mLearn: Mobile Learning at CSU
The mLearn Project
The Senior Executive Committee has approved and funded a mobile learning project to start in 2011 and continue through into 2013. The initiative is split into two phases focussing on four key areas.
In Phase One we plan to:
- Mobilise specific features and tools from Interact (CSU’s learning management system),
- Run trials of tablet devices,
- Develop mobile friendly learning materials, and
- Mobilise the subject evaluation tool.
In Phase two we will continue this work and expand upon it to:
- Work on mobilising Interact 2 (Sakai OAE) as a whole,
- Continue the device trials and expand them to include eReaders and Smart Phones,
- Continue to develop and explore mobile friendly digital resources, and
- Finalise the subject evaluation tool.
Phase One is a ‘sprint’ from now and into the first session of 2012, aimed at getting stuck in and producing results that can help shape future developments. Phase Two continues into 2013 and allows the project to broaden the scope of the investigation to help prepare the University for the big shift from print to digital.
The initiative will focus on mobile learning within the unique context of Charles Sturt University. As the biggest distance education provider in Australia it puts CSU in a unique position both locally and globally. It also presents the project with a unique and dispersed student population who present challenges that are very different from almost all other universities. The work carried out will be informative and help shape future developments in this space.
You can follow the project blog here
If you're interested in finding out more about mobile learning or would like to develop and participate in a pilot program please contact us:
Tim Klapdor
Project Manager
Int Ph: 32233
Ext Ph: (02) 6933 2233
Email Tim
Philip Uys
Project Sponsor
Int Ph: 57501
Ext Ph: (02) 6365 7501
Email Philip
The Steering Committee for the project is:
Sponsor - Philip Uys - Director Strategic Learning & Teaching Services
Project Manager - Tim Klapdor - Media Technologist
LTS - Marian Tulloch – Executive Director LTS
DIT - Di Ireland - Director Enterprise Architecture & Liaison
Academic - Andrea Crampton - Learning & Teaching Sub-Dean Science
Library - Alice Ferguson - Acting Executive Director Library Services
Student Services - Liz Smith - Director Academic Support
FLI - Carole Hunter - FLI Strategic Projects Officer
Mobile Learning Investigation
This investigation formed the basis of the mobile learning project. You can read through the report developed by staff from LTS, DIT, DSS and