Check out these previous posts on Apps for the future and Google vs Apple to see where I was coming from. But one thing seems to be clear and that’s the fact that mobile browsers are getting much better and most newer mobile browsers are implementing the WebKit Open Source framework similar to what Apple did when they created Safari for the iPhone. I’ve written a couple of posts about the differences and the advantages and disadvantages of native applications and web applications when it comes to mobile learning. Some experts see consolidation among platforms (ex. MORE >>

University of Canberra, November 2009. In the first instance, a school or institution may provide, sell, or direct students to purchase a particular mobile device, for example, an Apple iPhone, for the purpose of study.  Leonard Low. Author’s Notes. Educators have contemplated the possible benefits of using mobile technologies for learning for decades, and hundreds of scholarly articles have been published in recent years on the potential affordances of mobile devices for facilitating, supporting, and enhancing learning. TBC… Tags: Events Pedagogy MORE >>

September 17, 2009 on 4:01 pm | In Digital Divide , Digital Literacy , Digital Media , Handheld Learning , Innovation , KS2 , Learning Content , Learning Tools , Peer to Peer , Personalised Learning , Primary , Web 2.0 , advisory , distributed networking , informal learning , mobile , mobile learning , pedagogy | The wonderful thing about my job is that I have a network of people I can visit who are involved with prototyping the use of new technologies in education. My latest outing was to a Junior School with a difference this week. Knowing Peter I guessed it would be quite ambitious. MORE >>

Apple Education. The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2009. 2009 Horizon Report. I’ve spent an inordinately long time writing a whitepaper on mobile learning trying to expound our thoughts about it and how it might be used in the workplace. ve been doing some research around it and I’ve documented some of the better links I’ve come across. Again, as with the links I posted about Games and Simulation, these aren’t categorized in any way nor does the order assume any significance. Marc Prensky Blog. Learning Org. Will at Work Learning. MORE >>

The future of social networking – a concept investigation Posted by matt on October 01, 2009 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my blog and get updates either via email or via RSS. Comments Leave a response Chris M Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:36:48 CDT Brilliant Matt! Antao Almada Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:44:10 CDT As usual, any new technology brings privacy concerns. Blame it on mashable social networks and people putting there their own private data… ;-) Nice concepts… Khalil Aleker Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:47:25 CDT Awesome post. Thanks for visiting! MORE >>