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Snack attack learning?

The trend towards short dramas for delivery via mobile phone is a great opportunity for educators. If people, particularly the young, are looking to commercial ISPs for 4 minute doses of drama, what’s to say that they won’t be interested in a 4 minute refresher on their biology prac, their French verbs, or the lyrics they’re learning for their high school musical? Great opportunities exist to appropriate the ubiquitous phone and get mobile learning happening in a snack attack format. Clearly, attention to the delivery media is necessary. According to the Sydney Morning Herald article, it is not the same as producing for TV - different lighting requirements, different needs when moving between shots etc, as well as the need to keep it short.

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  1. […] I wrote awhile ago about short dramas being delivered by mobile phone and snack attack learning and this has taken a digital footprint forward with ‘Scorched‘ coming to free-to-air TV very soon. Along with the ‘traditional’ 90 minute telemovie, it’s supported by webisodes (web-only content), YouTube strands, and social networking sites. Along with those, are ‘real’ websites related to the fictional people and organisations that appear in the show, and user generated content - UGC for the initiated - which is comprised of reports from those watching the show about the issues in the show. […]

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