602 Exploring Mobile Learning Techniques in Delivering Distance Education
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Thursday, June 11
Strategy
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As the use of mobile devices is increasing, individuals have access to information anytime and anywhere to perform authentic activities in the context of learning. This provides the opportunity to bring education to any location, without the need to physically move to an academic institution or training facility.
In this session you will explore some of the best practices and techniques to use for mLearning in distance education. You will discuss effective ways of designing mobile learning experiences that can enhance distance learning, approaches providing different, more flexible ways to offer distance education, facilitating a complete education and training experience regardless of location or time.
In this session, you will learn:
- Techniques for delivering flexible, effective education/training
- How ease of use affects learning
- Considerations for content availability on mobile devices
- How collaborative learning is enhanced through mLearning
- How using change management methodology increases the success of the implementation of mLearning
Audience:
Novice and intermediate designers, project managers, and managers.
Technology
discussed in this session:
Mobile devices.
Catherine Boivie
Executive in Residence
Simon Fraser University
Catherine Aczel Boivie is the executive in residence at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. Her prior executive roles include senior vice president of information technology and facility management for Vancity Credit Union (Canada’s largest credit union) and senior vice president of information technology and chief information officer at Pacific Blue Cross and Canadian Automobile Association of British Columbia. She holds a bachelor’s of math degree from the University of Waterloo and a master’s of education and a PhD from University of Toronto.
