General webinar on mobile learning
Moblear.ning.com: The MindWire--social networking site for mobile learning
Mobl21 ([https://www.mobl21.com/):] Learning resources creation for mobile. Giving away free accounts right now; looking for highly visible people and institutions to pilot. Contact: Louis.Stricoff@emantras.com, 610-449-5899, [http://www.emantras.com]
First presenter:
? and David Metcalf from U. CF: Mixed Emerging Tech Integration Lab (METIL Lab)
Mobile Uses:
Performance Support: staff info and procedures on the fly (step by step instructions). Useful for Stone Lab folks?; voice or text memo and record info for other technicians; image (can zoom); can add schematics
Education and Reference: Microsoft mobile learning for training; mobile podcasting (prerecorded content); used for rapid development; MySportsPulse---young people sent in answers (SMS, Interactive Voice Response, email or web) and scored by automatic system. Game aspect and platform OK for them
Google project: Mashup of YouTube, Gmail, GoogleDocs, Moderator, GoogleTalk; produced 1 mo curriculm in 3 weeks, 1 year/6 weeks.
Start and complete assignments whenever, they send in keyword when finished to launch next part of content. Points assigned which they collect and turned into game with high scorers (leader board); allows you to track and report progress. Link to materials wherever; scaffold with messaging
Other mobile uses:
• Notifications and Alerts:
• Checklists and Forms
• Quizzes and Tests
Issues:
• Learning Needs
• Format
• Devices
• Content
• Carriers
• Data Transfer
Augmented Reality: Using GPS and camera and compass
Applications to watch:
• Layar ([http://layar.com/])
• Qik ([http://qik.com/])
• Shazam ([http://www.shazam.com/])
• Google Goggles ([http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark])
Mobile Possibilities
• Information: reference, hyperlocal apps, campus security SMS
• Participation: polling
• Learning: formal class and complementary materials (LMS and ebooks---no value added except access)
o Think beyond straight replication to learning accompaniment (Design for 3Rs: review, refresh, reinforce; provide material that addresses specific gaps)
o Context of environment, topic, learner (microteachable moments)
o Universal design (doesn't matter where they are)
o Design: reformat existing; storybord and archive;
o Mobl21: Free, individual student & teacher, midlevel, and enterprise; Has desktop widget and iPhone/Touch app now; working on Facebook, Google, Android, Flash Lite; Works on and offline and syncs
Support issues: screen size too small, some basic standardization necessary
Emantras (company that owns Mobl21)
Moving Knowledge (company started recently)
US Distance Learning Association: [http://www.usdla.org/]
From webinar with Louis Stricoff and Supra on Mobl21 specifically
Free account: 1 author, 10 users, 1 category, 10 topics/stacks (including 1 study guide, 10 flash cards, 10 quiz ?s)
Also individual teacher accounts and educator adn institutional accoutns
Free pilot (not up to 500 users though; current institutional pricing is $3K/yr for 10 authors and 500 users and can talk custom pricing as with Drexela dn Air Force Academy (1K and 20K users respectively); probably could get 50 users free)
Pros:
- easy content distribution to desktop widget and iPhone app and free while piloting (60days);
- could use it with Fall classes as well;
- possibility of sharing content amongst authors soon;
- working on FB and iGoogle apps and in the future Android and open platforms
Cons: Proprietary, would be expensive for ongoing distribution to large numbers, doesn't work on IE reliably, must download AdobeAir and their client
1 Comment
Gabriel R. Plaine
I was trying to find at least 1 other product that does something like this and i found a company called Xyleme and here is a demo video i registered for http://www.xyleme.com/files/File_Share39/demos/lcms_demo/LCMSDemo.html?utm_campaign=Download_Form
it did not look as good as Mobl21 but looked fairly full featured. Price was not on the website.