Ipug : M-learning & Tradies
Sep 16th, 2007 by alexanderhayes
[ image : Tigole Bittie ]
On the 6th September I went down to CIT National TAFE Canberra and conducted a series of workshops with TAFE Construction trainers from all over Australia….some of whom I hadnt seen since Windows 95′ in 1996.
I met up with Roger Carroll who’s progressing things behind locked doors with Marcus Ragus and co. and I also met up with Ian Malcolm who assures me one day he will unlock his Nokia lifeblog and let the world have the other part of his world.
All in all, along with some totally inappropriate, unethical and grotesquely non-astute dinner entertainment, I made contact with around 150 tradies from all walks of the contruction areas who either had never heard of the term m-learning right through to those taking out patents for their mobile secrets. Thank goodness most of the audience had thick skin otherwise the wise cracks with the word f&%# in it would have had everyone reeling……around 60 times I counted no less.
It strikes me that conversations about the potential of m-learning is lost without solid examples of those using it with their students in the field….not adults sitting around in PC’s discovering SMS for the first time. Here’s an example of a working mobile model….always have your MP3 handy in case you get into situations like the following.
Hi Alex,
I have been browsing your work and it sure is in depth.
Interesting to hear the interview with Ian. What a great idea to record family history verbally.
The key is building ubiquitous link’s of communication to let your knowledge grow from your surroundings. The picture in alexander’s blog shows the old model of learning (linear) where today learning comes from all directions if you let it. Lets talk and learn together.
Cheers Ian
Indeed.
It’s amazing how mobile communication has mediated this interaction. Apple made a squillion from appealing to the consumption of content.
YouTube did the opposite.
This blog provides a nexus between both paradigms. I would dearly love to talk and learn in a way that provides a way for creators to become consumers and vice versa.
Where’s your open conversation at Ian. Let me add it to my aggregator.