Monday, October 29, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
61 Tips on mLearning: Making Learning Mobile
People are using mobile technology everywhere these days: at work, in school, while shopping, waiting for a bus, riding to work, in front of the TV … This explosive adoption and use of mobile technologies opens up a new world and opportunity for learning at the moment of need anytime, anywhere. Read more here ...
Monday, October 22, 2012
Mobile Learning Presents Opportunities and a Challenge to Modern Educators
Incredibly portable and simple to use, yet possessing the computing power and presentation ability to rival a desktop machine, tablets are tools that will aid education as no digital innovation has before, attendees were told at a conference on mobile learning in the United Arab Emirates.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
From eLearning to mLearning: The Top 5 Challenges beyond
Let’s get one thing out of the way, the future of eLearning isn’t about adding more ‘animations‘ to our existing eLearning (in the name of making courses more engaging), neither is it about an eLearning 2.0 or 3.0 vision. No, the future of eLearning and Learning in general is Mobile Learning or better yet Multiscreen Learning, either way we can abbreviate it as mLearning.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Mobile Learning: The future of education and youth employment
On Tuesday, we tackled the question of how mobile learning (m-learning) can help improve the quality and reach of education. Today, there are increasingly sophisticated learning tools on offer via mobile phones, tablets and other devices. And, the opportunities provided by augmented reality, educational gaming and social networking for peer collaboration are enticing.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Think Multiscreen (vs. iPad-only) when developing an mLearning
One thing I stress in my mLearning workshops is the fact that having an iPad-only strategy for Learning is not a thorough mLearning Strategy.
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
iPads enable UCLA docs to monitor chronically ill patients
Chronic conditions continue to be a gateway for healthcare providers to offer aid to their patients using mobile health tools. Case in point, doctors, nurses and patients at University of California, Los Angeles, are taking advantage of the iPad to improve the quality of treatment for patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to the school.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Shifting Mobility, Learning and Assessment
Mobility defines our times. From cheap flights to ever more accessible mobile phones, being mobile, being able to connect anytime anywhere is taken for granted in many parts of the world.
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International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)
The iJIM journal aims to focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences gained while developing and testing elements of interactive mobile technologies. The objective of the journal is to publish and discuss fundamentals, applications and experiences in the field of interactive mobile technologies in learning and teaching as well as in industrial and other applications.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
6 Mobile Learning Trends That Grew in 2012
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you might have heard by now that mobile learning is no longer the next big thing – it IS the big thing. In the past, smart phones and tablets were something only the “trend setters” had, but now that they are more affordable and accessible than ever (with Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 5 earlier this month, the iPhone 4S price has dropped to $99) it’s no wonder mLearning has taken off. Here is a quick breakdown of the mobile learning trends you need to be watching. All of these trends saw significant uptake in 2012… and look to continue.
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Virtual Browsers, Free Wi-Fi and mLearning in Traditional Industries
#TalkTech is the “flipped” approach to Twitter chats. We publish all the topics a few hours before the chat so you can show up at 3 pm EST / 12 pm PST on Thursdays ready to discuss.
We’re never at a loss for new tech news, apps, and interesting blogs to explore in our weekly chats. Take a look at what we have planned for this week:
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