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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG JUNE 2, 2007 Learning a Language on a Mobile Device Much of the recent activity in mobile learning has been in language training. Just this week Nokia announced a large initiative in China to tap into English lessons, test-prep training, and other courses from New Oriental Education & Technology Group, a leading Chinese educational company. "The idea of mobile learning is that it will allow students of all ages to access course materials through a mobile phone, maximizing time by providing learning on the go," said Michael Yu, New O. | MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG JUNE 1, 2007 Welcome to the New mLearnopedia Blog This is a new experiment in both new software and in collaborative blogging. We are relaunching mlearnopedia.com and are looking for ways in which we all can attempt to keep up with all the news and activities in the mobile learning space. We hope that you will add us to your RSS feeds, let us know what you are doing in the area of mobile learning, and make suggestions for what we should have on this site and how it should better be organized. | | | | | |
| MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG JUNE 3, 2007 LiveScribe Sounds Very Interesting Indeed Thanks to Sam Adkins from Ambient Insight for sending me a link about the new mobile computing platform LiveScribe which launched on May 30th. This is a new implementation of the Anoto technology which connects the pen and paper to a digital device and converts handwriting into digital form.I first saw a prototype of the Anoto C-Pen at Comdex in the late 90's. In 2002 Logitech® launched their digital pen, Logitech® ioTMPersonal Digital Pen. tested one at that time and although. | MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG JUNE 3, 2007 Ideology Well, my hope is to use this space to explore mobile learning applications in the context of my overall framework of "inspiring innovation" through integration. admit it, I am enamored with the technology at times, but I always try to frame it in the context of human performance and organizational objectives for businesses, schools, military, etc. like to focus on the potential for performance support applications and particularly, active learning where the mobile device user. | MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG JUNE 19, 2007 Mobile Learning Research Issue Available I haven't had time to read it all yet, but wanted to pass along the posting of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning,Vol 8, No 2 on the topic of Mobile Learning. Thanks to George Siemens for posting it and to Sam Adkins for passing it along.)In In the Edirotial, Mohamed Ally from Arhabasca University states: The papers in this special theme issue examining mobile learning will help educators and trainers to be better prepared for the use of mobile technology. | MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG JUNE 20, 2007 Mobile Knowledge for Social Change A new site ShareIdeas.org : Mobile Knowledge for Social Change was just launched for NGOs with the support of Nokia and Vodaphone. Although not specifically for m-learning, there are case studies about civic engagement, economic empowerment, education, environment, health and safety and humanitarian relief. It definitely is a wiki site which I plan to follow. The about page says:ShareIdeas.org is an online community and a wiki for sharing ideas on how to use mobile communications for socia. | | | | | | | |
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MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 2, 2007 More Mobile Language Learning
To coinside with the launch of the iPhone, Ken Carroll announced their own mobile initiative in his blog. Premium users can now access a variety of learning tools at m.spanishsense.com, and m.chinesepod.com. The mobile sites provide…a) Discussion, Dialogue, Key Vocabulary and Expansion Sentences for all scheduled lessons b) The ability to save new words to your vocabulary list c) Vocabulary list review, and flashcards d) The ability to access and participate in all your conversationsSee. MORE >> -
MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 2, 2007 Waiting for the iPhone Over
Yes, I was one of the "crazies" in line on Friday for the iPhone. did get one, plus something I didn't want -- a bad sunburn (despite use of sun cream and an umbrella.). Over the weekend I experimented with the new device and for the most part do like what I see. However, missing for corporate adoption is integration with Exchange, and alternate activation options than through iTunes which most corporations do not allow. For learning, we are going to want Flash support, which is rum. MORE >> -
MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2007 Mobile Content Examples
Although there are currently no specific mobile learning examples, the site MOOOBL.com from Spain has an emulator to view various WAP sites. These examples can give mlearning developers some ideas for content creation for smaller screens.Choose from the "Select a WAP site" drop down and use the buttons on the Nokia phone skin to navigate. found the various Operator Portals and the Seat Guru site to be interesting examples. MORE >> -
MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007 Lots of Mobile Activity
It has been a very busy Fall for mobile learning. We are making plans to upgrade this site and add some new features, but want to wait until the new Joomla is released (hopefully very soon now). We'd love to hear what else would make this a valuable site for those interested in mobile learning.Some recent happenings of interest include:T-Mobile is offering one year of complimentary T-Mobile HotSpot service to those who participate in the Give One Get One campaign to put laptops into the han. MORE >> -
MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2007 gPhone- Android and the clone wars
This week Google announced Andriod, the long awaited gPhone. More importantly they discussed the details of their approach called the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) of multiple handset hardware and OS vendors. This appears to be a stroke of genius in my view. The name Android evokes thoughts of the 1980s PC clone wars and the fact that Apple was ahead with the Macintosh for UI and experience, but Microsoft caught up by defining an OS and hardware clone manufacturers just conformed to a specificatio. MORE >>
- Japan Watching MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007
- Mobile Devices in Research Labs MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007
- Mobile Content Creation MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2007
- Views into the Future MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007
- Mobile Code Updates MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007
- Weekly Summaries MLEARNOPEDIA BLOG | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2007
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