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University of Massachusetts Boston University College Instructional Design Graduate Program Instructor Information
Apostolos Koutropoulos, MBA, MSIT, MEd, MA, CTS Email: insert email (Preferred) Phone (W): insert phone Phone (M): insert phone Office Hours: By Appointment Note: Throughout the semester, I will communicate with you via your UMB email account. Please review the following website for a job aid that will assist you in forwarding your UMB email account to your personal account if you prefer: http://howto.wikispaces.umb.edu/Forward+Student+UMB+Email+to+Personal+Account The best method of contact is via email. I am to respond to all emails within 48 hours of receipt. Please note that I do not check my email on the weekends, so if you send me something on Friday by email and dont respond, I will most likely respond on Monday.
Course Information
Course Title: Introduction to Mobile Learning
Prerequisites: INSDSG 601 & 640 - or - permission of the instructor Prerequisite Skills: Course Description:
Mobile Learning (mLearning), learning assisted by mobile technology that allows learners to untether from physical locations and temporal boundaries, has been around since the introduction of personal portable devices. This course introduces students to the theory and practice of mLearning as they apply to adult learner learners.
Technical Requirements: Students ought to have access to a mobile device such as a cell phone, or a smartphone (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, etc.), or a PDA, or a portable media player (iPod, Zune), or a tablet, or other mobile device would be helpful in order to understand the contexts of learning with such devices.
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Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: 1. Identify instances where learning can be enhanced by various types of mobile devices. 2. Identify and utilize appropriate mobile devices and activities for learning. 3. Demonstrate an understanding the pedagogical nuances and opportunities of mobile devices. 4. Design learning activities for mLearning.
Core Competencies: The objectives for this course focus on the following (IBSTPI) core competencies: 1. Professional Foundations a) Communicate effectively in visual, oral and written form (Essential). b) Apply current research and theory to the practice of Instructional Design (Advanced). c) Update and Improve Ones Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes Pertaining to Instructional Design and Related Fields. (Essential). d) Apply fundamental research skills to instructional design projects. e) Identify and Resolve Ethical and Legal Implications of Design in the Work place. 2. Planning & Analysis a) Conducts a needs assessment. b) Design a Curriculum or Program. c) Select and Use a Variety of Techniques for Determining Instructional Content. d) Identify and Describe Target Population Characteristics. e) Analyze the Characteristics of the Environment. f) Analyze the Characteristics of Existing and Emerging Technologies and their Use in an Instructional Environment. Updated: November 16, 2012 This mLearning Course Syllabus by Apostolos Koutropoulos is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Page 2
mLearning Site Surveys (Individual) mLearning allows learning to take place regardless of the location and the time context. During the semester you will be required to attend three different sites, observe the environment, the learners, and the interactions, and write three (3) site surveys; one for each site. The site surveys will be brief descriptions of the mLearning opportunity (i.e a needs analysis), who is this mLearning geared toward (i.e. a learner analysis) and in what environment does the learning take place and what are the affordances and hindrances of this environment (i.e. a learning context analysis). These site surveys will be 4-5 pages, typed, double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font and will aim to educate your readers and help them make decisions about how to best use the technology that you are exploring in your White Paper. The grading rubric for this assignment, as well as the due dates, are available on our Blackboard site. Final Paper & Presentation (Group Project) This final presentation will take place on the final day of class. This final week is all about putting it all together. This is a group project that you will be working on with your team throughout the semester. In this plan you will expand on the information and the analysis from the site surveys, that each of your team-members completed, based on the feedback you have received from your peers and me (this will most likely require you to go back and revisit the site to obtain more information). You will identify all relevant information from the ISD process: Needs analysis, learner analysis, learning context, environmental analysis, learning materials (i.e. what type of mLearning solutions), your instructional strategy, and so on. Your final deliverable will be a document that contains an instructional proposal, which details all of the information youve found, your proposed learning intervention, what technologies you will use, and why, and the proposed cost (if you can estimate a cost). This deliverable is due to the instructor via as a hard copy on the day of your presentation. In addition to this deliverable you will have 30 minutes to present highlights of this deliverable to your classmates. If you wish to also submit an electronic copy of your presentation and your paper, I can annotate them with comments and distribute it back to each member of your team at the end of the semester.
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Course Policies: Attendance (online) You are required to attend every course session for this class. During our online weeks, you are expected to post your initial post by Wednesday at 23:59 EST, and your responses to classmates by Sunday at 17:00 EST. During our oncampus weeks, if you participate at any point during the week online, you will be counted as having attended class online that week. Attendance (campus) You are expected to attend all on-campus meetings in order to have a full participation grade. Participation Participation presupposes attendance. If you dont attend you cant participate in class. Participation includes completing all required reading and writing assignments prior to attending class (on-campus) and prior to participating in discussions (on-campus and online) and thus thoughtfully participating in discussions, and taking responsibility for helping create a positive learning situation by arriving promptly, listening respectfully, and participating constructively. Group Work Most projects for this course are meant to be individual projects. The only group project is your semester long project. In order to lay the groundwork for you working in a group: o let me know in advance who will be in your team [first week of the semester] o you create a team contract to show me that you have defined the parameters of your partnership, who does what, in what time frame, and what remedies you will have in place if conflicts arise. I can provide you with a template for a team contract. o you agree to evaluate (anonymously) the work of your group peers, and agree to receive anonymous evaluation from your group peers, upon completion of work. Your team grade will only be a team grade if everyone agrees that work was distributed equally. I will provide you with a rubric to grade your peers. Late Work Late work for full credit will be accepted only if its late due to demonstrable unforeseen circumstances such as a medical or family emergency. Late work is due within two weeks of due date, no later. Work turned in late, without extenuating circumstances will drop half a grade for every day its late. Collegiality It is expected that work will be turned in on time. Feedback is available from the instructor, provided that you give adequate time (at least a weeks notice) to the instructor for this feedback request. At times debate in class could get heated. If Updated: November 16, 2012 This mLearning Course Syllabus by Apostolos Koutropoulos is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Page 5
Grading
Grading: This course is designed to help everyone succeed and get the most out of research methodologies and research analysis. Weekly discussions (online and in-class) are ungraded -- simply participate meaningfully in them all and 20% of your grade is an "A." The following scale is used for final grading: Grade type for the course is a whole or partial letter grade. (Please see table below) Note: the lowest passing grade for a graduate student is a C. Grades lower than a C that are submitted by faculty will automatically be recorded as an F. Please see the Graduate Bulletin for more detailed information on the Universitys grading policy.
