1st National Postgraduate Symposium on Mobile Learning

The Concept of

Mobile Learning Applicable for

Malaysian Secondary

School EducationRashidah Rahamat

MOE

The Net Generation…

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Their world…

Rashidah et al. 2010

Teachers’ Pedagogical Approaches

would turn the lesson to be really engaging and meaningful

Thus….

Empirical findings showed 92% out of 235 respondents owned handphones..

They showed that they were…

Malaysian Education Policy• No hand phones in the

school compound…

• Net books were given to selected students but not fully utilized for T & L

• Wireless is available in school but poor connection

The SWOT Analysis

The concept applied…Motiwalla 2007

PULL Mechanism(WEBSITE)

PUSH Mechanism(SMS)

Accessed throughAccessed through

Personalized

Content

Collaborative

Content

PUSH

Mechanism

Pedagogical Agents& Mentors

Communication Aids

SMS, IM, Alerts,Scheduling Calendars

PULL

Mechanism

System Tools &

Resources

Simulated Classrooms

WMLm websites, Discussion Boards & Chat Forums

Alerts, Scheduling Calendars, WML, websites

SMS, IM, Discussion Boards & Chat Forums

• 80% of students send SMS every day (Markett et al. 2006; Hortsmanshop 2004)

• 79% of students’ activities using mobile phones is sending SMS (Rashidah et al. 2010)

the students have a positive perceptions towards receiving

SMS from the teacher

A good move by the teacher since it would make them

feel…

This study provides some practical insights that the use of mobile phones could be implemented in Malaysian

secondary school education context

“SMS has been called the ‘killer’ application of mobile phones, as its usage exceeds all expectations

• Markett et al 2006:282

Motivation

InteractionCollaboration

HOW TO USE?

The technologies are just the tools but most importantly is how to use them…

Successful mobile learning environment…

FlexibilityCareful

planning

m-Learn environment

1st National Postgraduate Symposium on Mobile Learning

THANK YOU

Rashidah Rahamat

MOE