M-learning and Foundation Degrees
This is a question really ...How would Foundation Degree students situated within their own working environment take to using their mobile phones to post to their learning community ? An excited learner could feedback to the group far more quickly than waiting for the group seminar a week later; a query could be answered by a community member.
The posts would go into the community software with responses appearing on-line but being returned by SMS to the phone of the originator? Possible? I would think so ...
posted by Jane @ 7:42 pm
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Would such students raise the sort of queries that could be answered usefully within the confines of a text message?
Quite possibly; there would be an issue of culture and identity involved though.
Employers would need to find acceptable the practise of gaining expertise/learning though an m-enhanced CoP and there would need to be protocols established for student:student and student:tutor communication as per any on-line community. It would also require that students are open to publicising their status as a learner; even within our own tutor groups (and we are all self confessed learners)there are many who dont like shouting for 'help' and/or confess to not liking to look daft by asking. (I say ask and look daft - and then you learn). Within the workplace many workers are still viewed as having literal 'L' plates and not being up to the job if they display and image as a learner. David Boud writes well on this subject.
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