PDF explores the ever-widening intersection between technology and politics, and brings together some of the biggest thinkers in each of those spheres to pow-wow about the future of our society. We’re particularly excited to present Mobile Commons Advocacy to the PDF audience, because MCA’s very purpose is to use technology to make political advocacy easy. 'Next Thursday, June 6, Mobile Commons will be presenting Mobile Commons Advocacy at the Personal Democracy Forum  here in New York City. We liked the conference so much, we decided to sponsor it! All Posts Blog Events

'A recent Fast Company article detailed a retail store''s decision to use tablets to replace paper. Industry News Mobile Devices retail tablets

We specialise in adult / work based mobile learning, and build in just about any technology we can to showcase the best possible uses of mobile and emerging technologies as tools to empower, improve, and enhance learning. We work with our vendors to mobilise their products We build tools and content that we publicise, to raise awareness We work with amazing people from across the industry We mix technologies. 'Our team is recruiting again. We work to support Qualcomm''s own staff (all 26,000 of them). go fast. break things. fix them. learn and improve. recruitment Qualcom

Retaining some of its previous features , the new Upside2Go pushes the envelope in multiple aspects; incorporating the latest in the technology and learning management, and UI. 'Just yesterday we released the new version of Upside2Go , our revolutionary mLearning platform. first, major release since Upside2Go’s launch back in 2011, the new version takes mLearning delivery and performance support to a whole new level. ” A definition that describes Upside2Go to a T. add to its Information Component. ” We couldn’t agree more. Administering SCORM 1.2 FREE eBook.

short description of what you can expect by words of the editors of the book: The development and exchange of OER continues to be a technologically intensive process. Technological considerations in OER are not limited to authoring or remixing tools. 'While writing up a first workable draft for my probation report (to pass from MPhil to PhD student. like a first exam, with a defence in front of a small jury), I came across this wonderful free book on Open Educational Resources. The book is a collaboration between UNESCO, Athabasca Uni, Commonwealth of Learning.

'One area of education technology that we do not focus on enough is the ability for technology to aid teachers in assessing and tracking management in the classroom. Over the last few years a great number of mobile apps have emerged to aid in the process of tracking student management and making it transparent. Below I will review a few of the FREE options I have come to appreciate. Class Charts When you sign up for class charts, it immediately asks if you want to collaborate with other teachers in your building. While there are ready-made behaviors, you can also add your own.

would love to get a framework out on self-directed learning with mobile technology, influences, strategies, getting into the learning zone. 'The University of Leicester has been looking at a framework for mobile learning to fit their learning with iPads in university project called PLACES. In order to build their framework they used the Mobile Toolkit from JISC, and leaned on the FRAME mobile learning model of Marguerite Koole , which offers a comprehensive model for mobile learning in all its social and technical aspects. 2011). 1-65). 2009). Ally (Ed.), 1, pp. 25-47).

But there is a whole variety of participants, and some of those will highlight one section that relates to change: mindfulness, leadership, how to make the most of innovative technologies in the workplace & your community and a whole host of other things. MOOCs can be an option in getting many of us closer to our goals, for MOOCs can be set up rapidly, cater to very broad or very detailed knowledge needs and they can be build with as much or as little technological tools as an organizer wishes. ?. 'Change management is and has been a tough nut to crack in any organization.

Industry News Mobile Strategy case studies eLearning Guild Technology adoption 'You can find mobile learning case studies in several places: books and apps, awards programs, and other compilations of case studies.

The acronym METIL stands for Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab, and signals the next move in mobile learning technologies – from mobile phones to a wide variety of devices with multiple form factors, operating systems and development platforms that all work together. Part of this new technology is the Responsive Web Design technologies that Chad Udell wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Both David’s extensive deck of slides and a recording of the webinar are available for downloading. the deck is available here.

consider myself fairly knowledgeable and experienced in trying out new technologies or new digital options but … having my own words out there for everyone to see, read and critique is a tough realization. Provide access guidelines for readers with different technologies. Understandably for in technology, making a specific choice means you exclude other choices from access. Nice, certainly in fields of interest that evolve rapidly (like technology based learning) Interesting royalty scheme. There are A LOT of authors out there! Understand the “look inside” option.

million global competition to accelerate the availability of hardware sensors and software sensing technology that individuals use to access, understand, and improve their health and well-being, using mobile technologies. 'Up for a challenge? The Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE is a $2.25 The purpose is to spur on innovation in mobile health using sensors in order to further personalized medicine. The reason that this is an important issue is that in many countries, traditional laboratory tests, hospital equipment, and access to a doctor is often in short supply. million.

Comic Industry News crowdsourcing Google Glass lifelogging wearable technology 'Google Glass allows everyone to engage in lifelogging, but will require new etiquette.

Have a look at our quick guide to the top trends in Learning Technology. Just google " coding for kids " for a fantastic selection of them verdict : If we truly want our kids to be in control of technology (and not the other way around), support your local coding for kids initiative! I hope you enjoyed our round-up of the latest trends in learning technology, and found enough in there to help you bluff your way through a conversation about it. 'Do you know your MOOCs from your OERs? Are you BYOD while flipping the classroom? What they are. What they mean. This can work.

