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In 2002 I gave a presentation with the title:
“Personal Lifelong Learning Devices:Where will we be in the next 15 years?”
How far have we come in the 15 years since 2002, and how far could we still go?
PERSONAL LIFELONG LEARNING DEVICES
Where will we be in the next fifteen years?
Mike SharplesKodak/Royal Academy of Engineering
Educational Technology Research Group
University of Birmingham
2002 presentation
2000 2015
2002 Multimedia Communicator
•Colour multimedia handheld computer
•Mobile phone•MP3 player•Fast internet connection
•Under £300 Pogo
2002 presentation
2007 - First commercial phabletHTC Advantage X7500
£225 to £400 with 3G contract
The pioneering British company Pogo Technology Ltd went into liquidation in 2003. It took four more years for a multimedia phone tablet (phablet) to be marketed
2007 - Videophone
By Kalleboo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2975135
A mobile video call between Sweden and Singapore made on a Sony-Ericsson K800 (2007)
The ‘videophone’ on the previous slide was a mockup concept from Nokia
2000 2015
2003 Handheld Learning Device
Student learning organiserStudents on MSc in Human Centred Systems, University of Birmingham
2002 presentation
Mobile learning organiser
Our research in 2002-2004 with a prototype ‘Mobile Learning Organiser’ showed that students wanted anytime anywhere access to content, but preferred standard office tools to specialist educational tools such as a daily lecture and meeting calendar.
Corlett, D., Sharples, M., Chan, T., Bull, S. (2005) Evaluation of a Mobile Learning Organiser for University Students, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21, pp. 162-170.
2013 - FutureLearnLearning platform for free online courses that runs on mobile devices
25% of FutureLearn learners access courses on mobile devices
2000 2015
2004 Collaborative M-Learning
Handheld devices for collaborative learning
2002 presentation
Collaborative m-learning
Where?Orchestrating learners to collaborate with mobile devices is a challenge for teachers. Good pedagogy. Usable technology.Poor integration into the classroom.
2004 & 2014 - Location-aware guide
CAGE location-aware guideMOBIlearn project, 2004
Ultrasonic beacons
Locatify Guide, 2014 Bluetooth beacons
Lonsdale, P., Baber, C., Sharples, M., Byrne, W., Arvanitis, T.N. & Beale, R. (2004) Context Awareness for MOBIlearn: Creating an engaging learning experience in an art museum. In J. Attewell and C. Savill-Smith (eds.) Mobile Learning Anytime Everywhere: A Book of Papers from MLEARN 2004. London: Learning and Skills Development Agency, pp. 115-118.
2000 2015
• Dinner party• Look up “Delia’s illustrated
cookery course” on handheld• Guide to choosing a dinner recipe• Wine advisor• Click to order over wireless link• Food and wine delivered to home
2005 Personal Learning Assistant
2002 presentation
2000 20152010 Ambient Learning•Ambient Wood (Equator project)
–A wood that teaches•MetaPark (BT)
–A walk through a park in contact with people in the virtual park
•AL project–Learning embedded in everyday objects, buildings, environments
2002 presentation
Ambient learningPeople in real world conversing with people online
www.Georama.comHigh definition mobile phone webcasts with live chat
2000 2015
2015 Lifelong Learning Assistance
• Lifelong learning organiser• Creativity tools• Worldwide collaborative investigations
• Guides and mentors• Contextual learning
2002 presentation
Lifelong mobile learning assistance
We still have a long way to go in developing personal and mobile tools for lifelong learning support
And some more predictions…
In 2005 we ran ‘Future Technology Workshops’ with adults to predict the future of mobile learning. Their two main predictions were…
Mobile learning beyond 2016
The Whisperer
Context-related information into an earpiece
Gives information about who you are speaking to, or the event you are watching
Mobile learning beyond 2016
The Whisperer
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/meet-the-pilot-smart-earpiece-language-translator-headphones-travel#/
Context-related information into an earpiece
Gives information about who you are speaking to, or the event you are watching
Mobile learning beyond 2016
X-ray tablet
Transparent augmented reality
See into a landscape or a building
Understand its structure or function
Mobile learning beyond 2016
X-ray tablet
Transparent augmented reality
See into a landscape or a building
Understand its structure or function
“the next-generation iPhone will be clear — as in, completely transparent so that users can see straight through it — so that Apple can use it to power an augmented reality experience similar to the one offered by Microsoft’s HoloLens”http://bgr.com/2016/10/24/iphone-8-rumors-specs-design-
revealed-or-nope/