The back drop of the question… I am preparing for a panel discussion at the 25 th Annual Distance Teaching and Learning Conference at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . Part of my responsibility is to cover the topic of mobile learning effectiveness (a.k.a. assessment).

S o what else can we do with a mobile device (like a cell phone)? Cell phones, aside from being a communication device also typically have audio, image and video capture support. In this post, I will discuss a way of using the video features of the cell phone for active learning. I am going to use a business communications example for this post, one that would be covered in my general Introduction to Business class but the possibilities for similar uses in other subjects are only limited by your creativity.

The back drop of the question…(warning: this is a thinking post) I I am preparing for a panel discussion at the 25th Anniversary: Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning  at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  Part of my responsibility is to cover the topic of   mobile learning effectiveness (a.k.a.

I have dedicated this post and the previous two blog posts to free products that might be useful in getting a educator started with mobile computing via text messaging (SMS). Textmarks.com and especially twitter are very popular because they are mobile and because they are social media in nature (real time micro-communi cation).  This post explores something a little different then there previous two SMS tools. Many educators have been using (or are thinking of using) clickers in their classroom.

I have been preparing two presentations for the Educause ELI Forum on Mobile Learning.  One presentation is a short 10 minute summary on mLearning Assessment and update of some slides I prepared for the Distance Education Conference at the University of Wisconsin – Madison I did this past August. I

To further your exploration into the world of mobile learning, here is a list of 10 blog post, articles and other musing on the topic of mobile learning that I have read recently: 1.  iTouch Learning: A page on Jane Hart’s Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies website that lists of reasons why the iPhone/iPod Touch are ideal for mlearning.

Jane Hart from the Center for Learning & Performance Technologies is still looking for Top 10 Tools for Learning. Anyone who wants to add their knowledge feel free to go to http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/yours.html recommended/yours.html and add your own list. I have added my Top 10 Mobile Tools for Learning and they are: Opera mini browser http://www.operamini.com/ : this browser saves me on download time and size (which comes down

The brain of your child whom you entrust to standardized schools is the most complicated thing in the universe, with 100 billion brain cells none of which seem to be in charge. So explains Steven Strogatz in the above video. He and Duncan Watts are introduced in this first of

At presentations and workshops, I am often asked to recommend tools for authoring mobile learning. I do not recommend any tools, but do encourage them to check with their current authoring tool vendor to see what their plans are for mobile, as many vendors are moving in this direction. Recently I have gathered information on the current tools and have compiled the following list.

Thanks to the great College20 community started by Eduardo Peirano, I could read a post by Alejandra Pickett that really blew my mind. The way she build her course is a great example of combining several relevant Social media to enhance a course. If you are a member of the College20 community, feel free to immediately surf to her post . (btw