But that’s where technology turned. He quotes Chris Dixon’s  remarkable idea  that just as in the previous four technological revolutions, we are at the stage where new tech is replacing traditional jobs before new digital industries that will appear have had a chance to create new ones. Education is the cartel that technology is going to break next”  Heppell, 2011. 'Part 1. The obligatory history lesson: It happened to the record industry first. To summarize – you bought your music on record, then on 8-track, then on cassette, and then on CD once again. Part 2.

Mobile technology erases the digital divide. This post was originally published on the Campaign For America’s Health Centers’ blog. The campaign is a project of the National Association of Community Health Centers , an umbrella group that helps address the need of more than 9,000 community health centers across all 50 US states. Lower-income and minority populations are notoriously difficult to reach with healthcare information. We can help you get reliable information straight into people’s pockets – and start helping your communities live healthier lifestyles. Contact Us Now.

The Technology Behind the Most Effective Advocacy Campaigns. It’s even easier than you may have realized to connect hundreds of thousands of your supporters with their Congressional representatives. Earlier this month, we launched Mobile Commons Advocacy, a plug-and-play tool that makes it simple for organizations to drive phone calls to Congress and affect legislators’ opinions. But at Mobile Commons, we’re never satisfied with just “incredibly powerful and easy to use.” We’re always working to make our products even more powerful, and even easier to use. 1) Streamlined Calling.

The Technology Behind the Most Effective Advocacy Campaigns. Now it’s even easier to connect hundreds of thousands of your supporters with their Congressional representatives. Earlier this month, we launched Mobile Commons Advocacy, a plug-and-play tool that makes it simple for organizations to drive phone calls to Congress and affect legislators’ opinions. But at Mobile Commons, we’re never satisfied with just “incredibly powerful and easy to use.” We’re always working to make our products even more powerful, and even easier to use. 1) Streamlined Calling. 2) More Powerful Targeting.

mLearning/eLearning Technology. Does Upside2Go support augmented reality technology? A: Yes, Upside2Go can be customized to support augmented reality technology. Early this month we ran two webinars on “Designing eLearning for Pads (tablet)” A big thank you to all of you who were able to join us! We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. The questions came thick and fast during the webinars, and while we managed to answer most of them, we ran out of time (and space) to answer all, as much as we would have liked to. Do let us know what you think. A: Yes. and 4.0,

My particular focus at UNESCO is mobile learning : how mobile technology can be used to improve teaching, learning and effective administration. I was honored to sit on a panel at The Economist’s Nigeria Summit 2013 in Lagos. The panel was titled SKILLS AND EDUCATION – DEVELOPING NIGERIA’S PEOPLE POWER. Below are my speaking notes. Education challenges. As we all know, the world faces major education challenges, including: Shortage of trained and motivated teachers. The latest estimates suggest that 112 countries need to expand their workforce by a total of 5.4

The ability to identify and capture this advantage is second only to retaining it, which, in the ever-changing landscape of globalization, shrinking markets and the shifting sands of technology is challenging to say the least! An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. – Jack Welch. For today’s organizations, the quest for demonstrable ‘competitive advantage’ is unending and seen as the key to success. Knowledge Retention. Rings a bell? Informative Audiocasts. Expert’s advice. Context And Timing.

There was a lot of buzz about mobile learning at this year's Mobile World Congress. More than at any previous event. Click below to see it: (clicking will take you to their site: [link] ) Our conversation was streamed out, live, to all the huge screens around Barcelona, which was a bit surreal! interviews m4d language learning why mobile leadership MWC reports GSMA

As technology has charged, so has access to information and as a result, communication needs in the 21 century are different. The difference today is that being able to access anyone and everyone on the globe through communication technologies now means that we must all now frame our communication to an audience. Back in 2007 when I began this blog, the main thrust was sharing ideas about why mobile devices can improve teaching and learning. Many in the education system are much more willing to accept mobile devices as learning tools. They need to augment their ideas.

We’ve seen firsthand how new technology can deliver life-saving information. 15 million text messages are sent every minute. An article in the Atlantic Monthly suggests that more of those should be sent to our doctors and healthcare providers. In an article entitled, “If Symptoms Persists, Text Your Doctor,” the Atlantic suggests that mobile messaging can help streamline some of the inefficiencies of modern healthcare, and reduce costs by increasing communication. All by the means of communication that have defined the rest of modern society for a decade.

About Mobile Commons: Mobile Commons, a mobile strategy and software company, is the technology behind today’s most effective mobile messaging campaigns. Mobile Commons Advocacy offers a powerful, effective way for organizations to petition Congress for legislative change. New York, NY (PRWEB) March 12, 2013. Mobile Commons  today announced the release of a new product,  Mobile Commons Advocacy  – a plug-and-play tool that makes it easy for organizations to drive phone calls to Congress and affect legislators’ opinions. Now any organization can have a legislative impact.”. Louise Ng.

