Die E-Learning Queen zieht interessante Parallelen zwischen Mobile Learning und kritischem Denken:

Critical thinking skills can be developed in mobile learning in part because of the „extreme situatedness“ of the learning. Situated learning, which ties together experience, context, backgrounds, and the concepts, helps learners develop a concrete idea of what the general course concepts are about and how to use the knowledge. Situated learning, with is often connected with experiential learning, is very effective when the concepts are presented in an „authentic“ environment, and where there are opportunities for collaborative, interactive, social learning.

Mobile devices can be ideal because they can allow individuals to bring the content into the context. They can also allow students to interact with each other in synchronous or asynchronous ways, and to bring their unique context / setting / situation to the collaborative learning space. For example, they can take pictures and report on unique settings and share their findings in a common learning space (discussion board, blog, etc.).

Die positive Wirkung von kontextreichen situativen Lernumgebungen auf kritisches Denken ist nicht neu, und trotzdem fehlt mir bei dem oben genannten Beispiel die Reflexionskomponente. Meines Erachtens muss eine situative Lernumgebung zur Förderung kritischen Denkens auch Raum für Reflexion lassen, und ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob dies bei mobile learning gegeben ist. Werde wohl noch ein wenig „hirnen“ müssen, wie der Schweizer so schön sagt 😉