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Why Mobile Learning?
The Department for Education and Skills’ Five Year Strategy launched two years ago set out an ambitious agenda to improve comprehensively the range of education and children’s services in England. The record of investment and achievement to date is impressive with:
- Better results in schools
- More affordable childcare
- Greatly improved training and vocational education.
Since 1997 the role of technology in supporting and enabling reform of the system has been acknowledged. Sustained investment has achieved access for learners and teachers to the widest range of ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) from desktop PCs to interactive whiteboards, by way of ubiquitous broadband access in the school, the library and the City Learning Centre.
And yes it’s probably going to change pedagogy...
“How do you scaffold a coherent and progressive learning experience when, potentially, the majority of the learning could take place outside your 40 minute lesson? What are the implications for the structure of that lesson and the expectations of pupils’ learning outside the lesson - either alone or collaboratively?” Andrew Weymouth Senior Regional Adviser National Strategy.
The focus has moved to the learner
Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education confirmed five priorities in the recent publication “The Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners: Maintaining the Excellent Progress”, and he noted that; “Looking ahead, I believe we need to focus on five priorities where, if we fail to make a difference we put our continued success at risk. These are:
- Closing the gap in educational attainment between those from low income and disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers
- Continuing to raise standards for all across the education system
- Increasing the proportion of young people staying on in education
- Reducing the number of young people on a path to failure in life
- Closing the skills gap at all levels – from basis literacy and numeracy to postgraduate research – to keep pace with the challenge of personalisation.”
Removing barriers to learning requires both universal access to ICT and a new approach to learning environments i.e. within and beyond the traditional, institutional boundaries.
Get in touch with our specialist team on 0202 8795 3882.
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