Mobile teaching and learning in higher education is approaching a tipping point. One of the most significant promises of mobile learning is the ability for faculty members, teachers, and students to use their own mobile computing devices. In the US, 75% of American teens have cell phones and almost 30% have smartphones with Internet capabilities. In universities, the numbers appear to be much higher. It seems instructionally sound and fiscally prudent for institutions and faculty members to leverage the existing devices in which students are most comfortable. The purpose of this paper is to (1) critically examine the definitions and affordances of mobile learning in higher education, (2) identify the ways mobile teaching and learning have been and could be accomplished in higher education, (3) identify the challenges to implementing mobile teaching and learning in higher education.
1. The Promise of Mobile
Learning in Higher Education
Affordances, Implementations &
Challenges
Michael M. Grant
Joanne Gikas
The University of Memphis
2. Michael M. Grant
The University of Memphis
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4. “
What is mobile learning?
Mobile learning is more than just
learning delivered and supported by
handheld and mobile technologies. It
is learning that is both formal and
for the learner.
“
informal, context aware, and authentic
(Traxler, 2005, 2007, 2010)
5. Mobile devices
Some images from Lisa Buser at http://www.memphisparent.com/2010/09/pint-sized-learners-have-the-touch/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceardach/4549898097/sizes/m/
6. Formal Learning
Images from http://www.law.fsu.edu/prospective_students/VideoViewbook/images/sections/technology.jpg
7. Informal Learning
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14. Uses of Increase interaction with course
content
Mobile Increased access to student
information & campus resources
Devices Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-
making
Deploy instruction
15. Uses of Increase interaction with course
content
Mobile Increased access to student
information & campus resources
Devices Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-
making
Deploy instruction
19. Uses of Increase interaction with course
content
Mobile Increased access to student
information & campus resources
Devices Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-
making
Deploy instruction
21. Uses of Increase interaction with course
content
Mobile Increased access to student
information & campus resources
Devices Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-
making
Deploy instruction
25. Uses of Increase interaction with course
content
Mobile Increased access to student
information & campus resources
Devices Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-
making
Deploy instruction
26. Augment face-to-face
instruction
Image from http://www.tommiemedia.com/news/professors-using-smartphones-other-technology-in-classrooms/
29. Uses of Increase interaction with course
content
Mobile Increased access to student
information & campus resources
Devices Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-
making
Deploy instruction
32. Uses of Increase interaction with course
content
Mobile Increased access to student
information & campus resources
Devices Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-
making
Deploy instruction