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Connecting in-school to out-of-school learning. #MobileMSU
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Using Mobile Devices to
Connect in-School to out-of-
school learning
Sandra Sawaya
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action plan
• providing you with practical ideas drawn
from research for how to connect in-
school learning to learning that occurs
beyond classroom walls
• research from seamless learning
what does seamless learning
mean to you?
seamless learning
• continuous learning experience across time, settings, contexts, and social groups
• student can learn whenever they are curious, have the opportunity, need to, or want to
(Chan et al., 2006)
Image from http://seamlesslearning.org/
nurturing the seamless learner
1. setting up seamless learning activities
2. teaching students to identity, capture,
and explore learning opportunities
beyond those defined by set learning
goals
setting up seamless learning
activities
• capitalize on the mobility and connectivity of mobile devices
• consider the social and pedagogicalarrangement of the activity
• choose the right topic for the activity
• understand how students interact with technology, others, content, and context
(Milrad et al. 2013; Wong & Looi, 2011)
setting up
seamless learning
activities
Consider TPACK
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Questions?
seamless learning activities
• include formal and informal learning
• include personalized and social learning
• occur across time and settings
• include access to physical and digital resources
• include interacting with physical and digital worlds
• include the use of several technologies
• include changing learning tasks
• include synthesizing prior and new knowledge
(Wong & Looi, 2011)
Questions?
example: science
• Students using their mobile device to
document the different plants and animals
they see during a field trip to the local zoo.
other examples