studying full time at a higher
education college.
• Reveals students strongly support the notion of
mobile learning and using collaborative web 2.0
technologies for their learning
• More students are ready to use mobile devices for
consuming reading of textbooks, and many of
which participate in various discussion forum,
blogging and video for learning purpose.


Common Traits of successful M-Learn
The mobile learning projects reviewed in this UNESCO paper share a number of strengths and
innovative features that may be replicable in other countries or settings. These include:
• 1. A well-planned project framework
• 2. Multisector partnerships
• 3. Local support to reinforce learning
• 4. Cultural sensitivity and context considerations
• 5. Rigorous curriculum mapping
• 6. Instructional design specific to mobile technology
• 7. Professional development opportunities
• 8. Built-in incentives for teachers
• 9. Voluntary knowledge-sharing and mentoring by project-trained educators
• 10.Blended approach to content delivery
• 11.Appropriate technology, rather than newest technology
• 12.Immediate feedback
• 13.Flexibility of downloading-on-demand
• 14.Technical support
• 15.Built-in monitoring and evaluation
• 16.Attention to project costs and sustainability
• 17. Advocacy and social mobilization

Source: UNESCO Mobile Learning for Asia

• Enablers – Government, Higher Educational
Institutions, Connectivity
• Barriers – Teachers and Parents mindset, lack
of teacher training and support
• Success Factors – High penetration of mobile
phones, infrastructure, teacher professional
development


A mobile culture / perceptions

Source: UNESCO Mobile Learning for Asia

Enabler – Cloud, SasS
• Amazon (EC2), Movie, Bookstore,
– Supported by Amazon Kindle
Devices

• Google
– Docs, Drive, Mail, Calendar, Scholar,
Plus, Hangout

• Apple iCloud
– iTuneU, Podcasts, Educational
games supported by Mac, iPod
touch, iPhone, iPads, ….. i?


Enabler - Connectivity
• Various technical standards for offering
wireless Internet
– Wi-Fi (Public wifi, Campus, coffee shop, Bus)
– Mobile Data - 2.75G, 3G, 3.75G, LTE


Enabler - Device


Local vs Cloud
Multi channel access

Content
Applications
Convenience
Always On


PDF as instructional
teaching materials
• Mobile version of PDF reader (free) have gone
a long way
– It now allows you to edit, underline, highlight
– It even allows you to save in Adobe’s own cloud
– Much better mobile learning experience
– Local copy, cloud stored copie(s), home PC / NB
copy


Bring Your Own Device
• Popular, high
adoption brings
issues
– Distractions
– Standards vs Open
• Alberta Canada’s
Education
Department has a
guidline for BYOD
http://education.alberta.ca/media/6749210/b
yod%20guide%20revised%202012-09-05.pdf

Distraction ?
• What do your students and
staff use their smartphone for
in class or at work ?
– Social Network
– Taking photos
– Researching
– Email is still #1
– Checking grades #2


EDUCAUSE
• http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/study-
mobile-learning-trends-us-naval-academy-
and-naval-postgraduate-school

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/50-
ideas-for-using-g-hangouts-in-learning-by-
category/

OUTSIDE A CLASSROOM
INSIDE A CLASSROOM = on the go
= stay still
BLENDED E-ELEARNING

TEACHER
DEVELOPMENT

ADMINISTRATION


50 Ideas For Using G+ Hangouts In
Learning By Category

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/50-ideas-for-using-g-hangouts-in-learning-by-
category/#sthash.qZaaYRe7.dpuf

Professional Development
• Teach and Share within HKUSPACE ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh
VFRLj_xns&feature=youtu.be

Check out the Education Website
– https://sites.google.com/site/eduonair/home


Game changers in educational
technology that steps into Mobile
Ecosystem
– Apple
– Dropbox
– Youtube
– Amazon
– Google
– Whatsapp
– Skype
– Facebook

• Cloud based
– Google Drive
– Google Docs
– Google Sites
– Google+
– Google Hangouts

