Mobile Development Mobile Web Video mLearnCon 2012 Saltbox Services Tin Can APIJeff Tillett gets a feel for the experience in Tin Can Alley during mLearnCon 2012. MORE >>

Dubbed “CurtinMobile,&# the service was developed in response to the growing use of, and demand for, supported mobile platforms and services: Chief information officer Peter Nikelotatos said 99 per cent of Curtin’s students had mobile phones and 75 per cent of those phones were web-enabled. Tags: General cellphone curtin education information learning m-learning mlearning Mobile services university An article in the respected Australian newspaper has showcased the new mobile student support website recently implemented by Curtin University of Technology. MORE >>

A RT from Tim Martin at the Elearning Guild brought my attention to a blog posting by Wesley Fryer at Stormchasers about his use of Google Presentation -- part of the free cloud-based Google Docs service -- as a means of distributing mobile learning content to his ecosystem. Having used Google Docs for various business purposes in the past, I thought I'd give this use case another look and confirm for myself what others seemed so interesting in retweeting to the rest of the #mlearning followers. Playback of the content and rending of the images works perfectly fine. MORE >>

iOS Pedagogy and Learning geolocation location data location research location services Shark NetShark Net is a mobile learning app that utilizes location data for safety and making connections between people and white sharks. MORE >>

Last week, as New York City’s public schools came back into session, the Department of Education debuted a new text message service to keep parents informed. By giving parents the information they need, straight to their phones, the NYC Department of Education is using technology to make city services more accessible. Wall Street Journal: On First Day of School, Mayor Announces New Text Message Service. SILive.com: Text service for parents launched by New York City schools. To sign up, parents should text NYCSCHOOLS to 877877. All Posts Blog government Use Cases MORE >>