This list of 10 things going on in mobile learning is being used to set up fall classes for Gwangjudae.
Haven't found any yet - at least not in English.
There are some apps (Korean cuisine, Korea Travel & Tourism, Korean attraction puzzle, Korea theme travel, Shilla history tour) for the Smartphone, but not so interesting for my learners, and nothing strictly Gwangju.
Sarangbang has an app and their is a 114 restaurant rating app for Gwangju, but both are in Korean. I was thinking to maybe give a problem or ask for advice during class and have them translate some of the info from those apps.
I could also use the Gwangju bus app to have them give directions (app in Korean, they'd have to create the language about how to get from point to point).
Additionally, their is an app to listen to GFN live. If there are some programs, quizzes, or actions that would be a way to get them involved. Gwangju Blog has photo contests (as does Gwangju News) as well as online quizzes occasionally. And there have been scavenger hunts around Gwangju as well, supported by Gwangju Blog.
Currently their are no audio or video files of the following in English for self-directed learning.
- Gwangju International Center (no tour of center or English version of all programs and projects)
- Gwangju Walking Tours
- Biennale (no tour or files for upcoming displays)
- Kunsthalle
- Gwangju Museums and Galleries (it would be great to have info in audio or video format to aid independent walking tours of the museums or galleries.)
My students would be overwhelmed by too much text. Picture books and books with hovering translator would be in their zone of proximity. Very little time for me to review and vet ebooks. The ebooks I am interested in are not appropriate for their language ability. Need to find a way to start regularly recommending ebooks to them.
My books: ah, will I ever finish
Colleague's books: AEF site
Student's books: will ask if learners have published books or ebooks. Looking for comics and animation.
No, but I will figure out how we can share our mobile devices. We now have wi-fi everywhere finally. The 7th and 9th floors of Hoshim Building have smart classrooms - computers with projectors. No classes have digital projectors. I requested wired classrooms, but have not found out my room numbers for fall yet. Universiade classrooms in Continuing Education Building always have a smartcart and projector.
Bring-your-own-device classrooms.
Students last semester: always one or two people who don't even have a cellphone (or a notebook or pen or pencil for that matter). Only my photography students have brought in laptops - but not to study English. Tabs -iPad and Galaxy Tabs - just a few about 1 in 20 have it. Smartphones: about 60% of students have it. Only 20% of students use their Smartphone dictionary without a prompt by me. I can hardly mandate mobile devices for my class. I have significantly different socio-economic levels of students in my class.
Online collaborative learning.
Oh Ning, why do you now charge for service? While the $2.95 a month is not bad, as I have nearly 300 students a semester and like to invite students to join the same community, my fees would rise quickly due to the number of users.
I will check out Thumbscribes which has public and private collaborative spaces.
My students are very hesitant to share publically because of their lack of demonstrated proficiency in English. Korea is a big shame community, so internet evidence of their lack of ability is a big stumbling point to documented, public collaboration.
My learners won't do homework (except the keen upper 5%) so I would like to do collaboration in class as a way to reconnect to prior learning experiences and chart changes in proficiency.
I am not a Moodler. Too much tech for my teaching needs.
I am guessing about half of my students will have their own tablets in fall. Whether they use them for learning opportunities, especially in English will be something to scaffold and observe.
I bought software that I never use.
I could import my rosters into excel or a spreadsheet and use it on my iphone - Google documents or the app, Documents, by SavySoda.
I vary my documentation system depending on the needs of my learners. I set up progress reports, paper based, which then get reviewed and recorded into a spreadsheet. I have a point accrual system that is couched within university policy. Only 30% of students can receive As, 80% A or B, and no more than 10% fail rate.
My paper-based system lets me interact with students and document their learning in realtime; and then we have an easy reminder about where we've been and where we are going. This paper based system is also how I learn. I need to see and do in order to remember the learner's prior performance more easily for appropriate coaching and scaffolding.
Not sure what to do with social media for my learners. My policy is that if a student wants to friend me or follow me on Twitter, then I let them. Basically because so few students request this. These keeners are guiding their own learning so I comply to let them see the language I produce formally and informally. I don't know what Cyworld does to foster social media. I will use my previous Gwangju University Blog to continue to push info and allow comments for them to respond as they would like. I would find it overwhelming to require all 300 of my students to friend me and then support their online, social networked, English exchange. Too much work for me, and they are not adequately trained or practiced in peer feedback exchange.
Love this idea and am well equipped to do this because of my MSED in IST. Am currently creating mini lessons for the classroom that use PPT as a demo. This helps with my large class size (40 students - godforbid - in a conversation class). Last term, I set up activities that were 5-20 minutes long because of the varying proficiencies in my classroom, as well as the reluctance to speak in English. I am also revising my self-study blog entries for easier access to quizzes and online activities for practice on Smartphones. Additionally, I have been culling and testing out English language and learning apps for the Smartphone. I will recommend or make webquests using these.
Mobile learning in workplace training.
While GIC doesn't want me anymore for training purposes (makes me sad :( but they prefer to learn things in Korean, not English. And Gwangju nonprofits have really upped the offered classes for management and social networking!), I would still like to see more mobile learning in the GIC Talk. It would be great to have an app that lets attendees give feedback right on their Smartphone.
It would also be great if someone would stand up and lead a pre-talk or post-talk discussion group for non-native English speakers. A list of vocabulary or questions that the learners access and have some supportive time to understand the meaning. It's great that we have Youtube Channel of talks, but it doesn't have an iTunes listing yet, nor do we have uploads of the PPT if the presenter shows on.
