The supporters of the Democrats' health care proposals have Politico is carrying a story today titled: "Arlen Specter faces fury: 'You work for us!'" The image above is from Politico's 4:20 minute video coverage of a town hall today in which Senator Specter was confronted with questions, boos, and jeers. MORE >>

Some of the topics they mentioned as mLearning research topics of interest: - mobile assessment - collaborative learning - enhancing communication and learning - calculus - peer learning - location based learning - health care and mobiles - mobile games and learning - language learning via mobiles - broaden the mLearning horizons: picking up missing fields - sustainability of mobile projects - researching mobile research - augmented reality - teachers and mLearning - researching new technologies in connection with mLearning - applying technologies to holistic learning solutions. MORE >>

Needs going into the project: Getting in touch with diabetes people (diabetes 1 and 2) who are living in remote areas or who have a hard time getting to their health clinics/health care workers/diabetes educators. Make the program strong and durable by providing patient records Keep the program easy to use, so health care workers as well as users will be kept motivated to use it even in difficult times. Keep control of the program and the health messages. Easily build health messages to send around in bulk. MORE >>

Real life : health care workers sharing X-ray pictures and how they diagnosed it (Telemedicine). A big part of setting up an open, online course (e.g. MOOC), or gearing up for a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is the selection of meaning social media tools. In order to get an overview of the big families in social media, I started to make a list for my own comprehension and future selection. added some examples to each group, but those are just the ones that immediately came to mind. If you see that I have missed a group or set of social media tools, feel free to let me know. MORE >>

The other great beacon of inspiration, and a most humbling one, were all the health care workers I met in 2009 and with whom my colleagues and I tried to find solutions for their eLearning situations and challenges. Most of these health care workers work in dire conditions, in regions that only had a minimum of connectivity, sometimes war hurt regions, and despite these trying conditions they were happy with any exchange of knowledge that could take place. Those health care workers knew and know how important a network is. MORE >>