Much has been said about the parental responsibilities involved with students having mobile phones by experts such as the Queensland Governments bullying adviser Michael Carr-Gregg who has advised parents not to “outsource responsibility to schools” (Brisbane Times, October 26 2010). The latest development is the policy of the new LNP government in Queensland to deploy 20 tablet devices to every special education school, and 10 to every school with a special education unit to support students with special needs. How do we know this? Figures from analyst house Telsyte show that 1.4 MORE >>

If you are using government funding to generate new resources, think seriously about making them available to all.  So conversations about mobile learning "at school", are likely to be massively different from "at university", and different again from "at work". They have been around for quite a few years, but suddenly hit the big-time, thanks to recent backing from some big universities, and some high profile start-ups. Why the hype: Several big universities have started offering free access to their course materials. 'Do you know your MOOCs from your OERs? MORE >>

There is tremendous focus from Saudi Government to look beyond oil, aiming at creating a knowledge-based economy. Saudi Arabian universities have been early adopters in the region followed by corporate. The Higher Education Ministry’s recent decision restricting e-learning to Saudi Electronic University (SEU) will boost distance education in the Kingdom , offering advanced courses to students. With the rapid development of mobile technologies, a new style of learning, termed as mobile learning, has exploded everywhere in the world. JUSUR, LMS System. Saudi Digital Library. MORE >>

So all of you k12 teachers, university pioneers, and trainers. This years keynote speakers are: Stephen Heppell: Stephen's ICT career (he is credited with being the person who put the C into ICT), began with the UK government's Microelectronics Education programme (MEP) in the early 80s, after he had been teaching for some years. In the UK (and the world) there are a few pioneers leading the way in the field of innovative education, Steve Wheeler is one of them. Steve is chair for the 6th Plymouth eLearning conference , which will take place in Plymouth from April 6 - 8, in 2011. MORE >>

When the government was saying the snow cleanup was going fine, WNYC listeners told the station otherwise by texting the snow situation on their block. Thirty-four judges from a diverse range of media organizations and universities selected the winners at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. This elite group, composed of creative minds in the new media industry, included representatives of Storify, NPR, Facebook, CNN International and universities such as the University of North Carolina and the College of Staten Island. ONA’s press release. MORE >>