Summary of G1:1 Panel in GCCCE2006, Beijing, China

[ZHANG Baohui (LST, LSL)]

Dear colleagues,



This message is sent to you per the request of Prof. Tak-Wai Chan

and Prof. Guangzuo Cui.

We are pleased to share this G1:1 event with you.



Best regards,



BaoHui



Summary of  G1:1 Panel in GCCCE2006

 (prepared by Guangzuo Cui from from Peking Unversity, China and

BaoHui Zhang from National Institute of Education, Singapore)



The 10th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education

(GCCCE) was held in Beijing in June 2-5, 2006 and

hosted by the Educational Technology Institute,

TsinghuaUniversity (http://gccce2006.org ).

During the conference, the G1:1 community attracted

a group of educational researchers from

several countries and regions to present

each others' work on mobile learning and discuss

plans and issues towards realizing the vision of 1:1 TEL.



The panel was chaired by Tak-Wai Chan

from National Central University, Taiwan.

He has provided a vision for the global mobile

learning community in terms of both

the technology advancement and

the needs for improving student learning.

Shelley Young and colleagues presented

how young students used pocket PCs,

sensors and probes for field investigation

and data collection at a beach as

part of their research project.

Chee Kit Looi and his colleagues BaoHui Zhang

and Lung Hsiang Wang from

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

presented how some Singapore primary and secondary schools

used Pocket PC, tablet PC, sensors, probles, and

other mobile devices to support their inqury-based learning.

Siu-Cheung Kong from Hong Kong Institute of Education

presented their development and use of mobile technologies

in math education.

Ronghuai Huang, from Beijing Normal University,

presented some issues that need to be addressed

when using technologies including mobile technologies

and the Internet. For example, students became

addictive to computer and the Internet but

used them for gaming and other non-learning oriented activities.

Jianxiang Lin and Guangzuo Cui from Peking Unversity,

along with other researchers and graduate students

also exchanged their experience with using mobile devices for engaged learning.



Some questions were brought up for further discussion and research.

For example, although in most areas very few schools

were able to have one computer for each students,

there could be more handheld devices for each students in the short future.

We need to exploare how to make it happen and how to prepare for this.

Further, How will 1:1 technology enhance learning and instruction?

What would be the new models of instruction and student learning?

and What should we prepare for 1:1 computing for learning in a systematic and seamless manner?



In summary, researchers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore

at the workshop have showed some empirical studies on how to use 1:1 TEL.

These works were mainly carried out in elementary and middle schools.

Some schools have received government funding for the inititives,

such as the schools in Singapore.

Mostly, the mobile environments described have the following components:

Devices: Tablet PC, Pocket PC, Palm

Software programs: MS Tablet PC OS, MS Office Pack, Windows Journal,

OneNote, Mangroves, MiniScore, BBText, Hanoi, BeSmart, MiniPiano,

Sheet-to-go.

 Subject areas: Science, Math, Music.

 Pedagogies: student-centered and inquiry-oriented approaches.



 These studies indicate the following challenges when using mobile device in learning:

 1) Very few schools were using handhelds;

 2) The cost of hardware and software was still high;

 3) There was limited software and lack of necessary technology

infrastructure, such as Internet portals that are compatible of wireless

technologies.

 4) There was a lack of good instructional models and curricula;

 5) Using the new technologies added more workload to teachers;

 6) Some parents were worried about the possibility of lowing their

children's test scores.

 Existing research showed that one to one computing provides a new

opportunity to enhance learning, such as easy peer-to-peer interaction,

easy access to course information, easy doing outdoor homework, etc.

Nevertheless, participants have the workshop have seen more work was needed:

 1) More work needs to be done to design effective One-to-One TEL

environment;

 2) New information technologies, such as information organization and

content representation suitable for different device to access, are

Imperatives for One-to-One TEL;

 3) How to avoid the negative impact for the use of One-to-One technology;

and

 4) how the research community can collaborate and share the knowledge and Resources



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ZHANG, BaoHui (张宝辉), PhD, Assistant professor

Learning Sciences and Technology (LST) Academic Group

Learning Sciences Lab (LSL)



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