As a developer, you constantly look for the “next big thing&#.  However, my focus as a developer working for a corporation is enterprise learning and I wonder if apps will be big in the corporate learning space. When someone buys and downloads an app, both the developer and the app store owner make money. While app stores rely on individuals motivated by entertainment or a self-interest in learning, organizational learning is often based around compliance, performance support, productivity and professional development to name a few. MORE >>

Check out these previous posts on Apps for the future and Google vs Apple to see where I was coming from. think this is a pretty big development for mobile learning because it allows mobile learning content developers to target a single platform – the Web. But the newer WebKit based browsers are so capable that many people can’t tell the difference between a well developed mobile web application and a native application (with the exception for gaming and 3D graphics where native applications still have a pretty big performance edge). MORE >>

The article I wrote for the BBC Future site (24 August 2012) is not available to users in the UK, so here it is below … The future of education in Africa is mobile. Over the coming months, A Matter of Life and Tech will feature a range of voices from people building Africa’s tech future. This week, United Nation’s mobile learning specialist Steve Vosloo argues phones could be the future of education on the continent. If you would like to comment on this article or anything else you have seen on Future, head over to our  Facebook page or message us on  Twitter. MORE >>

Similar to India, it’s hard to quantify adoption in more developed markets. However, the feasibility of such an approach depends on the cost of development and deployment of such applications, which are quite high at this time. In the future, we will see mobile phones, computers and various other computing/media devices (iPods, Digital Cameras, PDAs, etc.) Tags: Future Learning Game Based Learning Innovation Learning Technology Mobile Learning Future Games Learning mLearning Mobile Upside Learning Viewed simply; phones are capable of : 1. MORE >>

Yet in the same survey 40 of the teachers said they were using cell phones in learning, and 87 teachers said they would like to use cell phones for learning in their schools in the future. This is a probationary period after which SFAC will make a recommendation to the administration and the faculty for future use of mobile devices. 1) Teaching mobile etiquette, safety, and legalise 2) Training teachers on academic uses for cell phones (lets' give our inservice and preservice teachers the professional development they need to effectively integrate cell phones Survey Says. MORE >>