use of podcasts is increasingly becoming common in education. Podcasting and Learner Mobility Students in a postgraduate programme use low-cost offline devices to record audio for uploading when they have access to broadband internet when on campus. peers' podcasts are downloaded and listened to when offline and use anonymous SMS to post questions and receive answers through the Q&A tool. Most of the time the students (for security reasons) will listen to podcasts on the move. podcasts were on average ten minutes. Difference in access to technology. MORE >>

Home WordPress Plugins Google Wave Tips Contact Notebook MASHe The Higher Education blog from the JISC RSC Scotland North & East Mobile Learning: Some resources, tools and statistics I was looking for resources for a potential mobile workshop and came across the slides below from Judy Brown. Opera Online Mobile simulator mobiReady mobile site testing tool Educate iPhone/iPod Touch App – Calendar/timetabling, attendance and grade marking database, stopwatch, voice recorder, images, reference area, link to Moodle Ever wondered what devices students are carrying around with them? MORE >>

Such a new learning has happened recently from the world of corporate or business training, where the necessity of moving to mobile and ubiquitous tools has been addressed better than in my own area of formal education actually. BUT, what tool could be better for reviewing previously learnt content JUST IN TIME than a mobile device that is always with you? And what learning tool are you most likely to have on hand, wether out and about during informal learning moments, or in the middle of a busy classroom when suddenly something goes wrong, or a change in direction is required? MORE >>

It’s fantastic for students to have access to powerful software tools that help them develop their skills; and it’s even better if the software is free. prolific developer of mobile applications, Tea Vui Huang, provides the tools he develops for free via his website; and many of his applications are either very useful for education, or are made-for-education. Here is just one his tools, (which are generally authored for the Symbian mobile phone platform): The TVH-72g Graphing Calculator. And the quality of the graphs created by this free tool are excellent. MORE >>

Level 6 is the final stage of the mlearning content model comprising rich-media formats such as podcasts or video, targeted firmly at the smartphone/netbook audience. Level 6 Content Types The CellCast Solution supports media-based content in podcast audio and video formats. Typically the Content Creation Team will either source the appropriate media file, or create it from scratch using a variety of industry standard tools such as Audacity for podcasts or Apple’s Final Cut Pro for videos. MORE >>