Learning Anywhere

As we go about evolving in our daily consumption of technology in the era of Web 2.0, the era of Web 3.0 is dawning at an incredible pace. This new phase of the Internet is allowing us to do more complex and entirely new tasks that we have never been able to do before. New iterations will move in the direction that will allow for individuals to have more autonomy and control over how we do our tasks and transactions. Take for example the banking sector. Remember the days when we had to physically go to the bank to retrieve cash and make banking errands? Now those terms seem to be meeting obsolescence as nobody goes to the bank much to run “banking errands” or cash their checks because they can do almost everything online. With card transactions so ubiquitous and fintech getting more advanced, the number of cash usage has been decreasing rapidly. If we check our purses and wallets, there is a high likelihood of us having more bank cards, membership cards, ID cards, and loyalty cards than we have cash.

It doesn’t seem to be ending there. What we have in our bags and hands nowadays are mobile gadgets and mobile phones. For convenience, we want to be able to do everything on the go and mobile, wherever we are. That brings us to the main purpose of this three-part series — How about learning? Where is education technology going in the grand scope of mobile things?

Having said asked those questions, it is imperative to know the background or history behind where it all started so that we can put the context of what we are learning into perspective.

1. Timeline of mobile learning (video, approximately 4 minutes):

https://tinyurl.com/mlearningnutshell

2. Here is a comprehensive chronology of the evolution of technology in education:

http://institute-of-progressive-education-and-learning.org/a-history-of-education-technology/

3. This is a brief on where the term e-learning came from:

https://www.efrontlearning.com/blog/2013/08/a-brief-history-of-elearning-infographic.html

Optional

1. Listening to learn (podcast, 34 minutes)

https://theelearningcoach.com/podcasts/41/

2. Mobile learning basics (video, approximately 2 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5f-AftXP-0

3. A brief understanding of how mobile learning came about:

https://observatory.tec.mx/edu-bits-2/2017/6/12/the-evolution-of-mobile-learning

After viewing the required videos and reading the text, go to Slack.com and create an account or download the app on your mobile phone. Search/Browse for Fundamentals of Mobile Learning and add the channel to your Workspaces. Introduce yourself in 50 words (30 points) and say hi to at least 2 (20 points) of your classmates. Please feel free to get the conversation going and explore the app if you are unfamiliar with it. You can use this as a course forum moving forward to ask any questions you may have about the course. Please see rubric for details (Total – 50 points)

In our next segment, we will delve into how the mobile evolution is impacting the education sector.