It offers everything from curriculum overviews and syllabi to account information and Google Calendars, and provides an information center for all students. The morning that the story hit the blogs and the political controversy began, students were asked to pull out their iPhones and start Googling right away. FCC quizzes Apple, AT&T and Google about Google Voice apps Did we say Saturday? First Look: iDisk app iDisk iPhone app arrives, there is much rejoicing Is AT&T behind the rejection and removal of Google Voice apps? Second, nothing was mandated. MORE >>

Alternatively, the product Google Wave is impressive. If you are intrigued by the future of learning design, you won’t want to miss the second half of this interview with Karl Kapp. In case you missed the first half, see Games and Simulations. Coach: What types of challenges do newer technologies, such as mobile and podcast, present to the instructional designer? Karl: The biggest problem is that in the learning field we sometimes get seduced by the technology and forget the underlying learning need and, even more importantly, the underlying business need. Wrong format. MORE >>

Google jockeys) Mobile platforms for delivering content (lecture notes, videos, texts, etc.) Filed under: Essay , High-Tech Options RSS feed for comments on this post TrackBack URI 2 Responses for "Five Types of Mobile Learning" Ira Socol October 21st, 2009 at 2:29 pm 1 I guess what’s missing here is “convergence.&# derekbruff October 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 am 2 That’s a really good point, Ira. Jones asking, “ What would it take to demonstrate the academic value of handheld computing? Have I missed any big ones? You Social Media and Waterboarding: [.] MORE >>

Where iPhones and iPod touches hit the Christmas pressie list in 2009, there will be something more profound and far more widespread in adoption in 2011. But iPhone-equipped students of Abilene university in the States have seen their lecturers change from information-transferal mode (that's what Google's for) to educator,  leader  and even developer roles in the lecture hall. Will Richardson posts the above picture and asks "how many educators look at that picture and think "OMG, puhleeeeese let me teach in that classroom!" I suspect not many)". He's right. What can we aspire to? MORE >>

CC blog Learning Technology Innovation « Collaboration and Participation: Social Learning for the 21st Century - Educause ELI 2009 Conference | Main | Breaking the Walls of the Classroom Whether We Like It or Not: Multiplicities of Place with Mobile Media - Educause ELI 2009 Conferenc » January 20, 2009 Are We Ready for Mobile Technologies and Their Impact on Pedagogy, Tool Development, and Assessment? Learning Technology) Educause ELI 2009 Conference Speaker(s)     * Thomas C. Student iPhone ownership at Amherst College.   MORE >>