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Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:16:55 +0000

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Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:14:33 +0000

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Look it up « — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:41:39 +0000

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Personalizing the Phrasebook — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:14:00 +0000

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Comment on Exploring out-of-class learning, mobile devices and Dogme language learning by Howard

Howard — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:56:00 +0000

Hi Nicky

Thank you for the comments.

You phrase “on the spot” got me thinking that the blog post concentrates on the physical and social contexts of mLearning, but there is also the question of time. Time is often mentioned in terms of ‘pushed’ mLearning, where textbook-like materials can be accessed anytime – but I also have an example of ‘pulled’ mLearning that takes advantage of finding time to write in very short bursts.

Today I was talking with one of our students who is about to start twittering about medical articles he reads. He will now connect with other medics in his field and use twitter to summarize and share what interests him most in the professional journals he reads. He will then jointly correct and discuss his tweets with his teacher in lesson. Summarizing an idea in 140 characters is no easy task and this may focus his attention on chunks/phrases that he can recycle again and again. Federico is really very busy and just doesn’t find the time to write for homework – perhaps using his iPhone in this way will allow him to practice his writing more often.
Howard

Comment on Exploring out-of-class learning, mobile devices and Dogme language learning by Nicky Hockly

Nicky Hockly — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:13:56 +0000

Hi Howard, thanks for this thought-provoking blog post. I really like your talking out loud mind maps video idea, interesting to see how this helps you sort out your thoughts. I also especially like the way you distinguish between push and pull uses of mobile technology in language learning — all too often, teachers assume that mobile learning means iPhone apps, or receiving an idiom of the day on your phone. This can of course be useful, but is hardly the whole story, nor does it tap into the potential for networking with mlearning that you so clearly outline here.

I’m trying to prepare a talk on mlearning for the upcoming IATEFL conference in Harrogate (www.iatefl.org), and was especially struck by your anecdote about using a forum to find out what an expression in Spanish means, on the spot. I have a few of my own anecdotes of how I use mobile learning to learn French, but your post has inspired me to solicit anecdotes from others — it will be interesting to see what comes up!

Thanks again, I have found lots of food for thought in your posting.

Nicky Hockly (Barcelona, Spain)

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uberVU - social comments — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:55:23 +0000

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uberVU - social comments — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:33:54 +0000

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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:40:52 +0000

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