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The introduction of changes and innovations should be gradual, well supported and well integrated with the rest of the course to allow teachers and learners to make effective use of the new technologies and tools.Commas-Quinn A. Learning to teach online// ReCALL, vol. 23(3), 2011. 

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Mobile technologies in language Mobile technologies in language classroomclassroom

• Why to apply mobile technologies?• What is mobile learning?• How to use mobile devices in language

learning?• Mobile learning experience at the Faculty

of Foreign Languages and Area Studies (FFLAS), MSU

Mobile devices for learningMobile devices for learning

Quick Reading CodeQuick Reading Code

Mobile devices:Mobile devices: available and widespreadavailable and widespread

• 2011: 5,3 bln people (77% of the world’s population) own mobile phones

• 0,5 bln people have access to the wireless Internet• 300 000 mobile apps have been worked out in the last 3

years • According to TNS in Russia:Population – 139 mlnMobile devices – 237,7 mln

Goldmedia Mobile Life Report 2012http://www.bitkom.org/files/documents/081009_BITKOM_Goldmedia_Mobile_Life_2012.pdf

International mobile learning projectsInternational mobile learning projects

•The Mobile Learning Network Project (MoLeNET) (UK)

•Hist (Norway) http://www.histproject.no/http://www.histproject.no/•Mobile Learning Environment Project Learning Environment Project

(The MoLE)(The MoLE) (US)•Mobile Technologies in Lifelong Mobile Technologies in Lifelong

LearningLearning: : best practices (MOTILL) (EU)•MLearning Consortium MLearning Consortium (Canada).

Selection criteria: mobile technologies suitable for learning

•Opportunity for collaborative work•Opportunity for autonomous work• Internet access•Opportunity for tasks creation•Opportunity for podcast creation•Etc.

MoLeNet

Best mobile learning devices (according to MoLeNet)

Smartphone and iPhone

Netbook

PDA

Nintedo

Walkman

iPod

What is mobile learning?

Mobile learning is...Mobile learning is...

•Any activity that allows individuals to be more productive when consuming, interacting with, or creating information, mediated through a compact digital portable device that the individual carries on a regular basis, has reliable connectivity, and fits in a pocket or purse (www.molenet.org.uk)

•The exploitation of ubiquitous handheld technologies, together with wireless and mobile phone networks, to facilitate, support, enhance and extend the reach of teaching and learning (http://www.m-learning.org/knowledge-centre/whatismlearning)

Mobile learning means...Mobile learning means...

• New forms of material and task presentation microblogs, Twitter, course casts, etc. (Kelly)

• Learning just-in-time, just enough, and just-for-me (Traxler)

Mobile technology influences the following components of learning and teaching process

Access to materials:

instant access to materials and

resources

Interaction:anytime and anywhere interaction by means of voice mail and email,

SMS, videoconference and socil networks

Presentation: Microblogs, Twitter,

coursecasts

DISTANCE LEARNING VS MOBILE LEARNING

Distance learning

Mobile learning

Technology availability

Incomplete Mass

Information access

Quick Instant

Learning environment Tethered

courseMobile course

Feedback Planned Instant

Classroom based learning Vs Mobile learning

Mobile technology today:•Provides instant access to materials•Enables instant feedback in classroom based learning by means of SRS•Designs new assessment models•Helps to teach on the basis of the old curriculum in new ways

Mobile technology effectively integrates with classroom based learning;Mobile technology enhances classroom based language learning

(HiST Mobile Project http://www.histproject.no/node/256)

How to use mobile devices in language learning?

MOBILE LEARNING METHODS DEPEND ONMOBILE LEARNING METHODS DEPEND ON

Learning environment: classroom based or autonomous workFrequency: mobile course or mobile technology integration with traditional courseContent: pull or pushBYOD (bring your own device) or class sets of mobile devices

Hockley N. http://www.emoderationskills.com

Mobile learning toolsMobile learning tools

1. Mobile reference materials (mobile dictionaries, mobile encyclopedias, mobile search engines)2. Mobile communicative services (mobile mail, microblogs, Google mobile apps)3. Mobile online exercises and voting systems (mobile Quick Response Systems, mobile Student Response Systems, mobile quizzes, mobile polls)4. Mobile multimedia apps and tools (podcasts, web cameras)

Methods of mobile technology integration in education

Distance learning supportTeachers and students interactionMaterials publication and presentation Mobile courses

Mobile Learning:Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training

http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120155

Mobile learning: what for? Mobile learning: what for?

•Instant access to mobile reference materialsInstant access to mobile reference materials

•Multimedia materials playback

•Interaction (SRS, Twitter, Skype, etc.)Interaction (SRS, Twitter, Skype, etc.)

•Complete mobile course appsComplete mobile course apps

Advantages of mobile devices Advantages of mobile devices

InstantInstant access to authentic materials access to authentic materials anytime and anywhereanytime and anywhere

IndividualizationIndividualizationMotivationMotivation by means of using familiar by means of using familiar

technologiestechnologiesAutonomous Autonomous work organizationwork organization Development of skills for Development of skills for lifelong education lifelong education Constant Constant feedbackfeedback

English language learning apps

•MacMillan Free Apps+ ibook for FLT Professional Development on Mobile Learning www.macmillanglobal.com

•Free ESL Apps Interactive English (Apple, Android) www.netlanguages.com

•English in Use – mobile version is coming soon

Bloom (Bite-sized Learning Opportunities on Mobile Devices)

http://www.bloom-eten.org

• Multimedia platform for test creation

UNITEUNITE httphttp://://wwwwww..uniteunite--istist..orgorg

Unite platform provides the opportunity for:Saving materials and homeworkAssessing students' workChatting and communicatingCreating tests and language games

Unite project tries to combine the features of e-learning and m-learning.

Mobl21 for IPhones и Android Mobl21 for IPhones и Android httphttp://://wwwwww..moblmobl21.21.comcom//

Mobl21 provides the opportunity for:

Access to teaching materialRevisionTeachers' consultations Communication and

brainstorming for collaborative work

Test, web quest and podcast creation

Mobile learning experience at FFLAS MSU

Survey on students attitude to mobile learning and their technical possibilities

Smartphones for listening comprehension tasks with podcasts

Smartphones for testsSmartphones for information search– dictionaries,

encyclopedias, search engines, news

Smartphones for educational process organization

Moscow State UniversityFaculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies

Teacher development course“Mobile technology integration in language classroom" http://titova.ffl.msu.ru/online-courses/m-learning.html