Tech coordinator and middle school teacher Samantha Morra in New Jersey put together a program for classroom iPod Touches with which students store, produce, organize, share, and access media such as podcasts and videos, access sources on the Web, take quizzes, work with flashcards, and discuss and collaborate in different configurations of users: one on one with their teacher, in small groups, and as a class. Students devour engaging, customized curricula when it’s delivered on the iPod. NetFamilyNews.org Kid-Tech News for Parents Post in our forum for parents, teens - You!

any time (day or night, today, tomorrow, next week) - so try to make your content relevant for now and later (evergreen subjects), it's on a device of your choosing (iPod, cell phone, dvd, cd, network, tv.), A grey haired, bearded man, taking time to be consize. What is a podcast: automated, time shifted, portable, media the spoken word From simple to more complex first video was 1899, so build 111 years ago. Broadcasted word was introduced 125 years ago, the written word is about 4000 years ago, the spoken word was always around. Real stories capture attention, so do fiction stories.

One interesting aspect of the ConnectEd Summit was that everyone at the conference had an iPhone or iPod Touch.  The conference organizers made loaner iPod Touches for attendees who didn’t already have one of these devices.  Tags: ipod events university iPhone Teaching with Classroom Response Systems Resources for engaging and assessing students with clickers Home About the Blog About My Book Mobile Learning Part 6 Author: derekbruff 11 Mar Okay, one more post in the series, then it’s back to some discussion of “old-fashioned&# clickers. 

As we continue to think about leveraging this growing group of learning opportunities, I have gathered three ideas that I think are worth putting on the table (and not just our district table): This is an amazing list of iphone/ ipod touch apps that are split out by learning discipline. Learning is Change. What is LiC? There is more than enough there to do a pilot in high schools and middle schools. have used Textmarks.com and Textthemob and a twitter backchannel (through texting, smart phones and the web) to great effect. Nice tools and a great focus on learning.

have been popular for years; iPod, Kindle and iPad are quite hot recently, and they can also be excellent mobile learning tools. The iPad Resource Guide And Store Welcome To The #1 iPad Resource Guide, A Store Where you Will find All Your iPad Information In One Place Home | About Us | Contact Us | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy Enhance Your Study With Mobile Learning Posted by Admin | Posted in iPad | Posted on 08-03-2010-05-2008 0 As a student or a trainee, you may be quite busy with study and work. Complaints like these are heard a lot. Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Answers.

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This is the second time Wired has written about ACUs iPhone/iPod initiative ; ACU was the first university to give all incoming freshmen an iPhone or iPod Touch in an experiment to see how useful the devices could be in an academic setting. skip to main | skip to sidebar Questio Verum The adventures of academia, or how I learned to stop worrying and love teacher evaluations. Thursday, December 31, 2009 ACU, iPhones, and Wired My sister, an ACU alumnus, emailed me a few weeks ago an article on Wired.com about her alma mater: How the iPhone Could Reboot Education.

Smartphones are too small, laptops/notebooks are too big, and ebook readers and iPods have too little functionality. Doc’s Blog blogging innovation in the way we learn and work in an internetworked world how do you use your mobile computing device to support your learning? There is likely to be a wide range of frequency and types of use of mobile devices in support of learning. wonder how we might be able to accommodate those uses as user needs in the design, development, and delivery of education or training? Published: 31.01.09 Almost everything now can be “googled.&#

from Vernier Software & Technology Putting eLearning on the Map SmartDraw 2010 & Project Management Clickfree’s Transformer for iPod Saves the Day! Assistive Technology Blog on the topic of assistive technology, eLearning, mind mapping, project management, visual learning, collaborative tools, and educational technology Monday, December 28, 2009 Technology Predictions for 2010 I guess this is the time of the season to look into the crystal ball and make predictions about the year ahead. One of the really exciting development has been in the area of mobile handsets. Tweet!

have been popular for years; iPod, Kindle and iPad are quite hot recently, and they can also be excellent mobile learning tools. tusaw.com fresh articles Home About Privacy Policy Home Enhance Your Study with Mobile Learning 23.02.2010 | Author: Vivian | Posted in Education As a student or a trainee, you may be quite busy with study and work. “I don’t have enough time to learn more.&# “The current study methods are too stiff.&# Complaints like these are heard a lot. Then how will you change this situation for more flexible study? How To Make Money Online Via Blogging?

iPODs), handheld gaming devices (e.g. skip to main | skip to sidebar techieteacher home of the 21st century teacher Home About Contact Mobiles and learning change , communication , hardware , mobile learning , software I stumbled across some blogs and sites devoted to mobile learning, described on one site as the following: [Mobile learning is] the exploitation of ubiquitous handheld technologies, together with wireless and mobile phone networks, to facilitate, support, enhance and extend the reach of teaching and learning. The lines defining these devices are very quickly blurring.

