Lecture presented at the International workshop on mobile science, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy), 2-5 November 2010.

1. Mobile devices to raise
cultural awareness
Sara Vannini
NewMinE Lab - www.newmine.org
Faculty of Communication Sciences
Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

2. Lugano Trieste

3. research in e-learning and ICT in education,
ICT4D
e-learning services to the University and to
private companies
research and development in online tourism
and new media tourism communication

5. m-training

6. m-training m-serious games

7. m-training m-serious games
m-tourism

8. m-training m-serious games
m-tourism m-4d

9. m-training m-serious games
Today’s session
- projects: PSP @ BPS + eTreasure
- outcomes and lessons learnt
- implications in m-learning

10. m-training m-serious games
m-tourism m-4d
Tomorrow’s session
- Informal Learning and m-technologies in Tourism
- Projects in development
- Possible Scenarios in DC

11. m-training

12. m-training
Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse

13. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse
• Starting date: January 2008
• Requirements:
- integration of ICTs
- flexibility (time, space and learning activities)
- bridging work and home spaces
- personalization of content
- reduction of costs (time and logistics)
- support interaction
- monitoring and tutoring of the trainees

14. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse
• PSP already in use in some educational settings:
- educational games
- record experiences
• Recurring advantages of the device:
- mobile
- large screen
- easy to use and popular
- videos are ready to be watched
- enthusiasm

15. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse
• Strategy:
- main didactical materials and interaction tools:
LMS (Moodle)
- multimedia resources: PSP
- games: PSP

16. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse

17. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse

18. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse

19. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse

20. anywhere & anytime

21. anywhere & anytime
aroused curiosity

22. anywhere & anytime
aroused curiosity
self-assessment

23. Multimedia
anywhere & anytime
aroused curiosity
self-assessment

24. anywhere & anytime
aroused curiosity
self-assessment
Multimedia
The
Gadget
Effect

25. Sony Play Station Portable @ BPS Bank - Suisse

26. Paper materials are
preferred to study
complex concepts

27. PSP screen is not good for animations based on text

28. Interaction, knowing
that you are tracked?

29. Lessons Learnt
- Stress multimedia

30. Lessons Learnt
- Stress multimedia
- Fast consuming materials, to be used
“anywhere, anytime”

31. Lessons Learnt
- Stress multimedia
- Fast consuming materials, to be used
“anywhere, anytime”
- Games!

32. Lessons Learnt
- Stress multimedia
- Fast consuming materials, to be used
“anywhere, anytime”
- Games!
- Personal use

33. Lessons Learnt
When designing learning
activities, the distinctive features
of the mobile device have to be
taken into account.

34. m-serious games

35. Game as Strategy

36. Game as Strategy
natural

37. Game as Strategy
natural experience

38. Game as Strategy
natural experience
fun

39. Game as Strategy
natural experience
fun
collaboration

40. Game as Strategy
natural experience
fun
collaboration
abilities

41. Game
Mobile phones

42. Game
Mobile phones
easy and
widely used

43. Game
Mobile phones
easy and
widely used
hub

44. Game
Mobile phones
easy and
widely used
hub
allows
upgrades

45. Game
Mobile phones
easy and
widely used
portable
hub
allows
upgrades

46. Game
Mobile phones
easy and
widely used
portable
hub
allows
upgrades
GPRS

47. Orange
SMSC
Application
Server
PoI

48. Location Based Games

49. Location Based Games

51. • Engagement
• Learning outcomes
• Appropriateness

52. Lessons Learnt
- Mobiles appropriate for Tourism

53. Lessons Learnt
- Mobiles appropriate for Tourism
- Mobiles appropriate for collaboration

54. Lessons Learnt
- Mobiles appropriate for Tourism
- Mobiles appropriate for collaboration
- Mobiles can serve for customization and sharing

55. Lessons Learnt
What really makes a
difference, is the experience.

56. m-training m-serious games
So far...

57. m-training m-serious games
Personal

58. m-training m-serious games
CollaborativePersonal

59. m-training m-serious games
CollaborativePersonal
Pervasive Pervasive

60. m-training m-serious games
CollaborativePersonal
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Ubiquitous
Pervasive

61. m-training m-serious games
CollaborativePersonal
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Just-in-time

62. m-training m-serious games
CollaborativePersonal
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Just-in-time
Gaming Gaming

63. m-training m-serious games
CollaborativePersonal
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Just-in-time
Gaming
Informal Learning
Gaming
Informal Learning

64. m-training m-serious games
CollaborativePersonal
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Ubiquitous
Pervasive
Just-in-time
Gaming
Informal Learning
Gaming
Informal Learning
Tourism

65. m-training m-serious games
m-tourism m-4d
Tomorrow’s session
- m-devices & Tourism
- Projects in development
- Possible Scenarios in DC

66. Thank you
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