The short abstract of the project is shared on the UNESCO website: The specific needs of migrant people, along with those of mobile workers and students, call into question the appropriateness of educational provision which is largely centred on classroom-based teaching and learning. This research brings to the fore issues of literacy, quality, cost, privacy and trust. social network mobile mLearning research social media social learning mobile learning unescoAnd I will try and get hold of the slides and add a link when possible. so an overall lively use of mobile devices. MORE >>

He set up his own classroom teacher Facebook page and posts assignments, homework help, and reminders. Because Facebook has SMS texting and photo/video posting functions that could easily be used to collect and share data in classroom assignments. Therefore, if the classroom teacher creates a facebook page for the classroom, every student can subscribe to the posts, images, and videos via cell phone. Thus sharing the research with all the studnets in the class, at the same time giving the teacher utlimate control of the account (since it is their own). MORE >>

Twitter From the Coal Face: iPod Touch in the Classroom Today’s post features a number of Australian schools using iPods and iPod Touches in the classroom. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald at the beginning of this year featured a class of year 8 students at Shepparton High School in central Victoria using iPod touches in the classroom for a global “mobile learning&# project. Kathleen McGeady has been using an iPod Touch in her classroom for over twelve months. Tags: ipod learning classroom Prep-6 classes have used them on a weekly roster. MORE >>

Classroom Integration Homework The very first thing I thought of when I was playing with DailyBooth was image-based homework assignments! Students could easily capture images of everyday culture that reflects classroom learning. Research Report Yes! did say research report twitter style! Students could put together their own inquiry-based image project to research a topic, provide evidence and a conclusion. Images can be a powerful way to present a well-thought out research study. Three of my favorites are Pixelpipe, Photobucket and Flickr. MORE >>

you cannot blame us for thinking BIG :-D So to all the MobiMOOC research team: congratulations: + Michael Sean Gallagher , + nilgün keskin + Sean C. The article was published just this weekend in the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Leanring (IRRODL), vol 12, No 7 (2011): which is a Special Issue on Emergent Learning, Connections, Design for Learning. complexity paper change emergence chaos mobimooc open education future of education connectivism mLearning education research moocin the end. There are many other great articles in it. education2.0 MORE >>