This blog has been set up to support a university course in New Literacies and Language Learning. The teachers taking this course will be using blogs to share resources, approaches and perspectives on using ICT in the language classroom. If you have similar reflections to share then please feel free to leave a comment - we appreciate the feedback. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. All good things must come to an end.

Conceptualizing Mobile Learning and Related Issues. A definition of mobile learning is given in Guidelines For Learning in a Mobile Environment. Any sort of learning that happens when the learner is not at a fixed, predetermined location, or learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies. As cited in Sharples et al, 2009, pp. 8230;who owns the products of con.

A short reflection on my blogging experience for this semester. Supposedly you would be reading my last post in this blog for this semester. I have mixed feeling towards this blogging experience.

4 out of 5 dentists recommend this WordPress. Oh sentiment in the air. Before this course, I never thought that maintaining a blog could be such an. I read academic articles of other courses too, but. By maintaining a blog, I felt my learning took a slightly higher level. To share my ideas and opinions with my readers, read my fellow classmates blog. Posts, and occasionally engaged in discussions with my classmates along the.

Thirdly, the authors introduced the process of how to design mobile learning. They claimed that the designing of mobile learning activities should be driven by specific learning objectives and the central task of mobile learning is to promote enriching conversations within and across contexts.

Is a strategic, life simulation video game series developed by Maxis and later. It is one of the most successful video games series of all time. In this game, the player is asked to control the daily routines of a virtual family by finishing the tasks. The player of the game will receive tasks in the language they chose to set up the game.

Then, the parameter for an online EFL course system is proposed, followed by which 4 useful pedagogical tools are illustrated and evaluated. Should be careful as the students might rely too much on it in composing the.

These kinds of language learning tools are objective and productive with automatically graded tasks. Teachers can provide computer-enhanced feedback for the subjectively evaluated activities too.

A Reflection on Mobile Learning, Small Devices, Big Issue. A Reflection on Mobile Learning, Small Devices, Big Issues.