Cinthia del Grosso

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Cinthia was a FLL in 2003 looking at m-learning

Summary of Action Plan
As new technologies are introduced into our lives and our education and training systems, educators at all levels are questioning ‘how do people learn and how can electronic tools assist in the learning process?’
My study of Mobile Learning as the focus for my Flexible Learning Leaders project began with the view of exploring the tools which would assist in the learning task for workers who are mobile for most of their working day.
The Transport and Distribution workforce of today is required to learn skills that empower them to be able to identify problems, locate relevant information, analyse the information, synthesise the information and communicate with others. They are also required to carry out these functions in ways that are relevant to their industry context and in locations many kilometres from their central depot or station.
Therefore, the electronic tools that can assist them to develop these skills and carry out the above tasks must be portable and mobile like the workforce. Mobile Learning, through the use of PDA’s, Pocket PC’s and mobile phones gives the workers/learners as much control as possible over what, when, where and how they learn. The context for the learning is provided by the nature of their occupation and mobile learning has the capacity to support o