MobiMOOC is
a free, open, online course on mobile learning (mLearning) which will be
running between 8 and 30 September 2012. The course wiki (http://mobimooc.wikispaces.com ) is gradually taking shape.
Covered mLearning topics: augmented learning, mobile gaming,
corporate mLearning, train-the-trainer, building a mLearning curriculum, global
mLearning issues, mobile health (mHealth), ICT for development, mlearning strategies/pedagogies and we
will start with a look at the basics of mLearning including how to set up a
mobile learning project.
Interested?
Join the free course by becoming a member of the MobiMOOC google group(registration point of the course).
With the start
of the course still two months away, our grand group of facilitators was
completed last week and here are the guides-on-the-side for all the upcoming mobile
learning topics (in completely random order). All of us cover 4 continents and
9 different mobile learning topics:
Mobile learning theory/pedagogy: Geoff (Stead) is
a mobile massive brain from Cambridge, UK, with an enormous amount of zest and
creativity. Who better to provide an overview of mobile learning theories and
pedagogies then his creative mind?
Corporate learning: Amit (Garg)
from India has inspired companies to go mobile based on strong business plans,
goal oriented design and intuitive learning. He shares what he knows with all
that want to hear. Amit is a true enlightened entrepreneur who embraces the ancient
old wisdom that sharing will lift all of us to a higher plain within our human
capacities.
Train-the-trainer:
Jacqueline (Batchelor) from South Africa uses all of her
blond haired charm to get every teacher trained simply by using mobile devices
and … a lot of educational insight. She is a silent, calm, yet a very thorough
expert that explores new frontiers of teacher engagement and paves the way for
all of us.
Mobile activism/learning: Sean
(Abajian) from sunny California is a mobile activist believer. He lifts crowds
to march for better adult education, he is an activist pur-sang and with a
heart of gold and understands the benefits of educational technologies. He knows that long-term activism coincides with quick learning.
Mobile gaming: David (Parsons)
from Australia is an old school new school mobile programmer, now completely
emerged in mobile gaming. He will guide us in our first contemplations to
create serous mobile games.
Augmented learning: Víctor
Alvarez pours his Spanish passion into innovative augmented learning
applications. He sees beyond our everyday world and adds extra layers of
interest that enhances the moments, locations, and understandings we currently
live in.
Setting up a Mobile Learning Curriculum
Framework: Adele (Botha): straight from South Africa, she knows how to
own any room she enters and grab the attention with her mobile knowledge and
persona. She will push us forward with any mobile learning curriculum we want
to create.
ICT for development: Michael (Sean
Gallagher - UK/Korea) combines a literary pen with a mission to provide a
mobile solution to anyone living in a challenged environment no matter where
you are in the world. He will share solutions that will get you up and ready to
tackle low resource settings with a great set of tools.
mHealth: Malcolm (Lewis - Australia) has a diverse background across a range of social movements and social services. In the mid-1980s, he was involved in the early days of the internet working to bring the wonders of email to the NGO sector in Australia. For the past 14 years, he has been working in the field of health promotion and technology.
Global mLearning issues: John
(Traxler): He has got more air-miles than George Clooney in Up in the Air, John
gives new meaning to the word mobile and researches it in all its meanings.
Amateur ornithologist, mountain climber, and professor in
mobile learning!
And me from Belgium, well….. me focusing on an introduction
to mLearning and planning a project!
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