Elective Course: Mobile & Open Education
The course is designed for the mobile web and mobile devices. Students will become proficient with the theory and strategy of mobile education through collective critical analysis of existing technologies, applications, and trends in the global mobile culture specific to knowledge acquisition, generation, and dissemination. Given the explosive pace of mobility, each 565M cohort will flash-create its own thematic foci to ensure an authentically original scholarly perspective. 565M students will also apply what they learn by revitalizing the content and experience of 565M itself.
The objectives of 565M are that you will:
- Gain a broad critical and practical understanding of mobile impacts and influences on teaching and learning;
- Acquire durable skills relevant to the analysis and design of mobile education environments and experiences
- Apply their new skills, creative abilities, and professional experience to the curation of mobile learning systems inflexible and traditional contexts
- Contribute individually and collectively to current scholarship and professional evaluation of mobile education.