Press DuPont PIoneer Growmark mAgriculture mobile agriculture mobile technology in agriculture researchFloat Mobile Learning has been cited as a source for mobile agriculture research in a USA Today article that was released this past Sunday, March 3. Writer Christopher Doering used data from [.].

As she mentioned that it was linked to Open Educational Resources (OER) of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) textbooks, I got intrigued. But I can see how this type of technology has the potential to go beyond its original start. Last week I got a message from Stephanie Ray and she asked me to take a look and review Nota , a free mobile collaborative learning platform which is available in a web format and as a mobile app. They only launched in January 2013 so still beta, which is the nicest state as all of our remarks on the tool are as such welcomed.

Existing policies have very little to say when it comes to questions of whether and, more crucially, how to incorporate mobile technology into education. The joy of momentum! UNESCO has come out firmly in favour of mobile learning, and published a series of very well researched guidelines on how to make use of it. See below to links to all the resources. To quote them: The Symposium allowed UNESCO to launch its most important mobile learning publication to date: The Policy Guidelines for Mobile Learning. The flagship UNESCO publication … helps fill this void. 

PEW Internet and American Life Project has just published the results of their study on how teachers in grades 6-12 are using technology. few highlights of the study include. Just 18% feel they know more than their students

And have a look at the wonderful set of papers she has written, including using semantic web technologies. Yesterday Katy Jordan casually send me her blog (Katy is a fellow PhD'r sitting only 7 feet away from me!). It turned out she is working (in her spare time!) on the completion rates in MOOCs. Looking at xMOOCs by Coursera, EdX mainly, and one course by Udacity and MITx. Katy is clearly an upcoming academic, she is thorough, focused, analytical. everything you need to make it in the academic world. The nice thing is, she shares her findings live, so a true open scientist. But that.

This article was originally published in Learning Technologies 2013’s special show guide issue. Although mobile learning is a seemingly complex learning technology, given its newness and rapidly evolving nature, avoiding it is not a choice anymore; especially for organisations that wish to bolster their employees’ performance and progress in midst of tough competition. Mobile Learning has been on the horizon for a long time but has met with scepticism and technical constraints in its early days. So what ails mobile learning? Understanding Mobile. It is much more than ‘Learning’.

love MOOCs, I organized two on mobile learning in 2011 and 2012 - the so called MobiMOOC , because I am a firm believer in both education and online, lifelong learning, as well as technology. the technology is simply adopted because it allows new things to happen). To provide jobs from MOOC graduates, society has to change There are simply things, like access to technology. if they are literate in the language of the MOOC and if they have the infrastructure and instruments (= technology, electricity) and time needed. Feel free to give me any possible answer.

Leslie Dodson from the University of Colorado on The mobile utitly gap and literacy challenges in oral-language communities: sms use by Berber women. These are my live blognotes coming from UNESCO's mobile learning week enriched with tweets from Ronda ( @glam_mobileleo ). Leslie used an epigraphic research approach and working in the field for 8 to 9 months. For those interested in the number of challenges that can be encountered when diving into a mLearning project with very specific target learners. this is it! Unseco has designated Morocco's Argan forests.

This in turn leads to lower eLearning uptake, User resistance and ultimately in reduced funding for learning technologies. Pictures from my session on “eLearning on iPads (tablets)” at the recent Learning Technologies event in London. 2012 saw the re-emergence of ‘Mobile learning’ or ‘mLearning’ as “new” (ok, not really new) buzzwords in L&D and Training circles around the world. But largely in the wrong context! Mobile Learning is being loosely attributed to any learning activity that is not location bound, which is very surprising! Adoption of mLearning. The growing need.

Title of her presentation is: Aligning migration with mobility: female immigrants using smart technologies for informal learning show the way What follows are my live blogging notes, based on the slides shared by Agnes. The idea of the project is to understand how new mobile technologies can be used for furthering social inclusion. Furthermore, increasingly smart technologies that can monitor activity patterns and behaviours, and imbue familiar surrounding objects with additional layers of data and meanings, set new cognitive and intellectual challenges.

Despite being lumped in with one of the least successful project categories on Kickstarter (technology), mobile technology projects, in particular, are raise spectacular amounts of cash. Comic Featured Kickstarter LIFX Money Kit Pebble WakaWaka Power

While exhibiting at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 and Learning Technologies 2013, we seem to have severely underestimated the interest and demand we would have for our little pocket ready-reckoner on “ eLearning on iPads – 10 Bright Ideas ”! Sorry! So if you missed it or only managed to grab a copy and need some more, we have created a slide deck of it, which you can find embedded below in this post. We are sure this will help you set out on your journey to “mEnable” your existing eLearning for iPads and when developing new content too! And of course if you do need some more help – call us!

