they used: GPS, sensors for movements, compass working with AOS (Apple), but they also want to go with android platform. They did not only want to display the temples, but also give a simulations of the events leading up to the temple of Augustus. this will be made available to the Apple marketplace as an application for adult users. Abstract as described in the proceedings of the conference We here describe experiments with a potential mobile augmented reality genre for learning, a so-called 'situated simulation' (sitsim). Just amazing! MORE >>

All the money and concentrated brain power of some of the most innovative and powerful companies will certainly yield some great results in the form of new software, hardware and cloud based applications to enable our productivity and creativity. Those other competing standards may come in the form of HTML 5, QuickTime or something else that Apple has up their sleeve. As one Google guy I spoke with recently said, “everyone is thinking about mobile.&# And that is a really good thing for mobile learning. The version that will run on devices is 10.1, MORE >>

The rush has been on this week as our development team worked to design a new version of our CellCast Widget specifically for Apple's upcoming and much anticipated iPad tablet device. When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPad back in late January, he stated that existing Apple iPhone apps and games would work fine on the new platform and, generally speaking, he was correct. In fact, we only had to modify a select number of functions and application calls to ensure our standard widget would work on the new devices when they shipped. MORE >>

Ray also unwrapped a demo video of Blackboard’s new iPad application: Honestly, this looks like a promising app. Looking at apps like this one, you could imagine LMSs becoming more like Twitter in the sense that everybody uses their own preferred client (whether native or web-based) and mostly ignores the original UI that is delivered by the application maker. find a move to developing native apps for any internet based application including LMSs a little disturbing. can see why they want that but I am not sure why the world is so readily drinking the Apple Kool-Aid. MORE >>

Provide Tools (Applications) and Not Just Content – Mobile devices do render content; however they are far better as utilitarian tools. The newer ability to write applications for specific hardware also provides lots of possibilities. Geo-location based tools, social networking tools, access to search and information databases, customized calculators, newsreaders, games, simulations – the options are quite varied. If you are considering mobile learning, this is one application of the technology you definitely want to consider. & Nikolaou, N. Re-use! MORE >>