Principal Academic Staff Member / Centre Leader

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology

chans@cpit.ac.nz

m-Learning for work based apprentices: trials, tribulations and triumphs

Paper

This paper reports on ongoing work that is being completed on developing a mlearning delivery package for apprentice bakers. These include:  - a report of trials of formative assessment questions using the mass text messaging software, eTXT, from Telecom.  - the evaluation of web 2.0 applications to collate, archive and organise eportfolios of workplace based assessment evidence using mobile phones  - a summary of suggestions that can be used to construct a customised m-Learning platform for use at CPIT  - the blending of various aspects of distance and m-Learning that will be used to support mobile phone based delivery of a National qualification.

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Selena has been teaching baking apprentices at CPIT since 1980. Her interest in improving learning opportunities for workplace based apprentices has led to a long journey in increasing her own learning about how young people learn a trade and become trade practitioners.  She has completed various tertiary qualifications in education (including the TANZ Graduate Diploma in applied e-Learning) and is at present in the middle of working towards a PhD with Griffith University.  e-Learning has been another pathway to improve delivery of content and support to apprentice learners. Her reflections on m-Learning and its development for apprentice learners are archived on mportfolios.blogspot.com.