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Stage in life of project |
Outputs / Achievements |
Activities
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Project planning and management stage
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Management of the processes of the project
Planning of the products of the project
Agreement on dissemination plan and
evaluation plan
Preparation for interim and final report
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Election of Board of Management
Responsibility for:
Budget control
Deadlines, schedules, workloads
Quality control
Project administration.
Agreement on dates of face-to-face meetings
and audio conferences |
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Achievements of mobile learning today
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This will be the partnership’s presentation
of best practice in mobile learning worldwide today.
Examples of mobile learning in educational administration;
in academic education; in art galleries and museums will be
given. The reports on the various achievements should total
100 pages. EN,HU,BG,PT |
There are extensive achievements in mobile
learning by the University of Pretoria in South Africa who
are probably the world leaders, Korea, Japan, China the USA,
the UK, Italy and Malta. All these will be allocated to the
partners for investigation and report. |
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Role
of mobile learning in 25 EU states today
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This will be an in-depth presentation of the
role of mobile learning in European education today. Country
reports will vary, but on an average of 4 pages per country
this will be a volume of 100 pages. EN,HU,BG,PT |
4-5 countries will be allocated to each
partner. They will be required to carry out and write up
authoritative analyses of the state of mobile learning in
their allocated countries. Extensive use is already reported
from the United Kingdom, Malta, Italy and Ireland |
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The
role of mobile learning in European education
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This will be a policy recommendations
document for European decision makers based on an in-depth
study of the role of mobile learning, the ‘law’ of distance
education research, the ubiquity of mobile devices
especially in the 16-24 age group, the use of these devices
in both administrative and academic higher education, the
impact of 3G. A publication of about 50 pages. .
EN,HU,BG,PT,FR,FL |
A three-tiered strategy based on mobile
devices for administration; short 5 to 6 screen shots for
academic advice; full modules on mobile devices. A major
theme will be need for mobile learning to match wireless
developments in other fields, the danger that education and
training will be left behind.
The importance of mobile learning becoming a
revenue generator for telecommunications operators. |
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The
pedagogical aspects of mobile learning
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The pedagogical characteristics of mobile
learning and how it differs from face-to-face education,
distance education and e-learning. 60 pages EN |
The pedagogical considerations of developing
mobile learning for small screens, low memories,
difficulties with graphics and the advantages of SMS, MMS,
email, streaming video, photography. A major focus will be
how to make mobile learning interactive. The project will
explore mobile learning communities. |
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Adapting e-learning and ILT (Instructor Led Training)
materials to mobile learning
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This module will present strategies for
transforming existing elearning and ILT (instructor led
training) or face-to-face learning materials to mobile
learning. About 60 pages. EN |
The strategies to be developed here are the
establishment of procedures for the development of courses
so that development will be seamless and suitable for
viewing on small mobile devices. This will include the
production of graphics with small file sizes, not more than
a couple of hundred bites to reduce download time. |
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Mobile Learning course development,
adaptation, teaching and evaluation
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Six mobile learning courses
EN, NO, BG, HU, PT |
The development or adaptation of 6 mobile
learning courses, their teaching to real students in real
study situations and their evaluation in the five countries
with scientifically designed joint questionnaires.
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Mobile learning for the disadvantaged and disabled
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The design of mobile learning specially
suited to the disabled and to disadvantaged learners. 60
pages EN. |
The
advantages are well known: students with visual impairments,
hearing impairments, mobility impairments, cognitive
impairments and seizure disorders are all advantaged by
mobile devices. For all disabled students mobile devices are
more portable, lighter, more easily manipulated, available
in more places and at more times than wired technologies.
They are private and more personal in use. |
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Dissemination plan
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The focus of the dissemination plan is the
insertion of mobile learning into European education, and
the development of mobile learning as an accepted revenue
stream for operators. A proactive plan will be developed
focused on the distribution of products to key decision
makers and stakeholders. |
The dissemination plan will include the
following activities:
(i) development of a portal website will all
the products unpassworded and available to all
(ii) organisation of a mobile learning SIG
(Special Interest Group) based around the ECLO
(iii) use of the ECLO network to reach
stakeholders and decision makers in the EU
(iv) publication of one or more books with
ISBN numbers from the products detailed here
(v) publication of articles on mobile
learning, especially in the European online journals
(vi) organisation of an international seminar
or workshop for leading stakeholders with ECLO |
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Evaluation and quality control
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Quality control will be guaranteed at two
levels: the project Board of Management will have continuous
overview of quality and the project will contract an
evaluator, totally external to the project, to carry out a
scientific evaluation |
Each product on completion will be presented
to the Board of Management for evaluation and approval. The
product will either be approved for dissemination on the
project website and for inclusion in the Interim Report and
the Final Report or returned to the partner for further work
and improvement. The official project evaluation will be
provided by the external evaluator: DEIS of the Cork
Institute of Technology, Ireland |
