Your Guide to MOBILISed
MOBILISed is flexible in that you may choose how you use it. It may serve a multitude of purposes - anything from a train trip to a plate of dip and crackers...
Want the whole train trip?
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To take the train trip, work systematically through the three pages in each section:
...making an overnight stopover wherever you wish. MOBILISed will serve you as a thorough course of learning about, planning for and reflection on embedding mobile devices in your classroom.
Ready to start?
Get your train ticket on the "What is Mobile Learning?" page...
Only have time for a quick dip?
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MOBILISed offers a comprehensive collection of information and resources on mobile learning.
You may like to browse the pages in the menu bar above and "dip in" to the area most relevant to you now. Take a look at the Site Guide below for more detail about each page.
You will find opportunities for interaction and dialogue on virtually every page. The more you contribute, the more you stand to gain, along with the whole MOBILISed community.
Quick Tour Guide
Take a quick look at this overview of MOBILISed, before you begin your
explorations:
What is Mobile Learning?
This page will give you an overview of the topic through exploration of some of the online resources available. You are encouraged to share your reflections.
About Us
Information about the MOBILISed authors and how this eResource came into being, including some avatar-creation sites.
Section 1: On Your Mark
Vision – We begin the journey by examining our teaching practice, reflecting on the needs of 21st Century learners and expressing our underlying beliefs and values about teaching and learning with ICLTs (Information and Communication Learning Technologies).
Inclusivity – What place do mobile devices have for students with learning differences? This section examines their use in special education, or for learning support.
Digital Citizenship - How does the concept of digital citizenship apply to learning with mobile devices?
Section 2: Get Set
Equipment – The essential gear for beginning with mobile learning in your classroom, as well as some fabulous gadgets that might make the experience easier and even more fun.
Apps – A list of recommended iPod Touch and iPad apps, how much they cost and suggestions for how you might use them in your classroom.
Rules – Enthusiastic learners and expensive devises mix better with a little discussion about acceptable use. This page suggests how you might build on an existing “acceptable use of technology” policy, or simply start from scratch in devising a set of “rules for use” with your students.
Section 3: Go!
Managing – Classroom management and management of devices – two areas that can often be stumbling blocks for the use of mobile devices. This page offers some simple solutions and allows you to develop an approach that will work in your teaching context.
Measuring – We explore some ways to collect data that may be useful as evidence of the value of using mobile devices in the classroom.
Sharing – This page offers a few “sharing” options that will benefit your students in all areas of their learning.
iBlog
The most versatile page of all, where you can enter fully into the spirit of the MOBILISed online community. Contribute a blog post related to any aspect of mobile learning. Share a classroom success, a nuts and bolts tip or trick, reflect, muse, philosophise, or pose a question to the community that engages us in valuable reflection on our practice. This is your space. Get involved.
More
Online resources offering further reading on the topic, a blog roll of the authors’ favourite sites for inspiration on contemporary learning and mobile devices, as well as other useful links. We welcome your suggestions to expand and enrich this section (use the form at the bottom of the More page).
Help
This is your online “mobile learning” Help Desk. Includes links to targeted Apple Support information for hardware and technical information, a list of FAQs and a comprehensive support forum where you can participate in ongoing discussions with the MOBILISed community about Management issues, CyberSafety concerns, or Technical queries. Browse the forum posts, ask a question of your own, or offer your support to someone else with a query.
What is Mobile Learning?
This page will give you an overview of the topic through exploration of some of the online resources available. You are encouraged to share your reflections.
About Us
Information about the MOBILISed authors and how this eResource came into being, including some avatar-creation sites.
Section 1: On Your Mark
Vision – We begin the journey by examining our teaching practice, reflecting on the needs of 21st Century learners and expressing our underlying beliefs and values about teaching and learning with ICLTs (Information and Communication Learning Technologies).
Inclusivity – What place do mobile devices have for students with learning differences? This section examines their use in special education, or for learning support.
Digital Citizenship - How does the concept of digital citizenship apply to learning with mobile devices?
Section 2: Get Set
Equipment – The essential gear for beginning with mobile learning in your classroom, as well as some fabulous gadgets that might make the experience easier and even more fun.
Apps – A list of recommended iPod Touch and iPad apps, how much they cost and suggestions for how you might use them in your classroom.
Rules – Enthusiastic learners and expensive devises mix better with a little discussion about acceptable use. This page suggests how you might build on an existing “acceptable use of technology” policy, or simply start from scratch in devising a set of “rules for use” with your students.
Section 3: Go!
Managing – Classroom management and management of devices – two areas that can often be stumbling blocks for the use of mobile devices. This page offers some simple solutions and allows you to develop an approach that will work in your teaching context.
Measuring – We explore some ways to collect data that may be useful as evidence of the value of using mobile devices in the classroom.
Sharing – This page offers a few “sharing” options that will benefit your students in all areas of their learning.
iBlog
The most versatile page of all, where you can enter fully into the spirit of the MOBILISed online community. Contribute a blog post related to any aspect of mobile learning. Share a classroom success, a nuts and bolts tip or trick, reflect, muse, philosophise, or pose a question to the community that engages us in valuable reflection on our practice. This is your space. Get involved.
More
Online resources offering further reading on the topic, a blog roll of the authors’ favourite sites for inspiration on contemporary learning and mobile devices, as well as other useful links. We welcome your suggestions to expand and enrich this section (use the form at the bottom of the More page).
Help
This is your online “mobile learning” Help Desk. Includes links to targeted Apple Support information for hardware and technical information, a list of FAQs and a comprehensive support forum where you can participate in ongoing discussions with the MOBILISed community about Management issues, CyberSafety concerns, or Technical queries. Browse the forum posts, ask a question of your own, or offer your support to someone else with a query.
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