Teachning mobile natives in Russia: challenges and perspectives

1. Teaching ‘Mobile Natives' in Russia:
Challenges and Perspectives
Lomonosov
Moscow State
University
S. Titova

2. Your opinion….
 Why are mobile devices becoming
more and more popular in
education?
 What are the main reasons for
that?

4. Mobile D evices:
available and widespread
 In 2012 77% of the world’s
population owned mobile phones
 10% the world’s population ha d
access to the wireless Internet
 In Russia: population – 139 mil
people, they own 237,7 mil mobile
devices
 By 2013 all Russian high schools
will have free Wi-Fi
Goldmedia Mobile Life Report 2012
TNS 2013

5. M OBILE LEARNING MEANS ...
 Learning just-in-time, just enough, and just-
for-me (J.Traxler, 2009)
 New forms of content dispersion like course
casts, Moblogs, and Twitter feeds (S. Kumar,
2010)
 Students’ increased competence in problem-
solving (T. Rekkedal, A. Dye, 2007)
 Improvements in collaboration and behaviour;
increased motivation (Attewell J., Savill-Smith S.,
R. Dough, 2010)
 Delivering educational experiences that would
otherwise be difficult or impossible (Kukulska-
Hulme, 2010).

6. Mobile devices change the way we

7. Research Project
Mobile Devices in Language Classroom:
Theory and Practice

8. Mobile Devices in Language Classroom:
Theory and Practice

10. Methods we used
 questionnaires,
 interviews,
 focus groups,
 lesson observations,
 audio and video recordings,
 SRS feedback surveys,
 informal face-to-face discussion
groups,
 online forum and blog discussion

11. What mobile devices do you have?

12. What do you use mobile phones for?
Access to
resources

13. Our Students’ Mobile Skills

14. How often do you use MD
in and outside the classroom for learning?

15. What tools and apps do you use
outside the classroom?

16. What tools and apps do you use in
the classroom?

17. Where are mobile devices worth applying ?

18. What would you use mobile devices for in
your learning context?

19. What for do your teachers use mobile
devices?

20. Do you want to use mobile devices in your
learning experience everyday?

21. Reports of the interviewed students
 Mobile devices are the best tools to be used for
both autonomous and collaborative work
 The 21st century is the era of technology. We
need m-learning!
 I used mobile devices everyday while studying
in Germany
 Mobile devices do not replace a teacher but
they provide an amazing visualization of
learning process
 Mobile devices can simplify access to
materials and improve academic interaction

22. Survey Results
 Smart phones and tablets are the most
appropriate MDs: no need in expensive
computer classrooms
 Technologically and psychologically students
are ready to use mobile devices and apps
 Students more frequently use MD outside the
classroom in their learning experience than in
classroom work
 They very rarely use educational apps for FLL
 They don't use mobile devices for productive
or for collaborative activities

23. Challenges
 The pressure towards the use of MD is
coming from the students
 Instructors unwillingly employ MD, don't
guide the students through available
educational apps
 It is necessary to develop our instructors’
mobile literacies
 It is a must to work out strategies and
methods of MD implementation into
traditional classroom

24. MOBILE LEARNING METHODS
DEPEND ON environment:
1. Learning
classroom based or autonomous
work
2. Frequency: mobile course or
mobile technology integration
with traditional course
3. Content: pull or push
4. BYOD (bring your own device) or
class sets of MD
Hockley N. http://www.emoderationskills.com

25. STAGES OF MD INTEGRATION

26. Non-Educational Apps in Language
Classroom on LEARNTEACHWEB

27. Assessment and Feedback: HiST SRS
our project partner’s software
 Cost-efficient, fast and effective
assessment tool
 Provides immediate feedback
 Makes every student’s voice
heard at the lecture
 Enhances motivation and peer
learning
 Very simple - there is no need to
upload the questions
 Teachers can get the answers
anonymously
 Teachers can visualize the results
immediately

28. Student Response System (SRS)
Immediate
feedback
Anonymous
voting

29. Prospects
 work out MLearning strategies and
methods to enhance learner autonomy
and to create interactive learning
environment
 take advantages of MT in professional
development courses
 create and pilot our own educational
grammar/vocabulary apps

30. Contacts
Learn&Teach with the WEB
www.titova.ffl.msu.ru
Comments: stitova3@gmail.com
learnteachweb@gmail.com