1. mLearning Conference Proposal BYOL Session – Build an Entire Interactive, Collaborative, Learning Experience using Free Tools and Services. IN TWO HOURS!
4. Goal Create a Mobile Learning Experience that is: Interactive Collaborative Scalable Using: Free Tools and Services That you can learn: Through Hands-On activities In 2 hours
7. Issues Numerous Mobile Platforms Laptops Tablets Smartphones Wide Variations in Shape/Size Capabilities {Speed, Power, App Support} High Costs for Enterprise systems {LMS, video servers, web conferencing} Difficult / Expensive to include rich content Video, Audio, Teleconference, Document Management & Delivery, Hosting Costs, Development
8. Approach Use a collection of free tools to develop content Find a free, flexible tool that allows multiple technologies to be integrated Quickly Easily Platform agnostic Assemble a learning environment using new and existing content and services Build with little-to-no technical expertise
9. Ways We Learn Here are some of the most common methods to cover these principles: Lectures Slides Chalkboard Discussion / Q&A Exercises Guided Self-paced Reading Before - Preread During - Handouts After - Takeaways Learner Demonstrations Collaboration Feedback Two-way Seeing Video Hearing Audio
10. Tools Container WordPress CMS (Free, open source, highly extensible) Content Slides {PowerPoint, Google Docs, Slideshare, Prezi} Lecture {Ustream} Demonstration {Dim-Dim, } Resources Video {Youtube, Vimeo, 5min, Vid.ly} Communication IM, Skype, Twitter Stream, Surveys, Polls} Practice {Simulations, Quizzes, Observation Dim-Dim} Files {Dropbox, Collaboration {Google Docs, Zoho, x} Evernote