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M4D m-Learning MOOC video0: intro- meet the teacher A-Palalas
1. Meet your teacher…
Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) Palalas
Prepared for M4D MOOC – October 2013
https://www.m4d-mooc.org/portal
2. Background in Mobile Learning
• Doctor of Distance Education (Athabasca University)
– Design guidelines for Mobile-Assisted Language Learning objects supporting
the development of ESP listening skills
• Mobile learning
specialist, lecturer, consultant, instructional
designer, researcher
– Mobile and E-Learning Solutions to Reduce Critical Health Disparities in Ghana
(Ghana, Canada, USA)
– George Brown College (Toronto)
– e+Learning Solutions Inc. (Toronto)
• Presenter and author
– Conferences, webinars, workshops
– Articles, book chapters, reviews
3. Research Focus: Mobile Learning
• Mobile and blended learning solutions in developing
countries
• Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
• Design principles for effective m-learning
• Expanding learning outside the classroom using
mobile technologies
• Pedagogy of mobile learning
• Learning across temporal, physical and transactional
spaces using innovative mobile technologies
4. Stats: Global
Spring 2013
• ~ 7.1 billion mobile phone subscriptions on the planet
• ~ 6.8-7.1 billion total global population
• ~ 695 million units in 2012
Mobile penetration
• Developed nations ~ 128 % of the population
• Developing nations ~ 89%
Forecast
• By the end of 2013: 50% of new phones sold – smartphones
• 2015 (Q2/Q3): 50% of all phones in use – smartphones
• By the end of 2020: 100% of new phones sold - smartphones
Tomi Ahonen: http://www.communities-dominate.blogs.com
http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a#subscribers
Tomi Ahonen: @tomiahonen (Twitter Feb 16, 2013)
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5. Perpetual “Perfect Storm” Driving the Adoption
of Mobile Learning
Adkins, S.S. (2011). The Perfect Storm: The State of the 2011
Global Mobile Learning Industry. Key Findings from Recent
Ambient Insight Research. mLearnCon 2011 June 22, 2011.
7. MOOC: Mobiles in Education
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The mobile learning ecosystem
M-learning pedagogy
Design principles for m-learning
Social networking and mobile
Educational mobile apps
Best practices in mobile-assisted language learning (MALL)
Anatomy of a handset: using built-in capabilities for
learning
8. Speech technologies in mobiles and their application in
learning
8. If we teach today’s students as we taught
yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.
John Dewey
Welcome!
Dr. Agnieszka (Aga) Palalas
aga@epluslearning.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/apalalas
Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/agaiza
Publications: http://athabascau.academia.edu/apalalas
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Adkins, S.S. (2011). The Perfect Storm: The State of the 2011 Global Mobile Learning Industry. Key Findings from Recent
Ambient Insight Research. mLearnCon 2011 June 22, 2011.
Ahonen, T. T. (2013). Communities Dominate Brands. Retrieved from http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/
Dahlstrom, E. (2012). ECAR study of undergraduate students and information technology, 2012. Boulder, CO: Educause
Center for Applied Research.