Wednesday, February 8, 2017

EDUC 633 - Assessment: Mobile Learning

EDUC 633 – Principles of Design & Mgmt. in Distance Education 

Assessment: Mobile Learning


My YouTube Video on Mobile Learning


Hello This is Evonne
This week’s video blog is on mobile learning and it was an enlightening subject for me. I realized that I had been exposed to a mobile learning experience in an intensive class at Liberty University during the summer of 2016. My instructor posted QR codes on the walls around the classroom for us to use our phone to scan and capture the data.

Based on my personal theory of learning, students who are willing to be responsible and not disrupt a class should be allow to use different technologies. As for me, mobile learning would benefit students who are serious about their academic performance and achievements.  In my reading, mobile learning has revolutionized the opportunities for developing social skills, student engagement, and it’s interactive learning use one’s favorite device (Alvarez, Alarcon & Nussbaum, 2011, p. 1963).

In my reading, I found a couple of challenges that may affect mobile learning students and they are; learning styles, context awareness, student’s nature of memory, cognitive resources, awareness, and students’ knowing expectation (Terras and Ramsay, 2012, p. 821-826; Totorella and Graf, 2015, p. 297).

Mobile learning assessments must consider Cognitive Load Theory and how it may impact some students; however, formative mobile learning assessment allows repeated questions, electronic feedback, and immediate feedback (Chu, 2014, 334-336).








References
Al-Hunaiyyan, A., Alhajri, R. A., & Al-Sharhan, S. (2016). Perceptions and challenges of mobile learning in Kuwait. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.jksuci.2016.12.001

Hui-Chun, C. (2014). Potential negative effects of mobile learning on students' learning achievement and cognitive load--A format assessment perspective. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 17(1), 332-344. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.liberty.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/docview/1502989183?accountid=12085

Terras, M. M., & Ramsay, J. (2012). The five central psychological challenges facing effective mobile learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(5), 820-832. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01362.x


Tortorella, R. A., & Graf, S. (2015). Considering learning styles and context-awareness for mobile adaptive learning. Education and Information Technologies, 22(1), 297-315. doi:10.1007/s10639-015-9445-x

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