I’m under consideration for an ambassador role with the New Media Consortium – producers of the brilliant Horizon Reports that we all rely upon to indicate which technologies need to be on educator’s radars. Hi readers – wanted to ask for an action from you on my behalf that I think would benefit the viewership here also. Being an Ambassador means I can take your suggestions and contribute to a future K-12 edition of the report – so please visit Youtube HERE to view and ‘like’ my video to support my submission. My thanks.

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Because text messaging is more likely to break down barriers to healthcare than other communications technologies, SMS-based health services are becoming more and more integral to individuals’ care and wellbeing. MobiHealthNews has a great article about our new Prost8Care Program this week. The program, developed in conjunction with pharmaceutical company Sanofi US and the Prostate Cancer Foundation , provides follow-up information for men who are in the later stages of prostate cancer. The texts are designed to sync up with their chemotherapy schedules. The All Posts Blog health Press

But overall, most of the reflections and issues raised focus on the technological side, while for me it is all about the human side: what do people expect, how do people react to chaos, how do learners interact in order to learn and how can virtual mass chaos come to order again? of course if technology fails people cannot work together, but the human factor is the reason for technology to be tailored or used. But my heart really goes out to Fatimah Wirth, for she dared to test new approaches but. Fatimah, the way I see it you took a blow for all of us explorers.

The book is published by the leader in education technology ISTE. Coming out this June, my new book for parents " Help Your Child Learn with Cell Phones "! This book is for parents, grandparents, and educators who are interested in helping their children learn how to use their cell phone as a productive tool for learning. The book is an easy read with many examples of activities. Some ideas in the book include documenting learning on family trips, everyday activities where learning can occur via cell phone, using parent's own phones for learning activities, and safety.

Mobile Commons, a mobile strategy and software company, is the technology behind today’s most effective mobile messaging campaigns. PROST8CARE Provides Free Support with Timed Text Messages That Coincide with Each Patient’s Chemotherapy Cycle. NEW YORK, NEW YORK (PRWEB) February 05, 2013. Mobile Commons, Sanofi US, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) have joined forces to create PROST8CARE™, a new text messaging program that delivers encouragement to men with advanced prostate cancer, timed to coincide with their chemotherapy treatment cycles. About Mobile Commons. About Sanofi.

The category celebrates those companies that are making “high-quality healthcare affordable and accessible to all while utilizing the benefits of mobile technology for innovative prevention, diagnosis, treatment and health system services.” Mobile Commons has been nominated for two Global Mobile Awards ! The Global Mobile Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in the mobile communications industry, and companies from around the world enter. Our healthcare product, Mobile Commons for Health , was nominated for Best Mobile Health Product or Service.

Recently I’ve re-visited the topic that was the very founding-theme of this here education and technology blog – that being, what does the dawning of a ubiquitous computing era mean for learning? These articles look at the no-longer near-future topics of ‘The Network of Things’ and ‘Perceptual Computing’ Head over to Mactalk.com.au where they are published to read both and get an idea of what the current section of the road to Everyware looks like: ->  The Network of Things. ->  Perceptual Computing.

The focus of the project is on exploring the intersection of multiple design and research methods in order better understand, and potentially influence how education and training professionals determine how to best utilize and leverage mobile-based technology to develop and implement optimal training and performance support solutions. As a growing number of mobile innovations become available in the learning space, education and training technology thought leaders are now interested in how to effectively design for a variety of mobile learning scenarios. this is your chance!

So when it came to presenting a learning session at the recently concluded, Europe’s leading workplace learning event, Learning Technologies 2013, the choice of topic was simple – Designing eLearning for iPads. We have been talking a lot about iPads (by iPads we also imply other ‘tablets’) on our blog for the past couple of weeks. And it’s for a reason. Earlier I had shared my thoughts on tablet learning (aka eLearning on iPads) , while my colleague, Alan Samuel, shared ideas for mEnabling your existing courseware for tablets and for developing fresh content for your multimedia tablets.

When is technology helping, and when does it hinder? I'm not sure I have any perfect answers, but I spent a very interesting hour at the trendy studios at LondonReal being interviewed by Brian and Nic, who were not educators, but wanted to understand what we are up to, and exactly how far is too far to take technology You can catch the (visual) podcast, below, or scan down the page for a few snippets Here is a hastily transcribed synopsis, below, to help you navigate your way through: [6-7 mins] What's mobile learning all about? Technology is no different. Voice control.

was privileged to be interviewed for it: “ SCHOOL technology is no longer limited to communal computer labs and a laptop lugged in every backpack. But while iPads are replacing some books, the technology is also branching off in other directions, with tablets seen as creative tools by educators rather than something passive. Want to point you all to this story published in major newspapers across Australia recently that gives a positive look at where tablets in Education are going rather than the ‘we did alright with pencils’ view thats often offered up.

Ultimately, the purpose of any technology should be to help you achieve your goals – no matter what they are. “An organization wants to set the outcome first and use technology to achieve that goal,” Michael says. What exactly is mobile marketing – and why should you start a campaign today? In this webinar, our own Michael Sabat breaks down the stats and insights at the heart of mobile. Mobile Commons campaign can lead to 99% open rates and a 10x increase in conversion rates. The webinar also explains exactly how to set up a mobile campaign.