What this means is that iPods, PlayStation consoles, SatNav devices and so on all have a dedicated purpose. Panlibus Search Subscribe Updates Follow us on: Panlibus Podcasts All UK Focused Talis The Library 2.0 Gang Nodalities Blog Panlibus Magazine Talis Web Site Categories Select Category AJAX Blogging Books Cloud Computing Copyright Creative Commons DCMS Review E-resources, digital content Education extensions Five Questions Folksonomy General Google Book Settlement Identity Jangle JISC Juice Libraries Library 2.0 Library 2.0 Web 3.0 Adoption has not scaled.

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including iPod Touch 30M units. The blogs and news feeds have been filled with news from yesterday's  Apple's press event during which the iPhone 3.0 was announced and profiled. There are many learning industry practice leaders who believe that Apple's iPhone has jump-started the long-anticipated adoption of mobile devices, products and services for learning and performance support. Ian Thain has written a nice summary of yesterday's Apple event.  His Apple mobile stats are impressive: iPhone now in 80 Countries - 13.7M units in 2008. 17M altogether., 800,000 downloads.

The movies that are becoming popular on iPod require a proprietary movie application, separate from the browser. learning about learning… read, reflect, refine, apply, redefine Home About jump to navigation Designing mobile content December 14, 2008 Posted by ppang in Mobile learning. trackback Introduction With the boom in the mobile device industry, opportunities abound for us to make use of these devices to support learning. Mobile learning (m-Learning) may be simply described as e-Learning on a mobile device, combining mobile computing and e-Leaning. Source: Rosen, A.

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Review: Still entranced with my iPod Touch for mobile learning The reusability paradox Getting Past the Difficulties to Deliver a Better Learning Experience Posted by ethele3 Filed in Uncategorized ·Tags: ML10 Leave a Comment » Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Explorations in ODL Just another WordPress.com weblog Home About Challenges in Implementing Mobile Learning March 20, 2010 The more I learn about aspects of mobile learning, the more apparent are its benefits as well as the challenges of implementing a mobile learning initiative. the institution’s Facebook page).

With my iPod Touch, a $300 device, Im able to access these resources and, to a limited extent, participate. main | sidebar Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org "Courage cant see around corners, but goes around them anyway." - Mignon McLaughlin Home Profile ShareMore! CV MGuhlin.net Entries (RSS) Comments (RSS) Ubiquitous Computing Environments Labels: MoodleConversations | "Do you think students need a ubiquitous computing environment if you are using moodle? If not, how often do you think students need access to computers?" tools, including Moodle, reside--possible. Not sure.

This same issue exists with cell phones (and other portable electronic devices such as iPods, mini-camcorders such as the Flip, and PDAs). skip to main | skip to sidebar Views From the Lambs Herd On this blog, Jimbo Lamb, an educator and technology coach from Central PA shares his views on topics from technology, math, education, and sometimes other things that personally interest me (soccer, hockey, comics). urge all Pennsylvanians to contact your State Representative and tell them to OPPOSE PA HB 363! As an educator, I cannot support this idea. Yes, they can be distracting.

recall having fun with it, but cant really remember concrete details. Thing is, I could relay pretty much every detail of the game Black Belt (a game I was addicted to at the time), but my minds eye is coming up short on Oregon Trail images. think this has less to do with the quality of the game or my brains memory capacity and more to do with the setting. Ive forgotten pretty much everything I ever learned in grammar school (mostly on purpose). Still, Im looking forward to trying the iPhone version of Oregon Trail coming from Gameloft. This is exciting stuff. mail Eric. All rights reserved.

Two items that caught my eye - my thinking being these would be immediately applicable to archaeology - were the sections on ‘mobiles’ and ‘geo-coded everything’ Some examples already in the pipeline: Mobile MaaP [link] Columbia University’s Mapping the African American Past (MAAP) website now includes a mobile version designed to be viewed using the iPhone or iPod Touch. The report includes numerous links and examples of emerging projects that really push the boundaries.  ‘Vernice Nera ware’… Snap! ‘CIL XV.1

In the fall of 2008, ACU became the first university to distribute Apple iPhones and iPod Touches to the incoming freshman class, allowing us to explore a new vision for mobile learning. Home About On Emergent Contact Technology in Education Posted in Church , Featured , Technology on December 30th, 2008 : 2 Comments My boss here at DTS is working through a series called “ Five Things the Church Should Know About Technology “ This fall my alma mater began their Mobile Learning innitiative. But aside from distraction, I wonder what effects this will have on learning. Not very.

