Thursday, August 23, 2007

m-learning and Gen Y


In early August I was walking passed two Cert II in Electrical Technician students, Troy and Derek, who were completing some orientation tasks from their Research and Study Skills unit at the Regency Campus, TAFE SA. As part of this orientation task, Troy and Derek were asked by their lecturer to become more familiar with the campus.


Troy was using his mobile phone to photograh the layout of the building map. When I asked him why he was using his mobile phone he said, "I'm to lazy to write things down, and then I can refer back to the photo later".


I thought this was a great example of how our students are incorporating mobile technology into their training.

1 comment:

Lud said...

The students doing this is a bit like downloading the public transport timetables onto your mobile phone so that they are always with you.
There are signs all over the trains about how to do this.
Lud Allen