by Nicky Hockly | Jan 28, 2015 | mlearning, tablets
To celebrate the recent publication of our new book Going Mobile (co-authored with Gavin Dudeney), we’re sharing a number of activities you can try out with your students, to get them using mobile devices as part of the their language learning. The first...
by Nicky Hockly | Jan 15, 2015 | digital generation, ICT, mlearning, tablets, twitter
To celebrate the recent publication of our new book Going Mobile (co-authored with Gavin Dudeney), we’re sharing a number of activities you can try out with your students, to get them using mobile devices as part of the their language learning. Last week’s...
by Nicky Hockly | Jan 9, 2015 | mlearning, technology
A new year and a new book. Although published last month (December 2014), the print copies of my new book Going Mobile (co-written with Gavin Dudeney) arrived on my doorstep a few days ago. For me, it’s the perfect New Year gift to finally see the book in print...
by Nicky Hockly | Apr 14, 2014 | digital literacies, ICT, mlearning, tablets |
There is a good reason for my 3 month blogging hiatus. Since January, work has taken me to Chile for 2 weeks, Egypt for a week, India for 3 weeks, and Moscow for a week. And then the TESOL US conference in Portland followed immediately by the IATEFL conference in...
by Nicky Hockly | Dec 23, 2013 | digital literacies, ICT, technology, Trends
Of course I learned a lot more than five things in 2013, but here are five that I especially like: 1 The quantified self movement When a non-techy friend visiting me from London showed up wearing a FitBit earlier this year, it struck me that the self- quantified...
by Nicky Hockly | Nov 25, 2013 | mlearning, tablets, TIRF
The International Research Foundation (TIRF) has recently published five papers on mobile assisted language learning (MALL), all freely available on the TIRF website. Each of the papers is followed by a discussion, which you can add to. Abstracts and links to the...
by Nicky Hockly | Oct 17, 2013 | conferences, ICT, technology, Trends
‘The past is always tense, the future perfect’ (Zadie Smith) I’ve been thinking about the future a lot recently. Specifically about the future of education, and how it will be affected (or not) by technology. These musings were prompted by...
by Nicky Hockly | Oct 1, 2013 | conferences, webinar
Interested in learning how educators are using technology with their learners in a range of different contexts around the world? Read on. There are a couple of free online conferences about using technology with English language learners next week (11-13...
by Nicky Hockly | Aug 26, 2013 | digital generation, ICT, mlearning, tablets, TIRF
What do EFL learners think about working with mobile devices in the classroom? Does it make them more motivated? Do they participate more in class? Does it improve their English? Is there evidence for any affective improvements? This blog post describes the findings...
by Nicky Hockly | Aug 19, 2013 | digital literacies, ICT, mlearning, tablets, technology, TIRF
While teaching EFL in the UK this summer, I piloted a number of classroom activities getting students to use their (ubiquitous) mobile devices, for an upcoming book on mobile and handheld learning. Below is a very simple activity that can be linked to almost...