This is incredibly helpful for teachers who are using or considering using iPods, iPads, Kindle, Nook or other mobile devices in their classrooms. Common Sense Media has an excellent website that educators can use to find apps for teaching and learning in their curricular area. The website also allows you to look at ratings and reviews of websites and games for children too. It is also an excellent web resource to share with parents who would like to use their own devices for furthering their child's learning

You may also want to read my blog post titled “ iPods in Education Part 13: Uses in Kindergarten ” dated December 2009. Here are 10 of the more recent articles and blog posts that I have read concerning mobile learning. Links to the other 4 lists can be found at the bottom of this blog post. 1) 10 Reasons to Ban Pens and Pencils in the Class – A blog post that turns the criticisms applied to mobile devices on their heads by applying them to the ageless tools of the traditional classroom – Pens and Pencils. 2) How Young is Too Young?

While podcasting is often done with iPods or audio editing devices such as Audacity, podcasts can be created more easily through cell phones (coupled with a few of my favorite FREE web2.0 For example, instead of recording a podcast on an iPod and then loading it to itunes and uploading it to your webspace, you can simply dial a number on your cell phone, narrate your podcast, and then hit the # sign to publish immediately online. The best part is that your students do not have to have an iPod or special computer software.in resources). Fantastic! Joseph's K-8 here ).

While not all videos are in QuickTime formate, more and more are being compressed for the ipod or QuickTime. I came across a resource called Cellfish , where you can easily upload just about any file type (.mov,jpg,wmv.etc) mov,jpg,wmv.etc) to your cell phone! This is a really easy way to upload unique ring tones to cell phones. Learning connection ideas. 1) Students can create content-based ringtones such as a rap about elements in the periodic table for Chemistry or a jingle about a math concept (such as fractions) using Audacity or Garageband. cellfish

There are two competitions, one for films shot entirely with cell phones, the other for films created for the cell phone or iPod. For students who do not have access to their own cell phone, films could also be created on a digital video camera, but they must be converted to be viewed on and iPod or Cell phone (3G format). great free online converter is Zamzar (select the 3G or iPod option). The 4th edition of the Pocket Films Festival will take place at the Pompidou Center, Paris, on June, 13-14-15th 2008. to develop mobile projects around a particular social issue.

You can also use this tutorial to convert your slides to iPod-ready format for itunes. A really neat idea created by Doug Belshaw is to convert your PowerPoint to a mobile Ready device such as a cell phone. Doug has posted a really easy tutorial on his blog. would only extend the tutorial by saying that once you convert the slides, you can use an easy free uploading site such as cellfish to send them to your cell phone. It's a great way to give students more access to class PowerPoint presentations (they can study the slides while they are in line at McDonalds). Great Idea! cellfish

Liz Kolb says (00:54:11): Joe ROCKS Peggy_G says to (00:54:25): I love the studycasts for downloading to ipods to help with studying for tests, learning vocabulary, etc. Chat Transcript: Liz Kolb says (00:31:47): Welcome everyone! We are talking with Joe Wood today! Liz Kolb says (00:34:31): Is anyone having a hard time hearing Jeff? Peggy_G says to (00:38:46): that's a great tip about asking for educator accounts (free) Peggy_G says to (00:39:07): remember the milk has reminders on Google calendars which I can get on my iphone Peggy_G says to (00:39:36): Paul Wood?? That's remarkable.

Now PBS has posted free mobile applications for parents to download on their iPods and cell phones. A few years ago PBS did a study where they gave parents of preschoolers a cell phone loaded with applications to help the children learn to read. The study was successful. All of the favorite PBS characters can be loaded on the phone--Mister Rogers, Curious George and more! While most preschoolers do not have their own cell phone, they can use their parent's phones to learn literacy

Among high school students 85 percent report having an iPod 70 percent have a laptop or netbook 30 percent have smart phones For the first time since 2003, when asked to identify the major obstacle to prevent use of technology in school, students in grades 6–12 said “I cannot use my own cell phone, smart phone or Mp3 player in school.” The annual Speak Up Report (Download Speak Up Press Release 2009 ) has emerged with some interesting data sourrounding mobile devices. The results are excellent news for teachers and schools considering mobile devices in learning! million to 17.6 million.

