ASCILITE Mobile Learning SIG
The aim of the ASCILITE Mobile Learning SIG (ML-SIG) is to explore the intersection of mobile learning, new pedagogies, the Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning (SOTEL), Design-Based Research (DBR), and authentic learning.
Mobile device ownership is ubiquitous, leading many HE institutions to explore a BYOD approach to mobile learning. However, most Mlearning projects are device centric and focus upon repurposing content for delivery to small screens and substitution of pre-existing pedagogical strategies. The potential of mobile learning is to enable new collaborative connected pedagogies and professional portfolios.
The ML-SIG will explicitly explore the boundaries of current knowledge and approaches to mobile learning, and develop a global collaborative network of mobile learning researchers interested in exploring and implementing the frontiers of mobile learning. It will also explore the unique affordances of mobile devices for student-generated content and student-generated contexts via such technologies as collaborative media production and sharing, VR, AR, geolocative and contextual sensors, drones and wearable technologies.
SIG Activities
- Google Plus Community
- ML-SIG blog
- Twitter hastag: #ascilitemlsig
- Webinar series archived on YouTube
- Conference Symposia
- Special issue of AJET (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology)
Join the SIG
Complete this simple sign-up form to be kept up to date about the ML-SIG's plans and activities. Membership is open to ascilite members and non-members and there are no membership fees to join the SIG.
SIG Contacts
Thom Cochrane, SIG Leader: thomas.cochrane@aut.ac.nz
You will find profiles of the ML-SIG core members here.
