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Abstract
Mobile learning is fast establishing itself in higher education as an engaging and successful learning and teaching strategy. This webinar will explore the dynamic relationships between learning design, content, audience and platforms and the critical challenges that need to be resolved for effective mobile learning in higher education. The webinar will examine the impact of mobile learning on higher education and will further describe mobile learning at Charles Sturt University – a university providing intimate on-campus education on its distributed campuses but who is also the largest provider of distance education in Australia. Finally, the essential elements of implementing a successful mobile learning strategy will be examined.
Presenter - Associate Professor Philip Uys
Associate Professor Philip Uys (Ph.D., Grad.Cert. Univ.L&M., B.Comm.Hons., B.Comm., Adv. Dip. Tertiary Teaching) is the Mobile Learning sponsor and Director, Strategic Learning and Teaching Innovation at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Australia and also Director of Globe Consulting. In his position at CSU he has University-wide responsibility for evaluating new educational technologies in terms of their impact on learning and teaching and he plays a leading role in adoption and implementation of new technologies and methods.
He has expertise in the strategic implementation and management of mobile learning, elearning, educational technology, open and distance education and educational innovation and change both in developing settings (Botswana and South Africa) and in developed environments (New Zealand and Australia). He has built up his expertise through international consulting, contract and permanent engagements as well as through many years in tertiary education and the IT industry. More information at http://www.globe-online.com/philip.uys |
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