The Eight Essentials for Success in Mobile Learning (ISTE 2015)
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The document outlines eight essential practices for successful mobile learning, including purposeful planning, leveraging mobile content, and preparing educators. It emphasizes the importance of leadership buy-in and measurable outcomes to ensure sustainability and effectiveness in educational contexts. Various examples and data support these essentials, highlighting the need for strategic implementation and ongoing community engagement in mobile learning initiatives.
The Eight Essentials for Success in Mobile Learning (ISTE 2015)
- 1. The 8 Essentials for Success in Mobile Learning Chris Dede Harvard University Julie Evans Project Tomorrow With special commentary from Nancy Hayashi San Marcos Unified School District
- 3. Use your devices to tweet your ideas or comments during today’s session: #8essentialsML #ISTE15 @Chrs_Dede @JulieEvans_PT @hayashisays
- 4. Paper includes: • Lessons learned from 7 mobile learning projects from around the globe
- 5. Introducing the 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning 1. Purposeful planning for mobile device usage 2. Leveraging mobile-enabled content & curriculum 3. Understanding the power of Internet access 4. Preparing educators effectively 5. Securing leadership buy-in 6. Building personal learner efficacy and capacity for self-directed learning 7. Measuring project results with meaningful metrics 8. Creating a sustainable and scalable ecosystem
- 6. Today’s discussion: Why is mobile learning planning more important than ever? Introduction to a new resource/report Part 1: Quick overview of 4 essentials • With examples from US projects • Selected Speak Up data bits to support value Part 2: Essentials in Action • Examination of EcoMOBILE Project • Insights from Alvin Dunn Mobile Project Part 3: Creating scalable & sustainable ecosystem Your comments/thoughts/questions Be part of the discussion
- 7. Why is mobile learning planning more important than ever?
- 8. 1976 2015
- 9. Classrooms ◦ Presentation and discussion Richly Contextualized Real World Learning ◦ Internships, apprenticeships Learning Communities ◦ Interpretation and transfer face to face, virtual, blended
- 10. Sharing ◦ Social Bookmarking ◦ Photo/Video Sharing ◦ Social Networking ◦ Writers’ Workshops and Fanfiction Thinking ◦ Blogs ◦ Podcasts ◦ Online Discussion Forums ◦ Twitter Co-Creating ◦ Wikis/Collaborative File Creation ◦ Mashups/Collective Media Creation ◦ Collaborative Social Change Communities
- 12. 1. Purposeful planning for mobile device usage 2. Preparing educators effectively 3. Securing leadership buy-in 4. Measuring project results with meaningful metrics With examples from US projects
- 13. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Purposeful planning for device usage
- 14. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Purposeful planning for device usage It is all about asking the right questions: • What are the learning goals – how do they relate to the learner and the teacher? • What instructional strategies will support goals? • Are the right conditions in place for success? • How will we measure impact? • How will this effort be sustained? • Do all key stakeholders have a voice?
- 15. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Purposeful planning for device usage Example: Onslow County Schools’ Mobile Learning Initiative Planning started with key goals: • Improving math literacy for all • Change students’ perceptions around math abilities • Increasing out of school access to learning resources • Stimulating changes in teacher practice
- 16. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Purposeful planning for device usage Speak Up data byte to support this essential: District administrators (53%) and technology leaders (59%) say that strategic planning for a digital learning initiative like mobile learning is key component for success
- 17. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Teacher preparation for mlearning
- 18. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Teacher preparation for mlearning Increasing recognition of value of connected learning but change process is challenging Real mobile learning integration process is 3 years: Year 1: Awareness Year 2: Adoption Year 3: Adaptation But how to move from one level to another?
- 19. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Example: Making Learning Mobile in Chicago Year 2 and 3 strategies: • JIT mentoring and coaching • In class activities and support • Targeted applications • Traditional conferences and skill development Indicator of maturation at work: migration from passive approach to PD to active, self-directed learning Teacher preparation for mlearning
- 20. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Teacher preparation for mlearning Source: US National Education Technology Plan, 2010
- 21. Case-based learning Collaborative learning Apprenticeships Self-directed, life-wide learning Learning for transfer Interdisciplinary studies Diagnostic assessments
- 22. Deeper learning is an instructional strategy that can help students master skills for success in the 21st century. Technology is a powerful way of implementing effective deeper learning http://www.studentsatthecenter.org/topics/role-digital-technologies-deeper-learning
- 23. Teachers teach as they were taught. The important issue is not technology usage, but changes in content, pedagogy, assessment, and learning outside of school. Continuous peer learning is the best strategy for long-term improvement.
