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University Student Experiences Of Mobile Learning: One Year Beyond Commencement, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
University Student Experiences Of Mobile Learning: One Year Beyond Commencement, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
Ron Kordyban
Mobile learning was an embedded component in the pedagogical design of an innovative undergraduate course, Digital Media and Society. This paper reports the experiences and perceptions of 189 students over three semesters in 2010 and 2011. Students were given the option of using their own devices or a university loaned iPad. The iPads were loaded with an electronic textbook and a mobile application of the learning management system. Feedback from students on mobility and the electronic text was positive and optimistic overall. However, the majority of these students were not convinced that the trial made a difference to their learning.
Bond Padagogy Project, Jeffrey Brand, Shelley Kinash, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
Bond Padagogy Project, Jeffrey Brand, Shelley Kinash, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
Ron Kordyban
Extract:Background and Literature:There are two components of the coupled term, mobile learning. Mobility refers to the untethered nature of the student experience. Devices such as smart phones, tablets, net-books, and iPads make learning materials light-weight and portable. Mobility also means that students can access the internet anywhere, anytime, provided that they also have access to a wireless or 3G network. "Mobile devices open up new opportunities for independent investigations, practical fieldwork, professional updating and on-the-spot access to knowledge" *Kukulska-Hulme & Traxler, (2005), p.26+. Mobile access to the internet affords the opportunity for the constructivist educator to engage students in hands-on …
What Mobile Learning Looks Like, Shelley Kinash, Ron Kordyban, Lauren Hives
What Mobile Learning Looks Like, Shelley Kinash, Ron Kordyban, Lauren Hives
Ron Kordyban
Extract:For mobile learning, the future is now. The capacity of mobile devices has unleashed the creativity of educators and untethered learning from the traditional use of lecture theatres and classrooms. Many teachers are excited about the idea of mobile learning, but do not know what it means, or what teachers and students do when they are engaged in mobile learning. This article paints true-life pictures of mobile learning as a muse to further inspiration and aspiration.
Breaking The Log-Jam: Teaching The Teachers About Technology, Shelley Kinash, Ron Kordyban
Breaking The Log-Jam: Teaching The Teachers About Technology, Shelley Kinash, Ron Kordyban
Ron Kordyban
Extract:Like logs in a metaphoric lumber mill, educational technologies are streaming in faster than they can be gathered and processed. There are wikis, blogs, podcasts, social networks and a host of applications to complement the already robust world of mobile learning. Where things tend to get jammed-up is at the point of training. Someone needs to show teachers how and when to use these new e-learning tools. More and more schools and universities are hiring dedicated educators to provide professional development in the pedagogical use of educational technologies.
Uncoupling Mobility And Learning: When One Does Not Guarantee The Other, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
Uncoupling Mobility And Learning: When One Does Not Guarantee The Other, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
Ron Kordyban
Mobile learning was an embedded component of the pedagogical design of an undergraduate course, Digital media and society. In the final semester of 2010 and the first semester of 2011, 135 students participated in an empirical study inquiring into their perceptual experience of mobile learning. To control for access to technology, an optional iPad student loan scheme was used. The iPads were loaded with an electronic textbook and a mobile application of the learning moderation system. Eighty students participated in ten-person focus groups. Feedback on mobility and the electronic text was positive and optimistic. However, the majority of students were …
Iwant Does Not Equal Iwill: Correlates Of Mobile Learning With Ipads, E-Textbooks, Blackboard Mobile Learn And A Blended Learning Experience, Jeffrey Brand, Shelley Kinash, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
Iwant Does Not Equal Iwill: Correlates Of Mobile Learning With Ipads, E-Textbooks, Blackboard Mobile Learn And A Blended Learning Experience, Jeffrey Brand, Shelley Kinash, Trishita Mathew, Ron Kordyban
Ron Kordyban
This research tested the efficacy of a blended learning iteration with iPad tablet computers, an e-textbook and Blackboard's Mobile Learn application connected with a learning management system (LMS). Mobile learning was embedded into the pedagogical design of an undergraduate subject run in two semesters with 135 students. Using design-based research (DBR), an empirical investigation examined four variables including: iPad use; mobile technology use; attitude, including the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) scale; and academic performance. Quantitative analysis with PASW Statistics included descriptive, scaling, correlations, partial correlations and ANCOVAs. Results suggested that students were positive about mobile …