One of the hardest things to find are real-life examples of different kinds of eLearning solutions. On May 21, Learn Trends will be hosting a free online
event where the people who have developed interesting eLearning solutions will
demonstrate and briefly discuss what they’ve done.Moderators:
Judy Brown – Mobile Learning Solutions
Bob Mosher – Performance Support Tools
Karl Kapp – Games and Simulations
Tony Karrer – Self-Paced eLearning SolutionsDemonstrations will showcase a variety of different kinds of eLearning. We hope they will vary from practical solutions to common problems to leading edge solutions.
Mobile Learning
Everyone should begin to think about mobile learning, not as a replacement, but as an extra choice for the learner.
Many people seem to think that mobile learning is elearning lite, but it is much more than that and there is some much more that can be done with it. This will be our primary device for connectivity in the years to come.
Ideas:
- field guide
- alerts
- geo-blogging
- survey
- audio recordings
- on-demand access
- reporting
- reference
- simulation
- conferencing
- job aid
- check list
- decision support
- polls
- assignments
- presentations
- quiz
- just-in-time
- feedback
- note taking
- test
- reminders
- updates
- game-based learning
- augment reality
- transcription
- geo-exploration
- procedures
- coaching/mentoring
- translation
- capture/share/document
Podcasting
Try a two-person/interview-style podcast. You can even use a computer generated voice (text to speak technology) to ask you the questions you want to answer yourself within the interview.
http://mlearnopedia.com & http://cc.mlearnopedia.com
Opportunities
-good for downtime/deadtime we all have as we travel
-don’t always have to be made by a real person
-auto generate podcasts with each new story or posting (use latest versions of text to speech TTS)
More info/discussion forum: http://learntrends.ning.com/forum/topics/innovative-approaches-to?xgs=1 or contact vonkosch@comcast.net
Abilene Christian University – George Saltsman & Bill Rankin
appx. 5000 students (total)
Gave all first year students iPod phones or touches (their choice).
Reasoning – everything is moving mobile very quickly and student value mobility. Looking for something that they could do a variety of things with, need low power resources, and could be used easily during personal downtime.
Started by creating a video and a day in the life. How would everything look differently if every student had an iPod. (VIDEO www.acu.edu/connected)
Portal m.acu.edu (doesn’t work as well on Internet explore, but well on Safari & Macs)
Has news, events, campus maps (buildings & maps) {built whole campus in Google 3d}, guide about campus, then my mobile – classes, campus balances -meals, books, etc, files can be sent to students or classes, grades, polling of students)
Also have a live word cloud tool (using the polling) – from the web. Attendance.
Goals:
- Increase student learning
- Increase student engagement
- Increase university awarement
- Advance undergraduate enrollment (and faculty)
- foster a culture of innovation on campus
2/3rds selected phones 1/3rd selected touch (usually because too difficult to switch out of current contracts)
Positives students believe
- increase in their grade, attention, involvement, interest
- increased active learning, contact with professor and teacher, overall class experience
Faculty feedback
- success
- communication
- easy
- regularly
is generally happy of performance (not yet perfected).
Not based on a particular device, but more so what they are offering on the device. Brings the info to them instead of having to find it. Situational learning.
What does it require?
- space for lots of data
- redesign campus facilities for mobility & collaboration
- infrastructure for synchronous and asynchronous access by all
- infrastructure for creation and participation by all
- etc.
saltsman@acu.edu and rankinw@acu.edu