Web-apps, however, are built in standards-based technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 etc. Of course it doesn’t end here and as with technology there is always another option. Join me and my colleague, Amit Garg, for a session on “Designing eLearning for iPads” at Learning Technologies 2013 on Tuesday 29th Jan, 12:30 PM in Seminar Theatre 3 , where we will be talking about the key factors for designing eLearning for iPads and “mEnabling” your existing eLearning. Not surprisingly, there is a plethora of rapid authoring tools available today that do this. and later. Surprised?

Dictation Software 101 As I type this blog, I should say speak it, I want to tell everybody about a technology that I have found especially useful. When I say “speak” it is because this blog is not being typed it’s being dictated. found dictation software very useful a couple years ago when [.]. Easy FrugalTechie speech recognition techie Uncategorized

There is a new free edition of the International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM). Great news! iJIM has just published its latest issue at --> [link]. In order to view the papers and articles, you only need to register (which is for free) and once you are registered you can access any article you want. learning's, in Particular the iPad’s Potentials in Education (György Molnár Dr.) [link] jim/article/view/2398 [link] ijim.v7i1.2398. mobile mLearning journals research paper mobile learning eLearning

Also, I would like to welcome you to join me and my colleague, Amit Garg, for a session on “Designing eLearning for iPads” at Learning Technologies 2013 on Tuesday 29th Jan, 12:30 PM in Seminar Theatre 3, where we will be talking about the key factors for designing eLearning for iPads and “mEnabling” your existing eLearning. Since its launch, back in April 2010, Apple has sold more than 100 million iPads – a mind boggling quantity unmatched and way ahead of any other device manufacturer. It literally revolutionised the ‘hand held’ mobile, tablet market across the world.

In San Diego we work closely with the Learning Technology team. Specifically, we are looking for 4 mobile and web developers with a strong empathy for m-learning to be founder members of our team, and help us to use all of this awesome mobile technology for good. We want to help shape the future, not just react to the here and now If you have solid engineering skills, are enthusiastic about using them to make a difference in people's lives, have some robust mobile experience and are unafraid to tackle new and unknown technologies, we may have the perfect opportunity for you.

Father David Convertino, executive director of the Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province, said in a statement, “With technology changing the way we communicate, we needed to offer people an updated way to ask for prayers for special intentions and needs either for themselves or others…If the pope can tweet, friars can text!”. You can send a text message to your family, your friends, your doctor, your bus service. But what about sending a text to God? The Friars will then pray on the texter’s behalf. How it works: Text the word PRAYER to 30644.

With the rapid development of mobile technologies, a new style of learning, termed as mobile learning, has exploded everywhere in the world. Higher educational institutes across the globe are investing heavily to advance teaching and learning to cope with students’ needs in the emerging knowledge economy and information technology world. Interest in mobile learning in Saudi Arabia has grown enormously within the last few years due to the rapid advancement in mobile technologies, wireless networks, and specifications of today’s mobile devices. JUSUR, LMS System. 23.8%.

From 18 - 22 February 2013 the second UNESCO mobile learning week is taking place at the UNESCO European headquarters in Paris, France. It will be a great moment to get together and exchange ideas on the future of education, or at least on how we can change education to reach more people around the world. will be there with a presentation on how to set up mobile MOOCs, which is of interest for developing regions. There is a busload of interesting speakers gathering for the peer sessions and two wonderfully inspiring keynote speakers, so worth checking out if you are in the neighborhood.

Today the free proceedings of the mLearn2012 conference that was organized in Helsinki were put online. For all that want to get a peek into recent research, it is a blast! The topics are very diverse: augmented learning, health (diabetes 1 support among others), gender, learning analytics, mLearning pedagogy, language learning, learning with tablets. If interested you can download the full proceedings here (pdf) or you can simply scan the titles and pick those you are interested in. augmented learning pedagogy mobile mLearning research mobile learning health diabetes conferences

Several companies (including my own) have been investing heavily to push this sort of technology out of the labs, and into the mainstream. Are you using Augmented Reality in your mobile learning? Should you? AR, or Augmented Reality has been high on the hype-charts for several years now, but seems to be on "slow burn" when it comes to m-learning. This post is a quick update on what's happening, where, and what it means for education. You don't even need to superimpose it on the camera view if you don't want to. But for now, lets stick with live-view AR. lot, as it turns out!

The technology has some affordances that can be improved for specific populations, addressing specific issues. In the last years my focus was moving more towards mobile content then mobile design. But indeed as Ronda Zelezny-Green mentioned in her blogpost , the user design can make the difference in getting people, and specifically women increasingly into mobile use for learning. In the case of Ronda, she points towards the Jokko initiative , tackling literacy. But indeed, there are other groups that might benefit from simplified, design specific mobile phones.

