Location-Aware Computing. 2009 Horizon Report. Things You Should Know About Location-Aware Applications. I’ve spent an inordinately long time writing a whitepaper on mobile learning trying to expound our thoughts about it and how it might be used in the workplace. ve been doing some research around it and I’ve documented some of the better links I’ve come across. Again, as with the links I posted about Games and Simulation, these aren’t categorized in any way nor does the order assume any significance. Apple Education. Marc Prensky Blog. Learning Org. Will at Work Learning. MORE >>

I recently came across a report on the Deloitte website , which estimates that global Smartphone market sales will touch 375 million by the end of 2011. Provide tools and not just content: Mobiles’ ability to compute and display, combined with their personal and intimate nature, presents with lots of possibilities – geo location-based tools, networking tools, access to search and information databases, games, and simulations. This means that there are going to be millions of Smartphone users out there, who can access mobile learning anywhere, at any time. Limitations. MORE >>

Search for everything we need just in time, - finding locations/directions instantly, - news, ebooks, sports updates, - social networking, facebook, twitter, - banking & shopping, - face time / video calls. report by Morgan Keegan estimates, the mobile computing ecosystem will become bigger than PC market in about 5 years (from 2011). Cisco report forecasts the mobile internet data growth to be 18 times in 5 years (2011-2016). Mobile learning (or mlearning) is probably a hot topic of discussion in your organization right now. Doing More With Less. of global workforce. MORE >>

Ignatia Webs , August 3, 2010 iPods in Education Part 14: Enhanced Science Education - The Mobile Learner , August 10, 2010 Actual real-life teachers reporting on how iPads fit (or not) into schools - uLearning Blog , August 15, 2010 July Hot List: Mobile Learning Content - mLearnopedia on Blogspot , August 19, 2010 Creating Successful m-Learning Strategy – Part 3 - Upside Learning , August 4, 2010 Simple voting boxes to enhance learning - Ignatia Webs , August 23, 2010 why mobile changes things? open academic education: people with an open PhD and master? Yes, they do it! MORE >>

Last week, Griffith University hosted an “ Emerging Technologies and Education Symposium ,&# which included the launch of the 2009 Horizon Report (Australian & New Zealand version). One of the important trends illustrated by the  report is the growing importance of mobile devices and learning in mobile contexts.  “Mobile Internet Devices&# are predicted to be a significant learning technology that will that will see widespread use in teaching and learning, and were categorised as “One Year or Less&# until adoption. MORE >>