This also allows people who don't have cell phones but do have iPod iTouches to participate with Free Texting Apps (because they give you a free phone number or you could use Google Voice). am really enjoying using a new resource called ClassPager. It is 100% free! It allows teachers to create class alerts with no limit on the number of students (or parents). Additionally, it is private. It also allows you to set up sms polls (they can be free text polls). There are a lot of teacher controls over student accounts and yet it does allow for anonymity. classpager metropcs

Education for the iPod GenerationTom King @ Mobilemind has an interesting article worth a second look: Effective learning is more than Flash interactions.snip. Too often we use ADDIE and elearning like a defibrillator -- perhaps rescuing the organization during the current "crisis," but doing little or nothing in terms of the big picture planning for preparation, ongoing "treatment", coaching/support and transition to sustained independent performance. Crisis solved. But what about the heart patient with an exercise-free, high-cholesterol, high-stress lifestyle?

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. From Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development: eLearning DevCon 2007 - Chance for a FREE iPhone#links The eLearning DevCon 2007 is coming this summer. know many of you need to plan your conference schedules early, and you also want to take advantage of the early registration discounts ($749 through April 9th). Good news! Register with the code iPhone and you will be entered into an exclusive drawing for an iPhone.What? You've never heard of the elearndevcon? Check out what people have said from previous years. the BEST price. learing +2.0

Education for the iPod GenerationOnce again, language classes seem to be one of the best uses for mLearning solutions. This also shows something I've been saying for a while, mLearning is HERE, NOW! It has simply defied being labeled as such. Text-message course helping newcomers learn English A pen and paper aren't necessary in an Edmonton classroom where students are learning English with a new tool — text messages on their cellphones. You're controlling it, which is so nice," said Tracey Woodburn of Athabasca University. Everybody has a phone.

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eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationLife has been quite busy lately, other than some major development projects, we are piloting a program to send quality tips to cell phones of reps in various types of call centers. Sadly, this has meant neglecting my writing. Yesterday, I found a great article on the Opera Developer's Forum about making the best use of a mobile device's screen. Making Small Devices Look Great Snip:     In this article "device" means a small, mobile unit such as a smart phone or PDA. This is the  wrong approach. learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. I've often stated that anything can be used as a learning tool, even the common stick, however, I have been hesitant to do anything with MMPORPGs as the time required to really become a part of these environments is far more than I have- heck, lately I have little time to even update this blog. Last night, however, I stumbled across a virtual seminar in Second Life sponsored by BSU and EDUTech about using virtual gaming environments in education. My eyes were opened to the possibility of Second Life. learing+2.0 Second Life

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. The latest immigration debate prompted me to do some thinking about adult education. don't want this post to be a judgment for or against the current bill and whether it is amnesty or not, instead, my thoughts are about the consequences of this bill. The current bill in the Senate will basically provide 12-20 million people, who were once living in the shadows, some sort of legalized status. From an educational and business perspective, this may be an interesting opportunity. There is, however, an educational gap that needs filling. learing+2.0

Here you will receive free and informative content that can be loaded onto any iPod with just one click, after which you can view it via your iPod anywhere, anytime. Remember, you don't need an iPod or other MP3 player to use iTunes. If you haven't purchased an iPod yet, see the links below for some iPods and accessories on sale. eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. iTunes iPod iphoneWith the newest release of the iTunes store, Apple has made a big mLearning leap. Simply download iTunes from Apple.com and in the store, browse to iTunes U.

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationI've received a lot of emails asking where I have been the past several months. Yes, I'm still alive. As other designers can attest, there are times when the you have so many large enterprise projects hitting that you just want to set your computer aside when you get home. During this time I have been thinking about what mLearning really is and what should be the goal of mLearning -World.com. I've come to realize that the m in mLearning is far more than being mobile. mLearning is the new paradigm of education. learing +2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationI've decided that mLearning -World.com is not just about my opinions and experience, but should be more of an open forum. With this said, I've invited several new authors to share their experience.   Our newest author is Jonathan  Nadler.  Jonathan Nalder is a 32 year old Learning Support Teacher currently studying a Masters with a focus on integrating technology into education. mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing +2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationFor my first cross-post from the mLearnxyz blog, I'd like to zoom right back to my frontline: Tullawong State School, Caboolture. This is the second year in a row we have run a unit using the free Ninepoll survey program on our Palm Z22's. Year 7 students with learning difficulties are required to brainstorm different survey ideas before writing them out with A,B,C and D answer options. They then enter these into Ninepoll and check their spelling and punctuation. There are of course several reasons why we use this unit with our students.

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. In the school system in which I teach, laptops are being made available for every Teacher over the next 3 or so years. Exciting as this is, there are some districts overseas where every student has a laptop. In particular, the state of Maine in the USA is in its fifth year of providing iBook laptops to all its thousands (25,000+) of students. This kind of long term project has great potential to provide feedback then on whether the technology is just a gimmick, or if it has had a positive impact. The results have been overwhelmingly positive.