CES launches in a few hours, and will splurge forth a wave of exciting new technologies, as well as a wave of naff "same-olds". have moved closer to the source in my enthusiasm for using technology for good. Instead of waiting for CES to see what the big boys are working on, I am now working WITH the big boys, using these emerging technologies for meaningful education and empowerment! So big in fact that the chances are something like 90% that your phone has a bit of their technology inside it already. This is a big week for geeks. The connection with my new job?

Gladly sharing the abstract: While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. Every aspect of scholarly practice is seeing changes effected by the adoption and possibilities of new technologies. With this new calendar year dawning, I am set to get my first eBook out there in the open. Maybe run a Kickstarter campaign for each new book. But that’s just me dreaming. And to be honest.

Under Construction – Please Exceuse the Mess – as I learn to use the Thesis Theme tool for my WordPress Blog Welcome to the Frugal Techie… In this Blog I will share technologies for the PC, Web, Cloud and mobile devices that represent top notch technology at affordable prices. In some cases it

Welcome to the Frugal Techie… In this Blog I will share technologies for the PC, Web, Cloud and mobile devices that represent top notch technology at affordable prices. In some cases it might be a name brand but a another product which is just about as good but at a lower price. We all work

And you also don’t want tell them you don’t understand their response because your technology can only read single-word answers. It’s crucial that organizations embrace this way of communicating via text by creating or using technology that can respond flexibly to natural language. At Mobile Commons, we’ve analyzed tens of millions of messages, opt-ins, opt-outs, and help requests. We’ve learned time and again that people communicate via text messages in a colloquial, familiar manner. Even when they’re texting with a large organization, users respond like it’s a friend. Who Dis?”.

The reasons will be plentiful but largely driven by better/cheaper/more ubiquitous technologies and everyone’s acceptance of the fact we all use our phones (tablets, et al) to improve both personal and business communications and to be more productive. agree the technologies to create, deploy and manage HTML5-based mobile web apps will greatly improve in 2012 but I don't feel they will mature to the point they can replace all native apps – at least in most of the primary enterprise use cases for learning that’s managed and tracked. Here’s the analysis of how it all played out.

As I had the opportunity to give presentations in a wide variety of places, collaborate on projects in all sorts of places and write up a number of research papers… I am now ready to start a PhD track and explore new options while researching my passion: technology enhanced education for all. Today is my last day at the Institute of Tropical Medicine. After a wonderfully inspiring six years, I am clearing out my office and preparing myself to set sail for a new professional horizon. In these six years I have understood that joining hands with others is the best way to move forward.

Today, City & State is hosting RealPolitch, a forum to discuss how technology is affecting government policy and news media in New York. According to the website , City & State ’s #RealPolitech forum (a play on RealPolitik) will inform and encourage practical and material uses of technology in government, campaigns, media, and the industries that operate in and around these spaces. The day’s discussions will look to ground the sometimes ethereal concepts with active examples of current, existing applications and how they can be best utilized. Tune in now!

Part of that environment will be the culture of the organization and that’s not something any vendor, technology, or tool can do for you. Bersin & Associates put forward a framework of 3 different forms of Informal Learning and suggest mobile could be the technology to make these happen. Mobile with its several unique characteristics of being always on, always carried, and a host of sensors in it, could be the ideal enabling technology to begin with and offers a transformational opportunity if pursued properly. spoke (for 5 min) on how mobile enables informal learning.

It was a mammoth undertaking I am sure but one I found successful as it used communication technology to demonstrate the power of communication technology as staff listened to two speakers talking about the power of communication technology. The two speakers, Ian Jukes and Will Richardson, both discussed how education systems in general, and schools in particular, need to do things differently because of the nature of new technology and how it’s transforming society as a whole. We could go on and on here about stats. can even control my TV now from my phone.

EdMedia 2013 – World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Deadline for submissions : 12 December 2012 Conference dates : 24 – 28 June 2013 Location: Victoria, British Colombia, Canada. Information website : [link] What to expect (according to the organizers) : The EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology is an international conference, organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Having finished my draft thesis to submit for review, I am ready to dive into the call for papers and … get some abstracts in. 2007).

Most companies are quite cagey about how they are using tablets and related technology for learning; to be honest, I don’t see why, but that is another matter altogether. It can be quite hard to find examples of tablets being leveraged for performance and learning in the public domain. Emirates is using tablets coupled with custom developed applications as performance support tools for crew-members. Quite interesting to see an actual EPSS that works on a tablet. The rollout involves about 1000 devices. Mobile Learning eLearning On Tablets Learning on Tablets

Over the past few years, mobile technology has revolutionized how doctors, governments, hospitals, and health care providers can connect with patients. It’s an exploration of where we’re headed; it’s a call to arms for more organizations to adopt these technologies; and it’s an opportunity for professionals across disciplines to communicate. By exchanging ideas, and building upon each others’ work, we can use new technologies to truly change people’s lives. Are you at the 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington, DC ?

