SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT FOR A MOBILE LEARNING COURSE

Abstract- Recent technological developments in the mobile field along with the improvements in phone figurations provided mobile phones with the potential to become a learning tool of the future. As a result of these improvements including rich multimedia capabilities linked by highly accessible communication networks, mobile phones turned out to have a large base of users. This revolution removes time and location boundaries making anywhere, anytime learning possible. This of course helps a wide spectrum of learners as an appropriate concordance between the personalized nature of mobile devices and diverse learning purposes of mobile learners is realized. This study covers the scenario development stage of a project, IBEM, a two year project supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) addressing the use of PDAs in the education of students with hearing disabilities from as early as deciding on the course to the last point of carrying these scenarios to the mobile platform. There have been numerous initiatives to use PDAs with people with disabilities; however, the literature is mostly concerned with assistive technologies. Indeed, the instructional use of mobile technologies keeps the higher potential for people with disabilities, which helps them to overcome the barriers of access to a normal education