Education for the iPod GenerationThere was an interesting question posted on LinkedIn recently. mLearning is the talk of the day. Will it become a worthy alternative for ILT/CBT/eLearning? This question does go to show that people still look at mLearning as a replacement for eLearning instead of a tool to be used in the learning function. To properly look at mLearning, one needs to not think of the 'm' in mLearning as 'mobile' and instead replace it with the term 'my' (as in myLearning).

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationThe 360 mLearning report from the eLearning Guild is now available to download. Unfortunately, I was unable to get the OK to release the two case studies I had prepared for the report in time for the publication, however, there are two excellent case studies included with this report: Case Study: Integrating m-Learning with a Learning Management SystemTristan Evans, president of Perago Learning Solutions, Inc., explains how his company integrated m-Learning with a Learning Management System, and how you can do the same. learing +2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. Yes, the issue that won't go away - especially as far as schools are concerned. Not only is there the problem of them being stolen from students bags, there's the 'status' problem for kids who don't have them, and cyber-bullying for those who do. Despite this, there is a huge potential for the use of mobile phones in learning, especially for those school districts whose ICT funds still go largely to maintaining desktop labs. learing+2.0 kids students mobile mLearn government phones cell phones

There has been a debate over this for a while, but today’s new ipods seems to have started debate again! My take (commented as jnxyz) is that “no one ever said the ipod was built as a ed device. See also these previous articles here about ipod’s and education: - Let’s get the ipod’s in schools debate started! eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. touch mLearning mLearn debate iPodNot everyone is happy though - see this post by fellow Australian mLearn blogger Leonard Low AND the comments that follow. What’s yours? learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. //Rather than just reporting on what others have been saying about this new frontier in mLearning - that being kids using their own mobile phones for learning - I’ve written my own paper dealing with policy responses from schools and Education departments. Mostly these have only touched on safety issues - but I also include in the paper plenty of examples of their positive use in education. even talk about why they should be used and make reccomendations that hopefully future policy makers can use to get the balance right. Enjoy! ? learing+2.0

Education for the iPod GenerationLeonard Low once again provides us a brilliant discussion on developing mLearning and more. Developing Us! Learning and More… Mobile Learning snip: There are many barriers to teachers trying out and using new and innovative approaches in teaching and learning. It can be hard to find the time to explore and develop new ideas; online “social learning” sites such as YouTube may be blocked ; or teachers may not be able to access equipment or funds needed to try out new ideas (such as for mobile learning activities).

Education for the iPod GenerationThis is just a placeholder post to test and set up mobile blogger settings. This should allow me to pick up posting on a more regular basis.

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationFrom: the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA), links people with a diverse range of interests in education and training to promote the development of rural Australia. The theme of the 2008 Annual Conference is: The Face of Learning: Generation "M". The conference will explore and reflect upon the impact, in our rural communities, of learning with, and teaching the mobile generation. Article: [link] mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing+2.0

have bought a new iPod classic and a microphone attachment that enables recording. eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationA teacher's report on mLearning from: Jane in Java 2: mLearning in my school Jane in Java 2 reports- Have you had experience using m-learning devices in a learning environment?Currently Currently the use of mobile phones at my school is more directed at the parents rather than the students. We use SMS to inform/invite parents to workshops and meetings. My parents often contact me using SMS but I only reply if it is before 7pm. It is really clear. learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. by Jonathan Nalder mLearnxyz.net So what does mobile learning have to do with ‘cloud computing’? And just what is ‘cloud computing’? Anyone who has been into tech for even 10 years will remember the big step it was to buy that first PC. Mine was via my parents in 1988 - the screen was CGA with wait for it - 3 colours! It cost over $2500 at the time. So did our next PC - a 386. So did the next, a Pentium IV. My latest machine, a Macbook Pro also cost just over this same $2500 line. What’s with that? More on that shortly. From the air you say?

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationTraining Top 125 2008: Winners Congrats to my team, ranked 38- and in the top 125 for eight years in a row! For the seventh year in a row, Training tackled the task of ranking the top companies of employer-sponsored workforce training and development. Each Top 125 company was measured on quantitative (75 percent to total score) and qualitative (25 percent to total score) data.What factors influenced the rankings? Training tied to business objectives. Number of trainers. Employee turnover and retention. Leadership development. Tuition assistance.

