What is Learning2Go?
(taken from the Learning2Go website)
Learning2Go is an initiative run by Wolverhampton Local Authority to use mobile handheld computers to engage learners by delivering multimedia content, internet and authoring tools to the palm of a learner’s hand.
What does it do?
Learning2Go delivers 24/7 personalised learning via “cool” technology and gives the learner choice to learn “when they want, how they want and where they want“
Who does it involve?
Learning2Go involves Teachers Learners and their families. It also has involved collaboration between Wolverhampton LA, lead hardware and software manufacturers and also lead academics and government agencies that are keen to research the impact and development of Mobile learning.“Learner voice” has been key to the success of the project so far. The Learning2Go project has as its ethos the belief that learners should have the choice and self-confidence to learn when, how and where they want. The project promotes a personalised learning experience, in which the learner is responsible for managing their own mobile handheld computer and helping to shape their own learning.
Project Ethos
- The learner has the device 24/7
- The teacher is KEY to the whole project
- Learners can and will become more expert than adults!
- There is complete wireless coverage in the school
- Content and applications are of equal importance
- Learning can take place at different rates and at different times
- Collaboration and peer support are to be encouraged
- Learners show their families the technology
- Plearning (Play/Learning) is valued…
For more information about Wolverhampton’s Learning2Go Initiative visit the Learning2Go website.