Mobile devices were used while conducting the grocery story activity to do things like provide their reflections and log their experiences as well as to take pictures to document the event. The authors really valued what they referred to as a “one-to-one &# relationship between mobile devices and students, i.e. each student should have a mobile device, it should not be a shared resource. found this article to be insightful because the authors provide a real concrete example of mobile learning as part of a seamless learning approach. Little Bit About the Approach. MORE >>

Scan this QR code to see a super creative use of the technology from 2006. “Essentially, the power of QR codes is in their ability to allow learners to use their mobile devices to link to specific information on the internet quickly and easily.  It’s connection to mobile learning appears to be a natural one as it’s often a mobile device that is used to decode the QR codes and to access the information provided through the QR code on the Internet.&# (Rob De Lorenzo, The Mobile Learner: QR Codes and Mobile Learning , Nov. Tried using a QR (quick response) code yet? MORE >>

Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning Pontydysgu.org Home Blogs Wales Wide Web I-Europe My Learning Journey WordPress and more Using mobile devices in schools Very cool video from a blog post by Leon Cych « Going mobile This entry was posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 18:01 and is filed under Multimedia. FeedJit Sounds of the Bazaar Audioboo Recent Posts Using mobile devices in schools Going mobile Open seminar on Open Content Thoughts on Alt-C The VLE is dead (or is it?) You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Just click on the logo above. MORE >>

Psion – ruggedized mobile devices. Kevin Taylor - Mobile Device Insight – Toronto, ON -  great technical expertise on mobile devices. The mission of CMER is to engage in leading edge applied research to develop state-of-the-art applications and services to facilitate and enhance mobile education and learning, and to provide leadership in integrating mobile devices into the computer science curriculum. 2006). In February 2011, I wrote a brief overview of the mobile learning industry in Canada. Rob is a vice-principal in Toronto. Hardware Vendors. MORE >>

Mobile devices on the other hand have always been used to connect with others. This exchange of ideas that goes back and forth between members of a community is essential, because “more than any other way, people learn not from courses or Web sites but from each other … through dialogue” (Rosenberg, 2006, p. By providing and disseminating information in a way that a mobile device can log on to it whenever the need arises, informal learning is optimized. 2006). mMOOC can be thought of as a "short-term" community of practice. 2000). & Berge, Z. 2010). Naismith, L., MORE >>