12 Principles Of Mobile Learning 10/18/2012, TeachThought Staff, 57 Comments 433

12 Principles Of Mobile Learning by Terry Heick Mobile Learning is about self-actuated personalization.

As learning practices and technology tools change !obile learning itself "ill continue to e#ol#e. $or 2%13 the focus is on a #ariety of challenges fro! ho" learners access content to ho" the idea of a &curriculu!' is defined. (echnology li)e tablets P*s apps and access to broadband internet are lubricating the shift to !obile learning but a truly i!!ersi#e !obile learning en#iron!ent goes beyond the tools for learning to the li#es and co!!unities #alued by each indi#idual learner. +t is only "ithin these co!!unities that the nati#e conte,t of each learner can be fully understood. -ere in these co!!unities that are both local and digital a 'need to )no"' is born )no"ledge accrues incre!entally progress resonates naturally and a full picture of each learner as a hu!an being fully e!erges. 1. Access A !obile learning en#iron!ent is about access to content peers e,perts portfolio artifacts credible sources and pre#ious thin)ing on rele#ant topics. +t can be actuated #ia a s!artphone or iPad laptop or in-person but access is constant."hich in turn shifts a uni/ue burden to learn on the shoulders of the student. 2. Metrics As !obile learning is a blend of the digital and physical di#erse !etrics 0i.e. !easures1 of understanding and &perfor!ance of )no"ledge' "ill be a#ailable. 3. Cloud (he cloud is the enabler of &s!art' !obility. 2ith access to the cloud all data sources and pro3ect !aterials are constantly a#ailable allo"ing for pre#iously inaccessible le#els and styles of re#ision and collaboration. . Transparent (ransparency is the natural byproduct of connecti#ity !obility and collaboration. As planning thin)ing perfor!ance and reflection are both !obile and digital they gain an i!!ediate

audience "ith both local and global co!!unities through social !edia platfor!s fro! t!itter to faceboo) ed!odo to instagra!. ". Play Play is one of the pri!ary characteristics of authentic progressi#e learning both a cause and effect of an engaged !ind. +n a !obile learning en#iron!ent learners are encountering a dyna!ic and often unplanned set of data do!ains and collaborators changing the tone of learning fro! acade!ic and co!pliant to personal and playful. #. Async$ronous A!ong the !ost po"erful principles of !obile learning is asynchronous access. (his unbolts an educational en#iron!ent fro! a school floor and allo"s it to !o#e any"here anyti!e in pursuit of truly entrepreneurial learning. +t also enables a learning e,perience that is increasingly personalized4 just in time, just enough, just for me. %. &elf'Actuated 2ith asynchronous access to content peers and e,perts co!es the potential for self-actuation. -ere learners plan topic se/uence audience and application #ia facilitation of teachers "ho no" act as e,perts of resource and assess!ent. (. )i*erse 2ith !obility co!es di#ersity. As learning en#iron!ents change constantly that fluidity beco!es a nor! that pro#ides a strea! of ne" ideas une,pected challenges and constant opportunities for re#ision and application of thin)ing. Audiences are di#erse as are the en#iron!ents data is being gleaned fro! and deli#ered to. +. Curation Apps and !obile de#ices can not only support curation but can do so better than e#en the !ost caffeine-laced teacher !ight hope to. 5y design these technologies adapt to learners store files publish thin)ing and connect learners !a)ing curation a !atter of process rather than ability.

1,. -lending A !obile learning en#iron!ent "ill al"ays represent a blending of sorts.physical !o#e!ent personal co!!unication and digital interaction. 11. Al!ays'On Al"ays-on learning is self-actuated spontaneous iterati#e and recursi#e. (here is a persistent need for infor!ation access cogniti#e reflection and interdependent function through !obile de#ices. +t is also e!bedded in co!!unities capable of inti!ate and natural interaction "ith students. 12. Aut$entic All of the pre#ious 11 principles yield an authenticity to learning that is i!possible to reproduce in a classroo!. (hey also ulti!ately con#erge to enable e,periences that are truly personalized.