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The Use of Smartphone in Teaching and Learning
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(22 ratings)
2,057 students

The Use of Smartphone in Teaching and Learning

Learn how to use your Smartphone to improve teaching and learning
Created byLucian Ngeze
Last updated 6/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to use Smartphone in teaching and learning
  • You will learn how to install different applications in your Smartphone
  • You will learn how to edit different videos in Smartphone
  • You will learn how to integrate ICTs in teaching and learning context
  • You will learn how to differentiate Smartphone specifications
  • You will learn how to use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint in your Smartphone
  • You will learn how to share different educational materials with others by using a Smartphone

Course content

4 sections19 lectures1h 53m total length
  • Things to Consider When Buying a Smartphone4:44

    This course teaches you the things that you have to take in to consideration when you want to buy a smartphone depending on the activities that you mostly do in your smartphone, these things are  for camera quality, the resolution of the screen, the screen size, processor, storage and the battery life span

  • Quiz
  • How to Connect your Smartphone to the Internet5:51

    This course teaches you on different ways your smartphone can be connected to the internet, the first is by using mobile data connection, connection between two smartphones by using Hotspot and Wi-Fi and also the connection between smartphone and computer by using Hotspot and Wi-Fi.

  • Quiz
  • How to search different things on the Internet6:20

    This course teaches you different techniques that can be used when you want search different things or information on internet, how to internet with different search engines such as Google, Chrome and others

  • Quiz
  • How to install Apps3:32

    This lecture gives teachers knowledge on how to install both free and cost Apps on their smartphones, at the end of this lesson a leaner should be able to:

    Install different Apps on smartphone

  • Quiz
  • How to connect your smartphone to a computer7:02

    This subtopic will teach the ways on how to connect smartphone to a computer, at the end of this lesson a leaner should be able to:

    i. Explain how to connect a smartphone to a computer for data transfer.

    ii. Compare types of connections between smartphone and computer.

    iii. Conclude which type of connection is the best for each student.

  • Quiz
  • Comprehension Assignment

Requirements

  • You need to know how to login in Gmail account
  • You need to have some basic skills on how to use your Smartphone

Description

This is an online course concerning different techniques and basic knowledge on how to make the teaching and learning process interactive, collaborative, and participatory purposefully with the intention of increasing learning gains, also covering the gap left by the scarcity of desktop computers and laptops in working areas.

Also, the course’s main stakeholders are teachers who are the targeted learner who intends to be the major player in the learning context. The project will not extend much to other professional fields of expertise since teachers are the ones who are in touch directly in one way or another in the deployment of technology in education to improve learning gains.

The course as entitled focuses on the creation of basic knowledge regarding some areas in the smartphone only, it will not extend to other technological devices like computers, printers, etc.

A general observation is that teachers in schools and higher learning institutions in developing countries are reluctant to use Smartphones for teaching and learning activities, therefore there is a need to explore the underlying reasons for this phenomenon. This course has been prepared purposely to give teachers skills and knowledge on the effective use of their smartphones to improve teaching and learning.

Using Smartphones for educational purposes fits into the realm of the mobile learning (or M-learning) paradigm which is considered to be an extension of electronic learning (or E-learning). M-learning is a medium of learning that uses mobile devices to create educational opportunities and deliver information. The increased computing capabilities of mobile devices and their availability have created significant interest among educators to use them in promoting formal and informal learning (Brown, 2005).



Who this course is for:

  • Primary school teachers
  • Secondary school teachers
  • College teachers
  • University instructors