Certainly the iPhone and iPod Touch you’ve heard of, devices which boasts desktop-class browsing abilities as a major selling point. eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. In part one we looked at how computing may just become a service utility in the same sense as electricity or water, and be accessible anywhere via wireless technologies. Not accessible on a desktop PC you can’t lug anywhere. And available to devices that don’t have the processing power of decent laptops. But is this what we see happening around us? So will these trends impact mobile learning? learing+2.0

High school students are using iPod Touches in the project, and elementary students are using iPod Nanos. Stanfield said if the project produces a noticeable increase in learning and retention, every student could receive an iPod Nano or iPod Touch for educational use. eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationiLearning: Elementary, high school students use Apple devices in IDEA pilot program HALLSVILLE — Fourteen-year-old Amy Myers does not own an Apple iPhone, but she knows how to work one. The project began three weeks ago. learing+2.0

What’s sad for Palm is that they are potentially killing off the TX, a large-screened, wi-fi mini-tablet, just as the iPod Touch is showing that there is life for non-smartphone devices that focus on being MID’s (mobile internet devices) rather than just PDA’s. eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. mobile mLearning mLearn Palm technology adult education smartphone learning iPod PDASeeing as only one company has even released new model PDA’s at any time IN THE LAST THREE YEARS!, starts clearing out stock in this way. Oh well. The PDA is dead. learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. Creating branching simulations in eLearning is often an exercises in patience and organizational skills. There are several development tools out there that say they specialize in branching simulations. What are your thoughts? Tools or process? What is more important in creating branching simulations in eLearning? What best practices have you run into? Lessons learned? We want to hear from you. Leave your comments here or, if you would like to post an article on branching simulations, email me @ mobilelearn@gmail.com. learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. "I am looking for the ability to send an email to all our Attorneys via BlackBerry (1000+) that contains a link. Upon clicking the link a multimedia file will either download and play or stream (with buffer). The multimedia file can be actual video or a PowerPoint-type stack that contains audio and automatic slide changes or similar functionality. Currently I have tested Chalk and Sona Media Player. Both play video, but I did not see the ability to launch it via an email link. course, this functionality can be accomplished on a mobile phone.

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationI've discovered a new blog today that I would recommend for everyone to add to their feed list. The New Learning Playbook tracks innovations and trends in corporate learning and talent management among corporations, universities and government agencies. mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing+2.0

Education for the iPod GenerationIn a previous post, I challenged my readers on what they felt was more important with branching simulations, the tool or the process. recently re-discovered a post by the eLearning-Guru that challenges the effectiveness of branching simulations in general. In this interview branching simulations come up in the topic: Clark Aldrich : Any time you don't have the right simulation genre that is a failure. lot of early "simulation" attempts were to use branching videos and other forms of branching stories to teach high potential managers new skills.

Brooks: Mobile Learning :: Abilene Christian University (ACU) is the first university in nation to provide an iPhone or iPod Touch mobile device to all incoming freshmen An Apple iPhone or iPod touch will become a central part of Abilene Christian University's innovative learning experience this fall when all freshmen are provided one of these converged media devices, said Phil Schubert, ACU executive vice president. eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationAdam S. read more] mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing+2.0

TechnoLOTE.com has great post along with videos of using iPods in the classroom. My iPod and its Voice Recorder in My Classroom Here are two short videos that I made yesterday (recorded with a digital camera) that show how I use my iPod with its voice recorder in my class as a tool for recording students spoken work. Well, I really should say how my students use my iPod with its recorder, because even though I changed the display language to Chinese, they still want to get their hands all over it. eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. mLearning iPod

Here are some more iPod/mLearning ideas from technoLOTE. This post is a follow on from iPod mLearn oCool ! iPods and mp3 players are a great place to start - especially if school policy doesn’t allow mobile phones in classrooms. Some mlearning Ideas for your LOTE classroom: Create vocab lists for students to learn and review (this could be audio or visual for mp3 players) Create recordings of dialogues for students to listen to repeatedly Record grammar explanations and any other part of your class that students might need to hear more than once Create iPod quizzes.

