It also depends on what you want to do with it and how easy you can get used to technology. The iPhone is above all an incredibly easy phone to use (very intuitive in its user interface), so for those not that comfortable with technology, the iPhone is the way to go (although it is expensive). Tags: mobile technology ubiquitous learning mobile learning Choosing the best phone for mobile learning can be quite a challenge. The amount of features you want to use will also allow you to purchase a low or high cost smartphone or mobile device. Or is it of interest to you? MORE >>

The latest issue of the International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (Vol. 5, No. 3) and is available as a free download (but you have to register on the site). Here is the Table of Contents: Global Telecommunications Security: Effects of Geomagnetic Disturbances. McManus, H.H. Carr, B.M. Adams. Software Tool to Visualize Verbal Protocols to Enhance Strategic and Metacognitive Abilities in Basic Programming. Carlos A. Arévalo, Estela L. Muñoz, Juan M. Gómez. Collaborative Rural Healthcare Network: A Conceptual Model. Raja, D.J. McManus, J.M. Hardin, B.C. Haynes. MORE >>

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If you haven’t seen this new technology being promoted by NVIDIA, you should check it out. I’ve written about other amazing technologies like the Layar Browser in previous posts, and this technology is similar but adds another element by allowing the user to interact with a fictional environment in the physical space. This is the type of technology that really showcases the things you can do with mobile devices. These augmented reality technologies are very interesting when we consider the applications for learning and for productivity in general. MORE >>

One could easily make the claim that when it comes to communication, the rise of modern technology beginning in the early 20th century has ushered in a resurgence in the use and importance of oral communication skills. Writing, a technology in and of itself, changed society radically in that it allowed people to communicate with other people over vast distances of both space and time. The advent of the telephone, the television and radio began to change this as new electronic technology allowed people to record spoken words and transmit them over large distances of space and time. MORE >>