David Vogt
W03: What Disturbs Me About Mobile Culture…
There are lots of prospectively disturbing things about mobile culture, so I will launch this conversation with something personal that scares me silly. I’m a cycle commuter, and I can attest to the fact that despite several years of fines being in place for distracted driving, a disturbingly large portion of humanity can’t resist texting, talking & […]
W03: A Pleasantly Surprising Trend in Mobile Culture…
My father read the Encyclopedia Britannica from cover to cover – several times. He cared about the value of having knowledge with him, so consuming it was his only option. The benefit for him was about social status, as few could match his memory. So one aspect of mobile culture that I was originally surprised […]
W02: If Every Learner Had Just One Mobile Technology It Would Be…
I once had a company that built the only wireless laptop in the world designed exclusively for K-12 education. This was years before the “one laptop per child” movement began, but at that time I really did believe that if every child in the world had something that worked like a networked laptop, truly transformative […]
W02: What I Hate About Mobile Technologies…
Is it that they’re not waterproof? Is it that they’re still so disruptive to traditional social interactions? Is it that you’re a cyclist (like me) & you expect to be killed by someone texting while driving? Mobile technologies are far from perfect, and perfection is almost certainly a pipe dream in any case. INSTRUCTIONS: Read […]
W02: Mobile Technologies I Want To See Someday…
Pursuant to the thought that so many mobile technologies today seem like magic (in the sense of Arthur C. Clarke’s observation that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic), what kind of magic would you like to conjure, or have conjured, that doesn’t exist now? Keep in mind that a technology doesn’t necessarily have […]
W01: Does Context Rock?
This post is a discussion forum for ideas related to W01 – Mobility Perspectives. Specifically, this is a place to share your ideas about how important context is, how can educators employ it, and how might learners benefit from harnessing their own context better. INSTRUCTIONS: Read through a set of the existing responses below. Use the Thumbs Up tool to recommend any within […]
W01: The Social Narrative
This post is a discussion forum for ideas related to W01 – Mobility Perspectives. Specifically, this is a place to share your ideas about the potential of mobile technologies serving to reinvigorate learning’s connection with community, society and culture. INSTRUCTIONS: Read through a set of the existing responses below. Use the Thumbs Up tool to recommend any within your set that […]
W13: Where and how should 523 refine its focus?
ETEC523 has adopted a deliberately broad scope to the topic of Mobile and Open Learning and an experimental approach to its delivery. Was it a valuable experience? Was there a useful balance of mobile, social, open and flexible learning concepts? Do professional networks and collective curation provide an appropriate context for learning? Your thoughts on what works, […]
W13: Threat or Opportunity: What does open learning mean to your career?
How have our 523 explorations made you feel about the future of open learning and how it might impact your career? Remember that our course scope includes emerging trends in social, open, flexible and mobile learning, so you are welcome to blend how and where you believe influence will occur. Please share your thoughts, and take […]
W13: Treat or Opportunity: What does mobility mean to your career?
How have our 523 explorations made you feel about the future of mobile learnign and how it might impact your career? Remember that our course scope includes emerging trends in social, open, flexible and mobile learning, so you are welcome to blend how and where you believe influence will occur. Please share your thoughts, and take the […]