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=Activity One Page: GAELYN Seminar Objective: To explore the links between teh versatility of mobile devices and student learning.=
 * Learning Objective 1 - Identify the social culture of mobility and investigate the potential of this technology for education practice**

My Activity is an introduction to Mobile learning and my activities will give an overview to learning through mobile devices. What do I want them to Learn: - About the culture of human behaviour driving the this change - About the technology that supports this in an education context.
 * ACTIVITY OVERVIEW:**

The aim of this task is to give you opportunities to visit a range of resources on the internet that offer information about mobile learning. These resources have been selected because they offer insights into the findings of recent and ongoing government funded projects and (or they are just light hearted).
 * Aim**


 * Resources:**
 * 1) JISC reading. Doug Belshaw, D. (2011). JISC Mobile and Wireless Technologies Review. JISC infoNet. [|www.JISC.ac.uk]. Retrieved from [|http://mobilereview.jiscpress.org]..
 * 2) Simpson video – funny intro []
 * 3) Carmel College video 3min – covers the reasons why they use mobiles and not laptops []
 * 4) ADL Handbook – [] funded by the United States Govt.
 * 5) BBC UK are in the process of developing their future mobile strategy. This blog is written by Eric Huggers who is the Director of Future Media and Technology at the BBC. []
 * 6) The Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET) is one of the largest mobile learning initiatives in the world []
 * 7) Perfect Storm


 * Task One: Introduction. Identify the social culture of mobility:**

Task one is a texting exercise – where I send the students on a treasure hunt to find the information that I want them to gather. They have to text their findings to me and each time they do I send the part of a word puzzle back to them. They save these then work out what the phrase says. The pieces I send them have kept the order of the letters and the punctuation marks, but the spaces between the words has been cut out and they have been jumbled out of order. The first person to send me the correct answer (the pieces of the puzzle make up a phrase) gets a chocolate fish! If they put the answer into stream then everyone will know and maybe stop trying. But I can issue the chocolate fish through stream as an incentive.
 * Look at the culture that has inspired the technology**


 * To do:** This activity is based around the students finding out as much as possible about the shift in culture surrounding these technologies: ie what really motivates people to use a mobile and not a laptop etc. We are going to go on a treasure hunt of videos and websites and the JISC reading to find the answers to the following clues:
 * Exercise one**: 1st Video is just a funny one: “Cellphones in Class – not a good idea”
 * Clue one:** When the teacher asks the students why they need cellphones – they tell her three reasons. Text these 3 reasons to 027 24 773. Expect back 3 clues. Each clue will have a space between the words to indicate they are separate pieces of the puzzle. Save these.

For more see: http://www.projectmobilise.com
 * Exercise two:** 2nd Video is an interview by Richard Rowley – who is the eLearning facilitator at Carmel College, Auckland, New Zealand. He talks to John Eyles about some of the impediments to uptake of mobile computing and makes recommendations including wireless access hubs and government support as well as sharing the results of a UK trial he was involved in using laptops. For more videos from this teacher go to: []
 * Clue two**: What did John Eyres find so funny in this video? Text the answer to 027 24 773 24. Expect 1 clue back. Save this.
 * Clue twoa**: what three reasons did he give for the “laptops in class” project in the UK not working? Text these three reasons to 027 24 773 24 as separate texts or in the same text. Expect back 3 answers. Save these clues.


 * Exercise three:** Go to this blog on the BBC internet blog website UK. This blog is written by Eric Huggers who is the Director of Future Media and Technology at the BBC. Visit this site to access and read this article. []
 * Clue 3:** Scroll down this page to find the names of the 4 types of mobile users identified by the BBC in their research project to redefine their mobile website. Text these names to me separately or together and receive 4 clues. Save these clues.


 * Exercise four:** Open up the JISC document and complete the two searches below for Clue 4 and 4a
 * Clue 4:** Skip page 10 – Woodhill, (2011), uses a term to describe the sort of people we are becoming and the lifestyle we are living. Find this word and text it to me. SAVE your reply.
 * Clue 4a**: Skip to page 42 and read the section on “current practice” (pg 41-45). Find the answers to these questions: There are four answers. Text these answers to me. Save your four replies
 * 1) What should be central to every mobile learning initiative?
 * 2) What three things do we know about motivating learners through many years of research?


 * Exercise five:** The ADL Mobile Learning handbook is an initiative of The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) and is a collaborative effort to harness the power of information technologies to deliver high quality, easily accessible, adaptable, and cost-effective education and training. ADL uses structured and collaborative methods to convene multi-national groups from industry, academia, and government who help to define the specifications and standards for the learning industry and then develop tools and content to those standards. ADL is sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD P&R). This is an official app of the U.S. Government Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. Please contact ADL about collaborating or to provide feedback or ask questions at adlmobile@adlnet.gov.
 * Clue five:** Visit this site, which is run by the []. and navigate to the “basics” page. Scroll down until you find the section on FREQUENT CONCERNS. There are 8 identified concerns about using mobile devices in education. Select 4 of these and text them to me. You will receive 4 pieces of the code in reply. Save these.


 * CONGRATULATIONS** you have now completed task one and you should be in possession of 19 pieces of the puzzle. These pieces make up a phrase about mobile learning that was taken from the JISC document. The phrase has had all the spaces removed between words, the words cut up into pieces, but all the punctuation remains as does the order of the letters. Simply piece the pieces together to make up a phrase and email or text me the answer!
 * Contact: gaelynd@gmail.com or 027 24 773 24**
 * Resources:**
 * 1) JISC reading. Doug Belshaw, D. (2011). JISC Mobile and Wireless Technologies Review. JISC infoNet. [|www.JISC.ac.uk]. Retrieved from [|http://mobilereview.jiscpress.org]..
 * 2) Simpson video – funny intro []
 * 3) Carmel College video 3min – covers the reasons why they use mobiles and not laptops []
 * 4) ADL Handbook – [] funded by the United States Govt.
 * 5) BBC UK are in the process of developing their future mobile strategy. This blog is written by Eric Huggers who is the Director of Future Media and Technology at the BBC. []
 * 6) The Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET) is one of the largest mobile learning initiatives in the world []
 * 7) Perfect Storm

Task Two is a reading and discussion exercise. Using the JISC reading and the Molenet website as resources, please locate and review the following concepts. Synthesis your ideas to create a discussion within stream.
 * Task Two: investigate the potential of this technology for education practice**
 * 1) Write a definition of what you think mobile learning is in your own words (pg. 10 JISC,
 * 2) Make a list of features of that mobile devices have that make them suitable to use in education
 * 3) Explain how social needs are driving the use of these applications within education.
 * 4) Ask a question of your fellow students e.g. has anyone used mobility in their classrooms etc?

Please compose a reflection that looks at these, finishing off your reflection with a question. Post it into stream using: Yourname + seminar 4 + activity one: in the title of your post. E.g. Gaelyn Seminar 4 activity one - this will help keep the posting separate from the other seminar... Please respond to your fellow students and try to answer the question that they pose.

The Mobile Learning Network (MoLeNET) is one of the largest mobile learning initiatives in the world [] JISC reading. Doug Belshaw, D. (2011). JISC Mobile and Wireless Technologies Review. JISC infoNet. [|www.JISC.ac.uk]. Retrieved from [|http://mobilereview.jiscpress.org]..
 * Resources:**