Hillebrand was working to come up with a technology that would allow cellphones to transmit and display messages. In fact, like many revolutionary technologies, SMS was slow to take hold. 22 year old engineer named Neil Papworth used his personal computer to text “Merry Christmas” to Vodafone Director Richard Jarvis – the “Hello, Watson” moment of text messaging technology. Twenty years ago, on December 3rd, 1992, Neil Papworth sent the first ever text message. It read “Merry Christmas.” In 2012, the CTIA reported that 184.3 Perfectly sufficient.” Satisfied,

The mobile health technology market–including devices, applications, and services–is expected to exceed $8 billion by 2018, according to research company GlobalData. The winter season is approaching and the cold and flu season has started.  This has made me think more of the healthcare sector again as I was traveling and got a nasty cold.  Wouldn’t it be great to ensure my medical records travel with me?   Or, the doctors could learn about the number of flu outbreaks in their region – each week? Healthcare is no different.  Hope you find the webinar helpful. 

Mobile Learning Glossary Security Strategy bring your own device bring your own technology byod BYOT mam mdm mobile application management mobile device management mobile management strategy mobile securityGary Woodill explores the challenges of mobile application management (MAM) and mobile device management (MDM).

But I can tell you what does not get all of us walking the pavements, hammering on doors of our so called democratic elected leaders: technologically strong, educated armies blowing children to oblivion. These last few days were pushing the truth into my face again: education does not change the world. In fact: it helps destroying it. So why bother? Why do I put so much time and effort in researching education? It is not about Israël, it could just as easily be North Korea, China, Zimbabwe, waffles baking Belgium, … or the tiny country of Andorra for all I care. It will never do it.

We should use the web, the new world order to shift back to the central goal: humans - think Star Trek society, the technology serves humans, no money needed). During the Learning Day at the European Environmental Agency (EEA), an organisation filled with knowledge workers, I had the pleasure of hearing a keynote of Harold Jarche ( @hjarche and www.jarche.com ). These are my live blognotes. An interesting central idea is the fact that all knowledge workers need to have time to do nothing, simply relax, get their heads into an open, wandering, creative state. totally agree. research.

They’re using mobile technology to connect people in need with the people who want to help. One of the most inspiring sites following Sandy’s devastation has been the thousands of people volunteering in the cleanup. In the wake of the storm’s destruction, New Yorkers are coming together to help their communities recover. But there’s still a lot more work to be done. And it can be a challenge to match volunteers with resources to the families who need them. So Mobile Commons is proud to partner with OccupySMS. Then good Samaritans nearby can lend their services to help out.

On many occasions these reports are linked to educational technology or trends, which is great when you are interested in training/education with innovative technologies. But this dichotomy (which in my mind will become obsolete once technology allows us all to get full access no matter where or when via personal devices; which by that time will not even be called mobile, just learning devices at most). The American Pew research center publishes a wide variety of human research topics. Overall a nice read and food for thought. more hybrid world is likely.

The article also notes that tech firms and the city are now looking for other ways to provide technology-related relief efforts. When Hurricane Sandy arrived two weeks ago, city officials turned to text messaging as a means to deliver crucial information in a time of emergency. In today’s App City column in  The New York Times ,  Mobile Commons’ text messaging solution was mentioned as a key tool used during this time of crisis. In an article entitled “New Tools for Disaster Aid,”  The New York Times  writes. The storm was the first time the system was used in New York.

The University of Pretoria invited me to exchange some notes on mobile learning and innovative educational technologies and the meet up was simply amazing. El-Marie Mostert and Linda Venter are experts in eLearning and using new technologies in a University setting. As I was down there I was amazed by the technology already being embedded in daily live: e-Tags that scan your car for highway toll calculation (a chip that sits on the window shield, and opens the gate as your car approaches the toll booth). Look at the people mentioned in this post and connect with them.

Obama won this election through his campaign’s brilliant use of technology – and Mobile Commons was at the forefront of their effort. We were honored that our technology could be of such vital use to both the Obama campaign and the Sandy response. When it’s vitally important that their message gets heard, major national institutions turn to Mobile Commons. Over the past week, our country has seen two historic events – the Northeast being battered by the Atlantic’s largest storm in history, and Obama’s reelection as president of the United States.

Developing Collective Intelligence with Mobile Technologies. Several members of the Metrix Group team will be presenting at the eLated event on November 22nd. We have been working on individual professional development projects that have transformed our knowledge base in order to prepare for the increasing demand that we have from our clients for mobile learning projects. The topic we will be speaking about include: Performance Model for Digital Learning Consultant. Primer on Digital Learning. Responsive Design for Multiple Mobile Device Form Factors. Learning Through Mobile Games.

The technology is being donated to the city by Mobile Commons.”. -        Gotham Gazette. Over the past week, Mobile Commons has worked with New York and New Jersey officials to be sure that all their citizens know where to vote. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many polling places throughout both states had to be moved. That meant that many citizens weren’t sure where to go vote – an especially large problem when so many communities had no power. As a result, Mobile Commons made our polling place locator available for free to the State and City governments.

