Everyone concerned with eLearning in Africa is welcome to share and learn. Special Journal issue on Social Networking and Mobile Learning Name of Journal: British Journal of Educational Technology Editors: Guest editors: Norbert Pachler (Institute of Education, University of London), Maria Ranieri (Department of Education, University of Florence), John Cook (London Metropolitan University) and Stefania Manca (Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council of Italy). If anyone is organizing a conference, workshop. It's about TIME. MORE >>

This blog is about innovation, design, development, and trends in the Learning Solutions domain. The Upside Learning Solutions Blog Five Mobile Learning Implementation Tips Abhijit Kadle | March 1st, 2010 | Mobile Learning 1 3 There really is very little different about designing mobile learning from other forms of learning. The guidelines that apply for effective learning are really not much different but for the change in context. Typically, we wouldn’t design any sort of mobile learning intervention to run beyond five minutes. Re-use! MORE >>

This article was originally published in Learning Technologies 2013’s special show guide issue. Mobile Learning has been on the horizon for a long time but has met with scepticism and technical constraints in its early days. Now, even though bandwidths have improved and devices have become more capable, mobile learning is still struggling to take off. The recently released Towards Maturity report ‘Mobile Learning at Work’ indicates that only 30% of organisations are incorporating mobile learning. So what ails mobile learning? Think augmentation. MORE >>

Is online learning necessarily constructivist? H800 H806 Tags Open University , H800 , theory , Engestrom , mobile learning , m-learning , mobile , Mike Sharples , Learning 3.0 , Kukulska-Hulme , labile learning , experiential learning , mobility of context , Pask , conversation in context Learning 3.0 will be mobile by johnmill on July 13, 2010 As more and more humans come equipped with a networked mini-computer in their pocket, it’s obv that the next wave in distance learning will be mobile. anchez I, Vavoula G, (2009). 13–35. MORE >>

a Vcard), and your social media sites. Augmented reality refers to technology that modifies a user’s “real” view of reality with computer-generated imagery. Polls and surveys Discussion forums Audio (including multiple language formats) Video (for example, those how-to-manuals can be how-to-videos instead) Instructors/mentors available for live-chatting Of course, when you consider linking and mobile learning (mlearning) more generally, you need to consider your target audience and their access to smart phones vs more basic mobile devices. Bookmark the permalink. MORE >>