I’ve been kindly invited a mobile learning research workshop at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in a couple of weeks, facilitated by Laurel Dyson and Andrew Litchfield, members of the Technology and Education Design and Development (TEDD) Research Group at UTS. Laurel and Andrew have been involved with quite a bit of recent research into mobile learning, with a summary of their research contained in this ASCILITE paper: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet25/dyson.pdf. In this workshop, we’ll be working together to share our experiences in m-learning, develop at least one ARC Discovery Grant proposal for 2010, and possibly other m-learning projects (e.g. ALT-C), and to launch an Australasian Special Interest Group around m-learning.
I thought I would share some of the Key Research Questions here, as I prepare for my involvement in this workshop. Some of these questions point at topical issues in the development of mobile learning strategies – issues that all mobile learning developers and researchers will need to grapple with:
- How can we best incorporate mobile technologies into designs and strategies for improved learning?
- What are the best approaches to achieve sustainable, low-cost mobile learning?
- How can mobiles enable more engagement and interactivity in lectures?
- Interrogating anywhere anytime learning
- What are the best-practice mLearning activities for each discipline?
Mobile Learning 