1. Mo-LeaP – The mobile learning
projects database
Judith Seipold
University of Kassel, Germany
WLE Centre, IoE, London
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2. Snapshot website
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3. Structure
1. Aims
2. Theoretical background:
Mobile learning as socio-cultural ecology
3. Database:
Categories for description and analysis of the
mobile learning cases
4. Short introduction:
Mo-LeaP
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4. 1. Aims
The database aims to
• provide opportunities for the systematic gathering of
practice,
• distribute knowledge which was gained within such
projects in order to make practice less ephemeral,
• enable synergies,
• contribute to sustainability in teaching, learning and
research, as well as
• enhance replicability of mobile learning projects.
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5. 2. Theoretical background:
Mobile learning as socio-cultural ecology
Theoretical and conceptual framework of mobile learning:
• educational uses of mobile devices,
• viewed in ecological terms,
• as part of cultural and pedagogical contexts in transformation.
The socio-cultural ecology considers different components:
• the learners’ agency, appropriation and cultural practices,
• their everyday lives and school contexts,
• structures and cultural resources as potential links
• between different system components.
All for the benefit of learners.
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6. 3. Categories for description and analysis of
the mobile learning cases
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7. Project description
1. General project data
2. Context/ rationale
3. Approaches to teaching and learning
4. Technologies and requirements
5. Project outcomes
6. Recommendations and future possibilities
7. Replicability and transferability
8. Optional: recommended literature and references
9. Optional: project analysis
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8. Project Analysis: Criteria
A agency, structure, cultural practice
B approaches to teaching and learning
C notions of mobility
D user-generated contents and contexts
E replicability and transferability
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9. 4. Short introduction:
Mo-LeaP website and database
http://londonmobilelearning.net/moleap/
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10. Features website
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11. Step 1: Registration
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12. Step 2: Authentication
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13. Step 3: Your submissions
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14. Step 4: Chose type of submission
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15. Step 4: Enter submission
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16. Browse projects
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17. Search projects
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18. www.londonmobilelearning.net/moleap
Judith Seipold
University of Kassel, Germany
WLE Centre, IoE, London
judith.seipold@londonmobilelearning.net
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19. References
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2009].
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Medienkompetenzz. URL: http://www.klicksafe.de [Accessed: 10 January 2009].
• Futurelab. Futurelab: Innovation in education. URL: http://www.futurelab.org.uk [Accessed: 10 January
2009].
• International Association for Mobile Learning (IAMLearn). IAML - Mobile Learning. URL:
http://mlearning.noe-kaleidoscope.org [Accessed: 10 January 2009].
• Internet-ABC e.V. Internet-ABC - Startseite. URL: http://internet-abc.ch/kinder [Accessed: 10 January
2009].
• Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westfalen (LfM) & Medienpädagogischer Forschungsverbund
Südwest (mpfs). handysektor. URL: http://www.handysektor.de/ [Accessed: 10 January 2009].
• lo-net GmbH. Lehrer-Online. URL: http://www.lehrer-online.de [Accessed: 10 January 2009].
• Österreichisches Institut für angewandte Telekommunikation (ÖIAT). Handywissen.at: Das Handy
sicher und kostengünstig nutzen. URL: http://www.handywissen.at/ [Accessed: 10 January 2009].
• Seipold, J., 2008-2009. Mo-LeaP - The mobile learning projects database. URL:
http://www.londonmobilelearning.net/moleap/ [Accessed: 10 January 2009].
• Seipold, J. et al, 2009. Towards a Methodology of Researching Mobile Learning: Reflection paper
presented at the IADIS Mobile Learning 2009 Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
• The London Mobile Learning Group (LMLG), 2008-2009. The London M-Learning Groups: Hosted by the
WLE - Centre for Excellence. URL: http://www.londonmobilelearning.net [Accessed: 10 January 2009].
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