LSRI: Developing a Sustainable Seamless (Mobile) Learning Education Innovation in Singapore

Baohui Zhang

National Institute of Education, Singapore

Mobile computing technologies are becoming more and more pervasive, and affordable in our daily lives. Such technologies are suitable for one-to-one and seamless learning (learning everywhere and all the time). However, how to prepare young students for the new habits of learning that are sustainable is a big challenge. We embarked on a three-year research study to explore how to develop a sustainable seamless learning pedagogy in a primary school. We worked with one primary three experimental and mixed ability class (3X) since 2009.  Each student in 3X was given a smart phone with unlimited Internet access, data plan and some educational software tools and he/she could use the phone 24/7. My presentation will focus on how we have integrated the affordances of mobile technologies to transform the existing primary three and four science curriculum, our multiple assessment modes, and some of the changes in the science teacher and the students (mainly the “formal” sub-group’s work; we also have a “informal” sub-group within the project team). I will also share some of our challenges we have faced. We hope the presentation becomes a means for our exchange of ideas in using mobile technology for 21st century learning

This event will be live streamed via http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk/live/

This talk will take place in Room 35a, Flexible Learning Room, LSRI, The Exchange, Jubilee Campus