Plenary Session IV: Using ICT to Promote Non-formal Education and Life Long Learning
KNOU Mobile Learning for Innovation in Distance Learning
Tae Rim Lee, Professor, Korea National Open University, Korea
Mobile learning (m-Learning) is novel in that it facilitates the delivery of learning to the right person, at the right time, in the right place using portable electronic devices. In the near future, m-Learning will be a normal part of lifelong education and self-directed learning. In Korea, m-Learning has been expanded in almost every sector of educational fields. Last year, KNOU started the mobile learning system with KT.
In this paper, mobile learning for statistics education will be introduced. The e-Learning system for Statistics Education has improved the lack of two-way communication and repetition, the main weakness of the existing media, TV, radio and written text. And it has extended the opportunity of the learner by operating a variety of curriculum on the basis of e-learning.This paper describes the new paradigm of Statistics Education with e-learning contents, mobile learning and the ubiquitous learning system for statistical education that anyone who wants to study could study anywhere, anytime with the Internet and multimedia systems.
The objectives of this study are the evaluation of the effectiveness of e-learning courses and to propose suggestions for future improvement of e-Learning courses, and suggest the future view of a more advanced education system of mobile learning and ubiquitous learning systems.
In future society with a rapid change of educational circumstance and globalization, distance education using ICT technology will satisfy educational desires in various classes of learners. KNOU has provided the student with distance education contents through broadcasting and IT.Mobile technologies, such as mobile devices and wireless Internet services, have the potential to introduce new innovations in the area of education m-learning, a new form of education using mobile Internet systems and handheld devices can offer students and teachers the opportunity to interact with, and gain access to educational materials, independent of time and space.
This study suggested some suggestions for preparing the future of statistics education based on mobile and one more step advanced ubiquitous learning.