The Mobile Academy: MLearning for Higher Education

146 Pages·2011·0.71 MB·English

by  Clark N. Quinn

THE MOBILE ACADEMY

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THE MOBILE
ACADEMY
mLearning for Higher Education
Clark N. Quinn
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Themobileacademy:mLearningforhighereducation/ClarkN.Quinn.—1sted.
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-1-118-07265-3(pbk.)
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Contents
ListofFigures vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
AbouttheAuthor xiii
1 TheMobileRevolution 1
Context 1
RelatedExperiences 3
WhyHigherEducationNeedstoPayAttention 4
TheRestofThisBook 5
Practice 6
2 Foundations:Mobile 7
Devices 7
OfPlatformsandProcessingPower 17
FourC’SandThinkingDifferently 17
Definition 21
Summary 21
Practice 22
3 Foundations:Learning 23
MakingLearningWork 26
BeyondtheBasics 33
Summary 37
Practice 37
4 Administration‘‘ToGo’’ 39
Principles 41
Delivery 44
Summary 46
Practice 47
TaskChecklist 47
5 ContentIsKing 49
Media 49
MediaSpecifics 56
Accessing 58
Summary 61
Practice 61
ContentForm 61
6 Practice:InteractivityandAssessment 63
Design 63
Interactions 67
Meta-learning 73
Summary 74
Practice 74
CategoryChecklist 75
7 GoingSocial 77
LearningInteractions 78
SocialMedia 81
Meta-learning 83
Summary 84
Practice 85
ChannelChecklist 85
8 GoingBeyond 87
AugmentedReality 87
AlternateReality 89
AdaptiveDelivery 91
MovingForward 93
Practice 94
9 GettingGoing:OrganizationalIssues 95
Design 95
Development 96
Implementation 98
Policies 100
YouGottaBeinIttoGetIt 102
Practice 104
Bibliography 105
Index 111
vi
Contents
List of Figures
Figure2.1 TheMobileDevice 9
Figure2.2 Content 18
Figure2.3 Capture 18
Figure2.4 Compute 19
Figure2.5 Communicate 19
Figure3.1 SpacedLearning 30
Figure3.2 AlternatePedagogies 34
Figure4.1 EnvironmentalScan 40
Figure5.1 QRCode 55
Figure8.1 WebGenerations 92
Figure8.2 IntelligentArchitecture 93
Figure9.1 PerformanceEcosystem 99
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