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationNewswire / Press Release: Atlantic Link Launches Rapid e-Learning for the Sony PSP - Education/e-Learning/Training - Atlantic Link NewswireToday Atlantic Link's ground breaking rapid e-learning authoring tools have taken another significant leap forward. The software now allows courses to be designed specifically for the Sony PSP Slim & Lite. The courses can be deployed locally (from the Memory Stick Duo) or from the Internet, giving users a true mobile learning experience. Needless to say we are enormously excited about the possibilities."If

eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationIt's Vegas Baby! new paradigm in learning.just thought I would give everyone a little tease. mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing +2.0

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eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationFrom: The Standard - Hong Kong's First FREE English Newspaper AN INTER-SCHOOL mobile quiz contest organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Hong Kong University that aims to promote mobile learning as well as to celebrate the Beijing Olympic Games is now open to registration by schools. Primary and secondary school students will be able to test their knowledge of the Olympics and about HKU, while also deepening their understanding of mobile learning through the contest, HKU hopes. learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. Jonathan Nalder www.mlearnxyz.net I’m on secondment from my Learning Support teacher job this week to a Master Class in using ICTs for Inclusive Education. Always on the lookout to try out new mobile technology, I did of course grab the opportunity for a hands-on with not one but two Asus Eee PC’s (the slightly older 7 inch model). They are of course very small and very desirable! You’re not getting top of the line specs for that kind of money, but 512mb RAM and 4GB storage would be more than enough for the primary age students I work with.

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eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationAnother eLearning developer understands the concept that mLearning is not just about compressing a CBT into the size of a mobile device. Read his experiences here: Starting Slowly with mLearning « eLearning Weekly mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing+2.0

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eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationMatrix Style Brain Downloads 'Will Make Lessons Pointless'. Children will learn by downloading information directly into their brains within 30 years, the head of Britain's top private schools organisation has predicted. Chris Parry, the new chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, said "Matrix-style" technology would render traditional lessons obsolete. He told the Times Educational Supplement: "It's a very short route from wireless technology to actually getting the electrical connections in your brain to absorb that knowledge."

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. In this month's Learning Solutions Magazine, there is a great article on Mainstreaming Mobile Learning. Discussion of Mobile Learning (m-Learning) has been going on for almost ten years, and we only now seem to be approaching actual deployment. However, there are still some barriers. In anticipation of the upcoming Guild Research 360° Report on Mobile Learning, an industry expert this week presents a summary of what it will take to bring m-Learning to real life in whatever neighborhood you happen to find yourself. learing+2.0 mLearning

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eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. Has anyone had a chance to use OnPoint Digital Cellcast ? OnPoint seems to offer an interesting mLearning tool, allowing users to create audio, video, or assessments sent to mobile devices. This looks like a service our readers would be interested in, however, I would like to hear from anyone who has used this service.  Click here for more information on OnPoint's Digital Cellcast. mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing+2.0 mLearning

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. Most of my mLearning friends are undoubtedly aware, but there is a great tool for developing learning content while mobile. Google Docs are available on mobile browsers. have found in my adventure drafting my first book on mLearning , that inspiration can happen anywhere, at anytime. caught myself recently in a restaurant waiting for my order with a thought about something to look into. grabbed my Blackberry Pearl , opened Google Docs, and added my thoughts to a notes document I created. I'll post more on this later. My sushi is almost ready.

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. From our friends at TeachingTips.com- The Art of Learning Better: 101 Tips to Find and Fit Your Learning Style Sometimes, information is hard to understand just because it’s presented in a manner that just doesn’t quite appeal to the way we like to learn best. While it isn’t always possible to take every class or complete every project in a way that fits into your individual style , there are ways that you can help to ensure that you’re making the most of the material at hand. These tips can give visual learners a leg up on organization.

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. For those folks who know me, they know I am the farthest thing from an 'environmentalist' and you sure don't want to know my views on Global Warming. With that said, however, I am very much an advocate of conservation, both of resources and of budgets. Have you ever thought how much your company spends to educate employees? Sure, you have your budgets for your trainers, for those who supervise trainers, and the extra time employees spend going to training, however, there are many more costs to consider. How about facilities? learing +2.0

To capture screens on your iPhone or iPod Touch 2.0. Read the rest here -> Control Your Desktop from Your iPhone One of the App Store's most popular pieces of software is Remote, an application that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to control iTunes or Apple TV from their beloved devices. eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. Capture iPhone Screenshots As product reviewers, we at eWEEK Labs find frequent occasion to grab screen shots in order to illustrate the software and services we cover. firmware includes a built-in screen capture function.  learing+2.0 iphon

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. Playing computer games in school may sound like the kids rule the classroom. But European researchers have shown that such games can be used to boost learning. What’s more, the special computer games developed by the eMapps.com project could help build communities of creative, networking children across Europe, especially in the new Member States. In the past, the playing of computer games was sometimes thought to be unhelpful, disruptive, and potentially dangerous for a child’s development. learing+2.0 mLearning

