They actively encourage schools to accept smartphones, and social networking as part their educational provision, and offer a range of guidelines and advice to different levels of practitioner. For example, in schools that prohibit cell phones, 54% of students still report sending texts during the school day (Lenhart, 2010). They propose some solid guiding principles, which any enlightened teacher would share: Education should prepare students to be active, constructive participants in a global society. And then offer specific suggestions for different leaders in education. MORE >>

While the web buzzes with talk of ‘big data’, it only indicates the huge amount of data that is now being generated by human and machine activity and resident in the cloud. User generated content is exploding on the internet, YouTube and Flickr are great examples of that. We already live in an era where our interaction with technology can be simplified and governed by technology agents ( Siri is a good example ). There are a whole bunch of examples and links in the presentation for each area that we spoke about. You can find our presentation here. MORE >>

found this article to be insightful because the authors provide a real concrete example of mobile learning as part of a seamless learning approach. Students performed several activities, one noted in the article was a visit to a grocery store where they observed things like the use of plastic bags and even interviewed customers about their habits regarding the 3Rs. 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. and Lung-Hsiang Wong. MORE >>

For over two years now, we have not only just been hearing about mobile learning but also actively understanding and working on it. In last many months we have written a number of blog posts around mobile learning ranging from development tips, general examples, tips and tricks, etc. From trying to explain five myths of mobile learning to assisting customer  new to mobile learning, getting started with mobile learning has been an exciting journey through which we have seen mobile learning seeing increasing adoption. number of these posts can be found at this link. Weaknesses. MORE >>

Two dominant strategies have emerged in relation to ownership of digital devices for mobile learning: one in which a uniform set of devices is provided to all learners to overcome barriers of platform diversity and device access, on a temporary or permanent basis; and an alternative strategy which leverages the mobile devices already owned by students (regardless of interoperability) for learning activities.  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.  MORE >>