As part of our work on the MoLE project we have been revisiting the rapidly growing number of frameworks, libraries and platforms that developers can use to create cross-platform mobile apps If you are new to app development, you may know there is a constant debate between app developers, building “native” apps, and mobile web developers, championing “web apps”. Developing code once (like “native”) but deploying across apple / android / blackberry (like “web apps”). This is a rapidly emerging area, with a flurry of very exciting toolkits available. We have hope you find it useful. MORE >>

There has been a gap of several months since I last shared ideas in the form of a blog post on the topic of using iPods in Education. While the introduction of the iPhone and the iPod Touch has changed the rules in how handheld devices can be used in education, this series has laid dormant as I’ve been in the process of catching up with the technology. As I did not own neither an iPod Touch nor an iPhone, I didn’t feel confident that I could confidently discuss the benefits of using such devices in education. That is, until now. The future looks bright indeed. MORE >>

Siri has all the potential of an incredible mobile learning and researching tool! Why do I feel it is a major cognitive actor for educational/research change? admit that currently Siri is not yet able to do far reaching answers to complex questions, but it is easy to see how this personal assistant – or at least its algorithms – can grow towards a more complex human machine interaction tool. mobile tools human machine interaction artificial intelligence future iphoneThe upcoming societal changes are so phenomenal! It is such a great human machine interaction. MORE >>

The Mobile Learning infoKit is a practical guide for educational institutions planning to implement mobile learning initiatives. mobile tools mLearning iamlearn mobile learningJISC, the UK agency for leadership in digital technology and learning (and also the host of the IAmLearn mail list) launched a new guide: Emerging Practice in a Digital Age: A guide to technology-enhanced institutional innovation. To augment this guide, JISC infoNet are developing a Mobile Learning infoKit with version 0.1 of this resource now available at [link]. MORE >>

Choosing authoring tools by ADL (29 April 2010): the purpose of this paper is to help those involved in the process of choosing authoring tools to make an informed decision. The paper presents a range of considerations for choosing tools, whether as an enterprise-wide acquisition or a single user purchase, and includes a sampling of current tools categorized according to the kind of product they are intended to produce. Good practices and methodologies for HEI (Higher Educational Institutes) using ICT in the different fields of LifeLong Learning (30 October 2010). MORE >>