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. For those of us who are baseball fanatics, (not Crickett for my EU and Indian readers, although I love that game as well) HotLava Software is bringing mobile learning to the baseball diamond. Fans attending the game have the opportunity to not only see a homerun hit, but learn how friction and drag affect the path of a baseball traveled. Baseball has always been a mathematical game. remember from my undergraduate statistics class how much it was involved in the game, now, everyone can take part in expanding their knowledge. learing +2.0

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eLearning Education for the iPod GenerationAlmost a month since you've seen something from us? Apologies all around. Between two hurricanes (Gustav and Ike), work, and just craziness, I've been a little distracted. Keep your eye's open though- my eLearning book is coming along and I've had a couple of leads on publishers based on the concept alone. More to come soon. mlearning m-learning mobile-learning mobile+learning podcasting iphone apple web+2.0 learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. GPS-based spatial learning (geocaching) is a new form of mobile learning for me. had the chance to experience it in person recently and came away with a new tool in my mLearning kit. Basically, it entails being out and about, using a GPS to find items placed around a physical site. With our guide (Teacher Alan Morely, who has developed the program) dressed as a pirate, we ventured out all over a university campus, deciphering clues to find a treasure. Go HERE to read the full article by Jonathan Nalder at mLearnxyz.net. learing+2.0

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. By Jonathan Nalder of www.mLearnxyz.net As most geeks would know, the Google-developed mobile OS known as Android had its public unveiling last week. While only available on one handset in the US at the moment, its open-source nature and backing from Google mean that it is destined to become a major new mobile platform alongside the existing Palm OS, Windows Mobile, RIM Blackberry, and iPhone OSX. We’re not interested in the competition between these OS’s here, but in what new features Android brings to the use of mobile devices for learning.

eLearning Education for the iPod Generation. I've been doing some research with a friend on educational spending and performance in the key areas of math, science, technology, etc. We have stumbled upon an interesting anomaly, a correlation with the less a school spends on education and higher performance in these key areas. If you are not aware of the Laffer Curve, this is a economic theory that lower taxes generate more revenue (think of this as a farmer planting more corn versus eating it himself.) This requires teachers to be creative and innovative in educational approach.

In 2008 Abilene Christian University distributed iPhones and iPod touches to incoming freshmen and faculty in the first year of its Connected mobile learning initiative. with Kyle Dickson & Mike Wiggins • March 30, 2010. Though initial faculty experiments included podcasting, interaction and response tools, a mobile portal, and apps in a range of disciplines, most classes remained tied to a Learning Management System with no viable mobile strategy. This panel will report on ACU Blogs , building on WordPress MU as a platform for class sites to serve 80% of common uses of the LMS.

Mobile Media Device – As the iPod changed the way students and faculty thought about music, personal media devices like the iPad will continue to shape the way we see media: how it is consumed, created, and shared. ACU to saturate campus with iPhone/iPod touch. Today, Apple closed the iPad launch event by affirming their position “at the intersection of technology and liberal arts.&# Many in higher education see this new platform as the logical next step for converged, mobile devices and look forward to exploring this intersection. ″ x 7.5″ pounds.

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price AND the fact that its universal (pay once for the iPad and iPod touch version) makes it a no-brainer to download and try. mobile/miniaturisation uLearning apps iOS iPad iPod Touch notetakingiTunes Link: [link]. One of the most popular categories of iOS apps is that of notetaking, for obvious reasons. It is one of the areas where nearly all the benefits of working digitally come together to provide real enhancement of the teaching/learning process. I’m just one grateful educator. draw, highlight etc again with multiple pen and colour options. Even better, its US$1.99

Amongst the many ideas for content delivery we have been investigating iTunesU and the use of iPod Touch and iPhone devices for accessing content on-campus (or at home) for later review and reflection.  There has been considerable activity at the University of Canberra with the implementation of Apple-based systems for supporting teaching and learning.  With that in mind, I applied for one of the Apple University Consortium (AUC) scholarships to attend last week’s iPhone Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) Workshops in Sydney, and was delighted to be accepted.

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Education for the iPod Generation. HOUSTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- AppTech Corp. Pink Sheets: APCX) www.apptechglobal.com reported today that Apple's recently announced policy of loosening restrictions on use of outside development tools should substantially assist AppTech in the execution of its plan to translate and port over iPhone apps to other operating systems, such as Google Android. Eric Ottens, CEO of AppTech Corp. stated, "Apple's loosening its policies on the ability for app developers to utilize third party tools is a strong positive step for AppTech. Read the rest here.

Education for the iPod Generation. I'm currently reading Gary Woodill's book, The Moble Learning Edge and I am finding this is an excellent resource for mLearning strategy development. Look for a review soon. In the mean time, a big thanks to Gary for the plug for mLearning-World in this book. elearning mlearning

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