- 24. Developing fluency in using emerging interactive media Complementing presentational instruction with collaborative inquiry-based learning Unlearning almost unconscious assumptions and beliefs and values about the nature of teaching, learning, and schooling
- 25. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: How are teachers self-directing their own PD? • Watching videos, listening to podcasts • Sourcing ideas via Pinterest • Using mobile apps • Participating in webinars • Taking online classes • Using social networks and Twitter to get JIT info and support Teacher preparation for mlearning Speak Up data to support this essential:
- 26. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Leadership buy-in
- 27. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Leadership buy-in Leaders enable the conditions for success by: • Envisioning applications for mobile • Displacing cherished misconceptions • Inspiring others to act on faith • Support new ideas and solutions Key point: #1 cause of failure in mobile learning? Lack of leadership buy-in
- 28. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Leadership buy-in Example: EDC Mobile Online PD for Educators Boston Public Schools – summer course for principals • Using mobiles to embed digital tools within school communities of practice • Ah-hah moments for the principals o “School leaders are the catalyst for change” o “Set expectations and lead by example” o “Be personally familiar with tools and adoption process”
- 29. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Leadership buy-in Speak Up data to support this essential: District administrators (40%) say enhancing administrators’ leadership skills is a key component in driving greater student achievement • But administrators need specific leadership development to support mlearning including how to effectively evaluate teachers in that process
- 30. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Leadership buy-in Speak Up data to support this essential: How important is it for every student to be able to use a mobile device to support schoolwork? Yes – 84% of District Administrators Yes – 86% of School Site Principals
- 31. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Metrics for evaluation
- 32. Today's children can meet future challenges if their schooling and informal learning activities prepare them for adult roles as citizens, employees, managers, parents, volunteers, and entrepreneurs.
- 34. Cognitive Outcomes Intrapersonal Outcomes Interpersonal Outcomes Cognitive processes and strategies Intellectual Openness Teamwork and Collaboration Knowledge Work Ethic and Conscientiousness Leadership Creativity Positive Core Self-Evaluation Communication Critical Thinking Metacognition Responsibility Information Literacy Flexibility Conflict Resolution Reasoning Initiative Innovation Appreciation of Diversity
- 35. Student engagement (71%) Classroom observations (58%) Teacher buy-in (58%) Student feedback (54%) Teacher feedback (53%) Student achievement results (52%) Student skill development (45%) Teacher interest in more PD (44%) The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Speak Up data to support this essential: Metrics for evaluation What administrators say is best way to evaluate digital learning impact
- 36. 5. Leveraging mobile-enabled content & curriculum 6. Understanding the power of Internet access 7. Building personal learner efficacy and capacity for self-directed learning 1. EcoMOBILE Augmented Reality Project 2. Alvin Dunn Elementary School Project
- 37. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Mobile empowered content and curriculum Importance of mobile empowered content Adaptive qualities inherent in mobile learning Ability to address multiple learning goals
- 38. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Power of Internet access The new mantra in education: Internet access = educational opportunity equity Value of anytime, anywhere access to support unintentional, informal learning Home access challenges – especially with access contention Power of “personal” Internet access
- 39. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Creating self-directed learners Goal should be to leverage mobiles to create more personalized learning in the classroom and support the development of a life-long learning ethos beyond the classroom walls Think: • Engagement • Grit / Tenacity • Self-efficacy for learning
- 40. (Conner Flynn)
- 42. Interface for Your Digital Life IN THE FUTURE YOUR MOBILE PHONE WILL ACT AS YOUR DIGITAL “6TH SENSE” DISCOVERS Things Relevant to You SENSES Local Content and Services LEARNS What You Like INTERACTS With Networks FILTERS Out the Irrelevant KNOWS You and What is Around You
- 43. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Mobile empowered content and curriculum Power of Internet access Creating self-directed learners
- 44. Mobile Learning at Alvin Dunn Elementary School Special Qualcomm Education project to address the “homework gap” • 6th graders provided with LTE tablets to use at school and at home • Teachers incorporated tablets into instruction and research projects • Evaluation study completed by Project Tomorrow Increased student self-efficacy and engagement Teachers more likely to assign digital homework Parents link tablet usage with global skills
- 45. 8. How do we create a sustainable and scalable ecosystem? Share your thoughts
- 46. Use your devices to tweet your ideas or comments: #8essentialsML #ISTE15 @Chrs_Dede @JulieEvans_PT
- 47. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning: Sustaining and scaling innovation Scaling: value of pilots vs. “instant” school/district wide implementations • Is sustainability built into your project plan? • But how do we build in sustainability with limited product life spans? • Do we have a shared vision for success?
- 48. The 8 Essentials for Mobile Learning in review 1. Purposeful planning for mobile device usage 2. Leveraging mobile-enabled content & curriculum 3. Understanding the power of Internet access 4. Preparing educators effectively 5. Securing leadership buy-in 6. Building personal learner efficacy and capacity for self-directed learning 7. Measuring project results with meaningful metrics 8. Creating a sustainable and scalable ecosystem
- 49. www.qualcomm.com/company/wireless-reach/resources Downloadable report Other resources
- 51. Thank you for your participation today in this discussion. Julie Evans Project Tomorrow [email protected] @JulieEvans_PT Chris Dede Harvard University [email protected] @chrs_dede
- 52. Tell us what you think! There are two ways to provide feedback on this session: • ISTE 2015 mobile app • isteconference.org/feedback