• Use of back channels during lecture
– Twitter
– iClass from HKU (Cyberport Startup)

Trends
• Mobile Connectivity – faster, cheaper
• Bring your own device – will there be more choice /
• Cloud service – any more free
• Development of Mobile apps vs Web apps (which platform)

Just a couple of years ago

• HTC was considered a Smartphone success, then now
– Struggling to release new products.
• Nokia still have a shop in Russell Street, CWB
• Blackberry was a darling around the world
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 7” tablet was laughed at by Apple fanboys and then now
– Apple came out with a iPad Mini
• iPhone was the only cool smartphone and then Samssum


Think about sustainability


Research Stream
• Developing Country
– Indonesia, South Africa
– Using mobile to increase participation and
engagement using SMS
– One S.African professor says his accounting year 1
class has 12,000 enrolments and they mobile learning
is a big helper to cover so many students
• Developed Country
– HK, USA, Europe with high mobile penetration
• K-12, Enterprise, Higher Education


Questions to ask yourself ?
• Which area of the “education” should I apply
M-Learning ?
• What devices should I support ?
• How should I design M-learning content ?
• Does it really work ?
• Is it sustainable ? Adoption
• Which software / app / platform ?


Which area will you apply MLEARN


Case 1 : content and database

• http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/C
orrosion__There_s_an_App_for_That_.htm

Put your thinking hat please
• 10 minutes, please formed a small group of 3
persons (next to you)
• Quickly discuss amongst the 3 and come up
with your group’s choice
• And explain to everyone why you choose that
area to apply MLEARN


• Identify a need, a pain point for the students,
the administrator, the course developers
• Tell us which area of the framework will you
implement a Mobile Learning.
• And tell us the sampled


• Participants now present / discuss
– Your Mobile Learning project
– Others to take note
– Now vote


• Voting time

• Have you look at iClass from HKU / Cyberport
to be implemented ?


Now watch this video


Future of Mobile Learning
• The future of devices will look to even more
personal and more connected.


infographics
• http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/files
/2012/10/Best-iOS-Apps-for-Mobile-Learning-
800.jpg
• http://newsroom.t-
mobile.com/images/groups/GROUP-
J1LH17T6D9W5GA4W.jpg
• https://s3.amazonaws.com/infographics/Apps
-Education-800.png


Reference
• Chun, D & Siu, A. (2011). A study of the perceptions using Mobile Learning in
Higher Education in Hong Kong – the end of textbooks, the rise of collaborative
tools. 10th Annual International Conference of Mobile and Contextual Learning,
Beijing (2011), pp. 374-377
• Chun, D & Tsui, E (2010). A Reflection of the state of Mobile Learning in Asia and a
Conceptual Framework (IADIS Press) pp 371-375
• Kukulska-Hulme, A. (2009). Will mobile learning change language
learning? ReCALL, 21(2), 157-165.
• O’Malley, C., Vavoula, G., Glew, J., Taylor, J., Sharples, M. & Lefrere, P. (2003).
Guidelines for Learning/Teaching/Tutoring in a Mobile Environment. MOBIlearn
Project Report, D4.1
• Quinn, C. (2000). M-Learning: Mobile, wireless, in-your-pocket learning. LINE Zine.
Retrieved on July 29, 2012 at
http://www.linezine.com/2.1/features/cqmmwiyp.htm
• Traxler, J (2010) Current state of Mobile Learning. A book chapter for “Mobile
Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training AU Press. Pp 20-21


Other Online Resources
Other Resources
mLearnopedia
Mobile Browser ID
MobiForge
Tips for Mobile Web Development
W3C Mobile Web Training
Tools For Mobile Learning Development
IAMLEARN.org
MOOC http://ignatiawebs.blogspot.hk/

http://www.innovativelearning.com/mobile/mobile.html

http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project

Ways to contact me

Blog http://MobileLearner.com

M +85253428544
@djychun
gplus.to/djychun

Kids4Kids dc@kids4kids.org.hk
Art Group Limited dc@artgrouplimited.com


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