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Vitaliy Popov Postdoctoral Researcher at Mobile Technology Learning Center University of San Diego, USA
Vitaliy Popov Postdoctoral Researcher at Mobile Technology Learning Center University of San Diego, USA
• Relevance & Importance • Research Questions • Study Design • Preliminary Findings
CONTENT
• What individual and shared challenges do K-20 (K-12 school & higher education) and industry in STEM-related disciplines/careers face in implementing ML in teaching and learning?
• What are the solutions that have been developed
in one sector that could feasibly be implemented in the other sector in STEM-related disciplines/careers?
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
STUDY DESIGN
• Three rounds of the Delphi survey (a methodology for eliciting and summarizing the opinions of a group of experts)
• Sample (N=39): 13 international leading researchers 17 K-12 teachers & university lecturers 9 representatives of business
FINDINGS 251 identified challenges in all three sectors
FINDINGS
37 30 26
45 43
69 64
92 96
Technological -146 Policy-related -165 Pedagogical -191
Business Higher Education School
FINDINGS
37 45
64
30 43
92
26
69
96
Business Higher Education School
Technological Policy-related Pedagogical
PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES
8 10 3 5
13 20
2 9
27
11
37
46
Business Higher Education School
Student/User -21 Teacher/Instructor -38Resources -38 Instructional approaches - 94
INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES
POLICY-RELATED CHALLENGES
2 6
11 7
4 4 7
3
17
12 10
12 14
21
35
Resources -16 Security/Privacy -25
StakeholderInvolvement -28
Standards -45 Devices(Ban/Allow) -51
Business Higher Education School
POLICY-RELATED CHALLENGES
2 4
10 6 7
12 11
3
14
7
17 21
4
12
35
Business Higher Education School
Resources -16 Security/Privacy -25
Stakeholder Involvement -28 Standards -45
Devices (Ban/Allow) -51
EXAMPLES
TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
5 2
7 7 5
10
17 16
20
8
22
27
Business Higher Education School
Security -14 Resources -22 Software -53 Hardware -57
TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
SCENARIO Mr. White, a high school science teacher, wants his students to work in small groups to complete a project using information collected with the help of an augmented reality app. Mr. White hopes his students will continue working in their groups by exchanging information collected by mobile device sensors at any time and from any place. However, Mr. White does not know how to track and assess his students’ learning while working on this project.
SOLUTIONS “Don’t try to collect evidence in-app. This isn’t an e-learning course. Rather ask students to collect their own portfolio (e.g., scree grabs), and set up parallel discussion fora, or similar tools that you use to set the in-game challenges, and collect the evidence of engagement. So – SEPARATE the digital activity (AR), and the dialog/evidence collection (additional in-app data is a bonus)”. A. Create a rubric which can serve as a learning tool and as a tool to help
assess the quality of achievement by criteria. B. Network analysis could map the interactions among the members of
the groups. C. Mobile app with a record track utility linked to a central database (the
Google Cloud infrastructure, xAPI; use an LRS; Aurasma or Credly.
SCENARIO
Dr. Green, a superintendent of a school district, is unclear as to her country's national and regional governmental policies regarding issues such as funding, cyberbullying, privacy, and security for mobile learning in primary and secondary education.
SOLUTIONS • Government/public departments websites • Online research • Other superintendents → regular meetings or
reference group to discuss research and exchange ideas/experiences
• Talk to colleagues/peers • Create a mobile platform/portal with a library of
mini-lessons/resources • Need to be briefed about policy and cases/context • Disseminate found information to others • Training
SCENARIO Z Inc. is one of the world’s largest technology companies. This company has recently launched a mobile learning initiative that aims to deliver learning content that can be accessed on any device online or offline. Z Inc. administrators struggle to figure out how to integrate these new mobile learning systems so that they are universally compatible with their company's systems (some of which are legacy systems).
SOLUTIONS • Hire/work with/build team of people who can do this • Develop APIs to bridge content from existing systems to
mobile applications • Build all content in HTML5 • Layer on top of legacy systems • Standardization: OAuth, xAPI, SCORM • Careful network / infrastructure design to ensure
services can be accessed • Implementation of mid-tier service layer to offer a
bridge between mobile, and non-mobile platforms - very available mobile front end, accessible from all devices, that exposes the back end services
Wednesday, April 6th at University of San Diego
Main goal - to adopt/pilot some of the cross-fertilization ideas resulting from the event outcomes.
https://www.sandiego.edu/soles/centers-and-research/
The Mobile Technology Learning Center and Qualcomm are hosting a one-day conference, bringing together education technology experts from around the world in three sectors: K-12, higher education and industry.
