Project Proposal

A Brave New World in Your Pocket.

Modern Technology and E-learning: Mobile Devices.

In my project I would like to concentrate on using handheld devices from the teacher's perspective in distance learning context. Namely, on what devices are available and which of them offer better teaching experience? What applications are available and what kind of content can be created with them? How can mobile devices improve or hinder synchronous and asynchronous communication with students? And lastly, I am interested in standardisation of extensions used on mobile devices. What applications offer the best integration of content? How many apps does a teacher need for creating, editing and sharing study materials in text, image, audio and video formats? How can their number be minimised? How transferable is the content from mobile devices to desktop/laptop computers?
And possibly, how to integrate the mobile/tablet-created content into a LMS, such as Moodle?

Project outline

Glossary (with explanations)

Introduction 

• What is mLearning and mTeaching?
• Challenges of mTeaching
• Technology-related challenges of mTeaching

Overview of mobile devices 

• Apple/iOS 
• Google OS
• Windows OS
• Kindle (other eReadres)

Overview of applications

• For iOS 

Mobile devices as an on-the-go support 

• Keeping track of activities
• Communication with students (written and oral/visual)
• Assignment evaluation

Educational content creation, editing and sharing 

• Text (presentations, study materials)
• Image (creation, editing)
• Audio (podcasts, audio commentary)
• Video (screencasts, lectures, tutorials)
• Blended forms
• How to organise a teaching space on a handheld device?

Standardisation and Integration

• Most commonly used formats and extensions on iOS
• Apps that support the most formats and extensions
• Integration with online platforms (Google, YouTube, Facebook, Dropbox and others)
• What to look for in an app?

Conclusion (questions to be answered)

• Do handheld devices improve teaching experience?
• What to look out for when creating, editing and sharing content with handheld devices?
• What could be improved in terms of standardisation and integration of content? 

Proposed bibliography 
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ZOUNEK, Jiří, ŠEĎOVÁ, Klára. Učitelé a technologie. Mezi tradičním a moderním pojetí.  Brno: Paido, 2009.