M-Nomads: creating a mobile oasis with social media

1. M-Nomads: creating a mobile oasis with social media by Inge de Waard

2. Today's emerging mobile learning industry is open for exploration

3. eLearning developers & providers need to join the mobile caravan “You must be the change you wish to see” - Gandhi

4. Where to start ?How do we motivate ourself and others?

5. Your mobile goals are within reach if you gather around the oasis "Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. "--Bette Davis

6. Engage in mobile projects and create a tribe of explorers

7. Develop pilot programs 3 examples with different technologies co design and co deploy

8. Research based on simple data exchange: FAMACHA anaemia

9. analyze before setting up a mobile project Cost Build on what exists Target Group

10. incorporate all the participants Sms: 8431,1,3,2,1,3,2,4,2 cattle farmer eye data Sms Delimiters

11. Assure benefits for all Mobile data connection: great for statistical, rural research!

12. Telemedicine

13. Be inspired by student centered learning and interactivity Active learning techniques benefit all

14. Provide content that is cross platform

15. Know the conditions or needs that your learners face Wimax asp programming

16. connect and spread the message Give those in need the tools to set-up a project Mobile discussion fora: great for peer to peer knowledge exchange!

17. eSCART online courses Different media suit different learners’ skills

18. Redesign existing strong projects eXelearning.org Javascript Html &CSS

19. Make learning a multi-sensory experience Natural Evolution HIV/AIDS Asynchronous discussion + Screen capturing (captivate, camtasia) Video editing (final cut, premiere) Audio editing (audicity = free)

20. Make learning a multi-sensory experience

21. Explore the software you already use Mobile = mp4 conversion offline possibilities Redesign material for mobile use whenever possible

22. Develop pilot programs 3 examples with different technologies codesign and co deploy

23. Use social media to motivate learners Last_FM

24. Use social media to motivate learners

25. Use social media to motivate learners

26. group benefits: create a global tribe

27. Effectiveness of different modes of learning What we read 10% What we hear 20% What we see 30% What we see/hear 50% What we discuss with others 70% What we experience 80% What we teach someone else 95% Creating a group dynamic assures pedagogical benefits William Glasser, educational psychologist

28. Join relevant communities College2.0 learning community Gaming community Canadian eLearning research community Useful in mobile forums or to find partners

29. Use wikis to enhance social interaction in mobile projects publish edit read/write

30. Use wikis to enhance social interaction in mobile projects Blade wiki: personal mobile wiki Tiki wiki: mobile wiki We used a wiki with all the teachers to follow up on the development of e-courses

31. vodcasting: were high end Web2.0 meets … you, me & everyone we know ITM vodcast Post movies from your mobile to YouTube or Blip.tv Vodcasts enable immediate mobile access/download through iTunes

32. Don’t be a lonely nomad: make your profile known

33. Use your profile to connect to people facebook LinkedIn cv Flickr mobile photos

34. Use your profile to connect to people Del.icio.us

35. microblogginglet your tribe know what you are doing Twitter Jaiku => Keep in touch with members/learners on the (mobile) go

36. Let’s do it! "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." – Aristotle

37. Do it! & keep it small

38. Will you be able to create your own mobile knowledge oasis?

39. Will your projects die through lack of motivation?

40. Engage in mobile projects and create a mobile tribe

41. Mobile projects will put your knowledge on the map So join the mobile caravan

42. Contact me Email:idewaard@itg.be Blog: ignatiawebs.blogspot.com Del.icio.us:http://del.icio.us/ignatia linkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/B09/452 Twitter:http://twitter.com/Ignatia