New media and distance learning
A good but quick overview identifying the use of new media in delivering distance learning. One of the slides indicates the six generations in the history of distance learning.
MOOC on mobile learning at OUM
Mobile learning at OUM started with the formation of an research team on m-learning in August 2008. Its first task was to determine how ready OUM learners would be for mobile learning. We surveyed almost 3,000 learners throughout Malaysia and found that more than 80 percent of the learners said they would be ready for learning through their mobile phones. We first experimented with podcasts and moved on to using sms to support the blended mode of learning at OUM and found that the latter worked extremely well. For more information on the m-learning project at OUM, three papers have been uploaded at: http://www.scribd.com/collections/3238724/MOOC-on-mobile-learning-at-OUM for your reading. More than 21,000 learners have benefited from m-learning at OUM and the SMS for selected courses continue to be sent for free (burned by the university) to the targeted group of learners.
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