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Harvey Singh to deliver Mobile Learning workshops at Mobile Learning conference on December 11-13 in Charlotte, NC.
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Title: Mobile Learning
Date: December 11-13, 2006
Venue: Charlotte , NC |
| Overview |
| Mobile Learning (m-Learning) or education on the go represents the next step in the
long tradition of technology-mediated learning. It expands and maximizes the boundaries of anytime, anywhere learning.
m-Learning is made accessible through the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs)
and next generation mobile phones, MP3 players, ultra notebooks, and other portable devices.
Mobile devices are increasingly becoming popular across college campuses nationally and internationally due to high
bandwidth infrastructure. Students are able to access educational content, activities and services from anywhere and
at anytime. The use of PDAs and next generation mobile phones, and MP3 players are increasing. Many students have their
own mobile phones (and MP3). Others have more powerful mobile devices including
game players and ultra notebook computers. Unfortunately, the educational system is not geared to exploit the benefits of
these technological advancements. Do we outlaw these devices or take advantage of their capabilities? Educators are being
challenged to consider how mobile devices contribute to learning. Mobile learning promises to extend convenience and access
and to foster alternative practices.
Join us for the Mobile Learning conference where national and internationally recognized instructors in the area of
ubiquitous technologies will explore building and implementing m-learning, creating interactive and collaborative
m-learning, emerging hardware and software, evaluating the quality of m-learning, and investing m-learning social
software and implications. By the end of this conference, participants will gain the knowledge to:
- Select the most appropriate mobile device and to design learning materials for mobile learning
- Decide what applications enable an effective learning community
- Identify the support systems needed to be in place for m-learning
- Understand how wireless and mobile technology has the potential to increase flexibility for distance learners
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| Who Should Attend |
Information technology professionals, librarians, content developers,
instructional designers, faculty, department heads, deans, and administrators who are interested in enhancing
learning with designing content and developing systems for mobile devices and wireless networks.
After attending this conference participants will be able to:
- Add mobile learning and performance to their learning technology toolbox and plan
and design effective mobile learning programs
- Select the appropriate mobile and wireless technologies to solve performance and productivity problems
- Define the criteria for selecting the appropriate kind of mobile and wireless technology
- Differentiate between learning/courseware models and performance support in the context of mobile technology
- Integrate learning and knowledge support with day-to-day tasks and workflows
Conference participants do not need to be technically savvy to benefit from this conference; basic understanding of distance
learning, instructional design, electronic performance support is desirable.
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| Conference Agenda |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Time: 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Session Title: Real World Mobile Learning Experiences |
| Higher Education institutions are eager to learn how to
benefit from Mobile/Wireless systems for learning. In this new area, attendees will
learn from real-world experiences and practical ideas that they can apply in their own
initiatives beyond just high level concepts. Just like the Internet and Web transformed
online learning in a fundamental way (from a classroom and stand-alone desktop based learning
to a networked education paradigm), the advent mobile and wireless technologies have the
potential to transform learning yet again to the next level.
What is the impact of pervasive or mobile technologies in expanding the classroom
learning experience? This session explores emerging mobile learning technologies
and real-world examples of mobile learning. Key topics include:
- Key trends in mobile and wireless technology
- Opportunities for developing learning applications on mobile and wireless platforms
- Using mobile learning to augment classroom learning
- Blending traditional classroom and mobile learning paradigms
- Case studies in mobile learning
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| - Harvey Singh, Founder & CEO of Instancy |
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Time: 2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Session Title: Create, Manage and Deliver Mobile Learning
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| In this tutorial you will experience the complete cycle
of content creation and publishing to mobile devices. Attendees will be given access to free
tools and account to build their own mobile content. No knowledge of programming or
scripting is needed. Just bring a short tutorial or storyboard that you would like to publish
to mobile devices.
In this session you'll learn:
- How to author and review instructional content with interactive activities and
assessments using web based templates
- How to publish content to mobile devices such as PocketPC
- How to browse the content catalog using mobile web browser from a PDA-Phone
- How to download the content and play the content in disconnected mode
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| - Harvey Singh, Founder & CEO of Instancy |
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