Monday, March 17, 2008
m-Learning Accessibility Issues
The potential of mLearning holds a lot of promise. It has the capability of extending eLearning courses by allowing students more mobility w/ the added benefit of being able to learn anytime and anywhere. Though it is hard to see a drawback to this type of learning, however, there are accessibility issues when using this type of technology. Mobile content has limited real estate on the screen because of its size which may affect how content is developed. Also, not all cellular companies have a massive network like Verizon ("Can you hear me now? Good!"). If a user must stay connected to the network to view content, this could be a potential problem if a "dead" area is encountered. Younger mobile device users seem to be more adept at using this type of technology as opposed to older adults (Don't worry. I'm putting myself in this category. If it wasn't for my job, I wouldn't know as much as I do about mobile devices.). Accessibility issues will be encountered because of the potential learning curve that will occur. Read the article mLearning and Accessibility by TechDis, a JISC-funded Advisory Service ( Joint Information Systems Committee) that discusses these issues in more detail.
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The link was a great resource and food for thought for my own interest in podcasting. I had not seen the Bloom's pyramid in relation to audio recordings and the site gave me some insight into possible assignments or uses for podcasting in nursing education.
thanks,
KB
I stumbled upon a great article in Science Direct that goes with the argument of your Blogs. Check out Using mobile communication technology in high school education: Motivation, pressure, and learning performance.
The artilcle can be viewed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VCJ-4K1HDNG-1&_user=10&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2008&_rdoc=2&_fmt=full&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%235956%232008%23999499998%23670613%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=5956&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=30&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6cabc1343ffaa4bfd4aba19bd1d7a86a
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