mobiMOOC – Augmented mLearning

Mobile augmented reality technologies provide an innovative tool for the educational environment. The combination of real and virtual elements allows us to design new teaching and learning strategies and enhance learners’ experiences. See more here ...

The mLearning Scholars Program

The mLearning Scholars Program is designed to facilitate the exploration of questions about teaching, learning, and collaboration in the information-rich, “connect anywhere and anytime” environment enabled by mobile technology such as tablet devices and smartphones. Each year sees two cohorts of mLearning Scholars. The1.0 cohort are faculty just beginning to experiment with mobile learning, while the 2.0 cohort consists of faculty who have already gained some experience teaching with mobile technologies. (For many in the 2.0 cohort, that experience was gained by participating in a prior year’s 1.0 cohort.) While all participants assess impacts, the 2.0 cohort is especially focused on asking specific research questions and answering them by gathering data. Re4ad more here ...

Technology in the Classroom: Use and Misuse

Cell phones have taken over the world. No? They seem to have taken over college campuses, and isn’t that where revolution often begins? I am not anti-technology. In fact I am a gadget addict and have been from the days of the Betamax. technology, however convenient and useful, can be abused. I am afraid the era of cell phone misuse is upon us. We text while driving. We engage customers with cell phones in our hands. We sit at tables breaking bread with our friends and loved ones while updating our social networking pages. We record concerts on our smartphones instead of being present and enjoying the experience. Read more here ...

Celling It: Mobile Phones in the Classroom

From time to time, I like to check out various education-related Twitter feeds to see what’s trending. One topic that seems to generate a lot of chatter is the use of cell phones in the classroom. To date, teachers’ experiences of using mobile phones in the classroom are mixed: some report great success in using them to sustain student interest and to teach content in a new way, while other teachers experience problems with students focusing not on classroom content, but on texting their BFFs instead. What to do? Read more here ...

UNESCO Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning

Today there are over 5.9 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide, and for every one person who accesses the internet from a computer two do so from a mobile device. Given the ubiquity and rapidly expanding functionality of mobile technologies, UNESCO is enthusiastic about their potential to improve and facilitate learning, particularly in communities where educational opportunities are scarce. This Working Paper Series scans the globe to illuminate the ways in which mobile technologies can be used to support the United Nations Education for All Goals; respond to the challenges of particular educational contexts; supplement and enrich formal schooling; and make learning more accessible, equitable, personalized and flexible for students everywhere. Read more here ...

Best Practices for Deploying iPads in Schools

As schools get ready to deploy iPads this year, each one is scrambling to figure out how to develop an efficient and effective system that works. With no standardized system or uniform roadmap to follow, at the moment, it’s up to individual schools to reach out through their networks to find information about best practices and smooth, streamlined service. Read more here ...