Comments on: Mobile Learning – An Alternative Worth Considering http://www.rifcomobile.com/articles/mobile-learning-an-alternative-worth-considering Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Leonard Low http://www.rifcomobile.com/articles/mobile-learning-an-alternative-worth-considering/comment-page-1#comment-232 Leonard Low Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:30:42 +0000 http://www.rifcomobile.com/articles/mobile-learning-an-alternative-worth-considering#comment-232 Yes - mobile learning has plenty of potential as a means of providing engaging and effective learning experiences. But don't just confine your thinking about mobile learning to the paradigm of information delivery! Getting text on a screen is only a tiny fraction of the possible approaches. Some of the most powerful mobile learning strategies involve getting students to use the inherent creative potential of mobile devices (for example, the still/video camera capabilities in many mobile phones) to enable learners to become creators, rather than consumers, of knowledge. Other powerful m-learning strategies capitalise on a key strength of mobile devices - their portability - to contextualise learning so that is relevant to a learner's physical location or proximity to a particular object. Text on a screen is just the (rather shabby) tip of the (rather grand) iceberg. :) For more information on mobile learning, visit my blog at http://mlearning.edublogs.org. :) Yes – mobile learning has plenty of potential as a means of providing engaging and effective learning experiences. But don’t just confine your thinking about mobile learning to the paradigm of information delivery! Getting text on a screen is only a tiny fraction of the possible approaches.

Some of the most powerful mobile learning strategies involve getting students to use the inherent creative potential of mobile devices (for example, the still/video camera capabilities in many mobile phones) to enable learners to become creators, rather than consumers, of knowledge.

Other powerful m-learning strategies capitalise on a key strength of mobile devices – their portability – to contextualise learning so that is relevant to a learner’s physical location or proximity to a particular object.

Text on a screen is just the (rather shabby) tip of the (rather grand) iceberg. :) For more information on mobile learning, visit my blog at http://mlearning.edublogs.org. :)

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