mLearning - Using mobile technologies to develop new ways of teaching and learning

Pedagogies

Select from the affordances below:

The PDA

Features of a PDA

  • Bluetooth
  • Text notes
  • Memos
  • To do list
  • Viewing photos Video
  • Voice
  • Spreadsheet
  • Music-metronome & notes
  • Calendar
  • Address
  • Calculator
  • Stopwatch
  • Clock and alarm
  • International times, dates
  • Conversion of currency
  • Transfer and sharing of documents
  • E-reader
  • Concept mapping and sketching

What can you do with a PDA in higher education?

Deconstruct and construct texts

Students may work with a group, partner or alone to deconstruct course material and reconstruct it for their peers to demonstrate their growing understanding of learning outcomes. Such a task encourages students to transform their understandings to new learning situations, to think creatively in meeting teaching challenges and to become flexible in the ways that they apply knowledge.

Analyse data collected from classroom teaching experiences in light of course learning outcomes.