Educa&ng  Globally,  Exploring  Locally:  Mobile  Mapping    

Elizabeth  Langran  &  Janine  DeWi3  Marymount  University  

Place based learning

Theore&cal  framework  1.   City  “as  text”:    

Honors  educa&on,  Study  Abroad    (Braid  &  Long,  2000;  Machonis,  2008;  Blair,  2011)  

2.   ParDcipatory  mapping:    Qualita&ve  sociological  research  in  public  health  &  agriculture  (Emmel,  2008)  

3.   Mobile  learning:  Wonder  points:  asking  good  ques&ons    (Dodge,  2011)  

     

Pilot  Study  

•  3  classes:  high  school  geography,  undergraduate  sociology,  &  graduate  educa&on      

•  The  technologies:  -­‐  cell  phones,  iPads,  Google  Nexus  -­‐  Crowdmap    

•  The  assignments:    -­‐  Find  &  map  evidence  of  globaliza&on  (UG  &  Grad)  -­‐  Generate  a  data  set  for  analysis  (HS)  

Research  QuesDon  

How  do  mobile  devices  shape  student  and  teacher  experience?  

HS IB geography class

Graduate Education class

Undergraduate sociology class

LOC Image: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/az0253.photos.009565p/

Avoiding a train wreck….

Why  such  different  responses?    

The  3  assignments  differed  in  terms  of:  -­‐  amount  of  scaffolding    -­‐  the  type  of  curricular  connec&on  -­‐  level  of  abstract  analysis  

Key  ques&ons  to  address  when  designing  assignments  

References  •  Blair,  S.  (2011,  Spring).  Study  abroad  and  the  city:  Mapping  urban  iden&ty.  

Fron%ers:  The  Interdisciplinary  Journal  of  Study  Abroad,  20,  37-­‐54.      •  Braid,  B.  &  Long,  A.  (2000).  Place  as  text:  Approaches  to  ac%ve  learning.  

Retrieved  from  hap://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nchcmono/3/      •  Dodge,  B.  “WonderPoints:  A  structure  for  engaging  curiosity  about  the  

outdoors  with  mobile  devices.”  Interna&onal  Society  for  Technology  in  Educa&on  [Conference].  Philadelphia.  29  June  2011.    

•  Emmel,  N.  (2008).  Par&cipatory  Mapping:  An  innova&ve  sociological  method.  Retrieved  from  hap://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/540/2/2008-­‐07-­‐toolkit-­‐par&cipatory-­‐map.pdf        

•  Machonis,  P.A.  (2008).  ShaCer  the  glassy  stare:  Implemen%ng  experien%al  learning  in  higher  educa%on  -­‐  A  companion  piece  to  place  as  text:  Approaches  to  ac%ve  learning.  Lincoln,  NE:  Na&onal  Collegiate  Honors  Council.