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Percentage
93-100% 90-92% 87-89% 83-86% 80-82% 77-79% 73-76% 0-72%
Given under very restricted terms and only when satisfactory work has been accomplished in majority of coursework. Contract of completion terms is required. Received for failure to comply with contracted completion terms. Received if withdrawal occurs before the withdrawal deadline. Audit (only permitted on space-available basis) Not Attending (student appeared on roster, but never attended class. Student is still responsible for tuition and fee charges unless withdrawal form is submitted before deadline. NA has no effect on cumulative GPA.)
Quality Points
4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 0.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
72 and below is a failing grade (UMass Boston policy for graduate courses)Grades of "Incomplete" may be granted at the discretion of the instructor. An "Incomplete" will only be available to students who have completed at least 75% of the course work and have a substantiated problem at the end of the semester that prevents completion of the course work. Due dates for assignments will be posted on Blackboard. Students are expected to submitall assignments on time. Lateness is permitted without penalty only with written medical documentation or under grave extenuating circumstances that can be substantiated.
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Accommodations
Section 504, 508 and the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 offer guidelines for curriculum modifications and adaptations for students with documented disabilities. If applicable, you may obtain adaptation recommendations from the UMass Boston Ross Center (508-287-7430. You need to present and discuss these recommendations with me within a reasonable period, prior to the end of the Drop/Add period. You are advised to retain a copy of this syllabus in your personal files for use when applying for future degrees, certification, licensure, or transfer of credit.
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All assignment submissions will be through using Google Docs. During the first class session I will demonstrate how to create a new Google Doc and share it with me, and any teammates or peer-reviewers. Google Docs doesnt have as many features as Microsoft Word, but it was what you need to complete your assignments. The reason we are using Google Docs is because as a program it provides a better platform for collaboration and for providing comments and feedback. There is a dummy assignment available on Blackboard that will get you acclimated to creating a new Google Doc and sharing a link with the instructor. This syllabus is subject to change throughout the semester due to emergent student needs, important new learning opportunities, guest speakers, inclement weather, or other unforeseen situations. In the event a change must be made, I will notify you as soon as practically possible, and provide an updated syllabus on our course website. Students input will be sought throughout the semester and the instructor is willing to modify the course (while its in session) as needed to improve the course, clarify issues, or fix inadequacies.
Changes to Syllabus:
Student Input:
Course Schedule Week 0: One week before the official course start
Core Topic(s): Location(s): Learning Objectives: Reading Assignment Class Activities Assignment(s): Due Date: Blackboard Getting acclimated with Blackboard
Please go through the self-paced blackboard instructional videos on Atomic Learning if you havent taken a course in Blackboard yet. Discussion Board: Who are ya? Introduce yourself the class Blackboard Walkthrough Check-sheet Blackboard Scavenger Hunt
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Class Activities
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Class Activities
Retta Chapter 4: Understanding mLearning in terms of Informing Science (p. 45 58) Ally Chapter 2: A model for Framing mobile Learning (p 25-50) Quinn Chapter 5: Getting Contextual (p. 51-59) Rogers et al (2010) Enhancing Learning: a study of how mobile devices can facilitate sensemaking. (25 pages) In-Class: Share your Site Surveys and Comment on others In-Class: Teams should take a moment and see if any of the 5 sites that their team members presented might be a site candidate for their final project. Discussion Board: Ally Chapter issues, questions & aha moments Discussion Board: Quinn Chapter issues, questions & aha moments Discussion Board: Retta Chapter issues, questions & aha moments Site Survey #1 is due in class. Be prepared to present a brief overview of your site with photos youve taken of the site. Optional: students can also bring in brief videos of their first site to share with the class. Maximum Presentation time is 5 minutes. There will be an opportunity to answer peer questions during class and receive feedback.
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Class Activities
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Reading Assignment
Class Activities
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Retta Chapter 11: Individual Learner Styles (p. 167-184) Retta Chapter 12: Mobile Writing (p. 185-200) Retta Chapter 13: Mobile Creativity (p. 201-214) Ally Chapter 9: From e-learning to m-learning: new opportunities (p. 183-192) Group Work: Teams should be working on their projects Discussion Board: Ally Chapter issues, questions & aha moments Discussion Board: Retta Chapter issues, questions & aha moments None
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Class Activities
Quinn Chapter 12: Being Strategic (p. 175-182) Quinn Chapter 13: Trends and Directions (p. 183-192) Retta Chapter 15: What's next? (p. 243-252) Retta Chapter 16: Futurist Perspectives (p. 253-272) Discussion Board: Quinn Chapter issues, questions & aha moments Discussion Board: Retta Chapter issues, questions & aha moments Final Presentations
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