Andreas Kuswara's insight:
i do it all the time, trains, toilets (included) or even when taking a lunch time walk is the time i read my news and curate in scoop.it or elsewhere through my phone. by the time i hit the desk, i can be bogged down with the screen and can't look the bigger picture of the fascinating education technology landscape in the world.
so i disagree that we can't learn using a phone. there are many affordances that the phone offer. the article essentially attempted to separate the "learning" with "learning faster" (i deliberately avoid using the word "better" at this point). then categorically place making things faster as a "performance support" rather then modifying the "learning" it self.
"The strength of mobile is not learning; it is performance support. It screams for delivery of when-you-need-it, where-you-need-it, and only-as-much-as-you-need assistance. Whenever you see mobile learning, read it as mobile performance support"
well, that's one way to see it, but i think many would argue the advent of new technological affordances can actually afford us new pedagogy, the "performance support" factor enables new learning. that's why it's so fascinating about to see the development of EdTech.
i completely agree with what the article said, and here i quote "Let’s learn from the past. Heed the lessons from early e-learning with these warnings: Do not jump too fast for the sake of the technology itself, and do not delay learning, discovering and experimenting. Fools rush in. More fools wait too long.". it required great wisdom :)