Today and tomorrow, New York City’s Javits Center is hosting ad:tech , the premiere digital marketing and technology conference. Mobile Commons will have a booth setup at space 1545. Amanda, Rodger, Michael, Nick, Louise, and Sam from our team will all be attending for part of the event. So if you’re at the conference, or just in the area, please stop by and say hello – and see how using text messaging, you can improve your conversion rates by 5x-10x! Check out a picture of our booth: All Posts Blog Events

One interesting aspect I’ve noticed from my research is that organizations move on an evolutionary path as they mature in their adoption of mobile technologies that impact learning significantly. Broadly, I think there are four stages that an organization that starts to leverage mobile technology will go through. Take this with a pinch of salt, lots of things differ and there are probably a hundred other factors that probably influence the adoption of technology and its leverage within an organization. Keeping it simple –. Stage 1 – Infancy. Stage 3 – Youth.

The Voting Information Project is a partnership between election officials, the Pew Center on the States, Google, Microsoft, and several other technology partners with the shared goal to bring official election information to voters wherever, whenever they need it. As numerous regions in New York and New Jersey begin to clean up after Hurricane Sandy, citizens of these two states face another problem: Where will they vote in Tuesday’s election? In New York City alone, the Board of Elections announced on Sunday changes to 66 polling sites in all five boroughs.

Mobile Commons, a mobile strategy and software company, is the technology behind today’s most effective mobile messaging campaigns. Text Messaging Helping NJ Voters  Get to Polls In Aftermath of Storm. Text WHERE To 877-877; Mobile Commons Provides Polling Place Locator to State of New Jersey. Voters in storm-ravaged New Jersey will be helped to polling places – some of which have been moved due to the storm – by a text message polling place locator provided pro bono to the State by mobile strategy company Mobile Commons. The polling place locator is extremely easy to use. Try it!

Given that one in ten Americans have donated to a cause of some kind via their phones, there’s no telling how significant a role this new technology will play in the political arena in years to come. A new study from Pew shows that cell phone donations are quickly becoming a significant factor in the presidential campaigns. The study found that 10% of all campaign donations to a presidential candidate have used text messaging or a cell phone app. Here’s a breakdown of the numbers: 13% of adults donated to one of the presidential candidates this election. 50% donated online or via email.

GigaOm writes: Mobile-democracy platforms may not need all of that fancy technology and data to increase civic engagement across the country. Mobile is still a relatively young technology for political campaigns. But political groups are quickly adopting new mobile technologies to their outreach efforts. Sunday, GigaOm posted a long analysis of “the business of mobile democracy.” The article explores how mobile engagement is revolutionizing political campaigns. We’re delighted that the article features Mobile Commons in a section entitled “The Beauty of SMS Engagement.”

How should teachers decide which approaches, technologies, or approaches to adopt with their mobile learning? The basic tenet of this, is an awareness that mobile consumer technologies are rushing towards us whether we are fully prepared for them or not. Is there a gap between mobile learning theory, and practice? As part of my session at MobiMOOC 2012 we explored some of the current theories often applied to m-learning, trying to map them to practice. It is not a flood that can be stopped, more a wave that needs to be ridden! The wave is rushing at us regardless. Start small.

am the General Manager at Mobile Commons, a mobile technology and strategy provider to multiple government agencies, companies, and nonprofits in New York City and around the country. We live in an era when new technology is revolutionizing how governments can communicate with residents. Why are BusTime and texting technology important for public transportation in NYC? You could say that texting technology is the fundamentally democratic medium – the medium of the public. The Impact of Texting Technology on Public Transit and other Public Services.

There’s no better theater to see the changing landscape of technology than a presidential campaign. We’ve all seen the statistics about how ubiquitous mobile phones are. 91% of Americans have a cell phone within 24/7 reach. 99% of text messages are opened. But how do these statistics play out in the real world? Campaigns spend literally billions of dollars in an effort to capture the hearts and minds of the electorate. So it’s a perfect opportunity to see what type of marketing works best to reach the most Americans. In polls without cell phones, Obama showed a slim 1.5% Ideology.

” “Connecting our community through mobile technology helps us reach and empower our supporters,” said Voto Latino President Maria Teresa Kumar. Mobile Commons, a mobile strategy and software company, is the technology behind today’s most effective mobile messaging campaigns. Mobile Commons Partners with the Voting Information Project, New Organizing Institute and Voto Latino to Launch New Polling Place Locator, Powered by Google Data, to Provide Poll Locations in English and Spanish. Million Voters Missed Voting in 2008 Due to Not Knowing Poll Location. Try it!

Look here for the paper with Janak Adhikari , the PhD student working on this research Abstract of paper: Emerging digital technologies have a potential for transforming learning in deep and meaningful ways. For this reason diffusion of information and communication technology is needed to reach out to learners and it is very important that all learners have equitable access to these tools. broader definition of equity reaches beyond physical access to technology to include meaningful use of these tools by learners. Top 4 positives from data so far?

authentic learning augmented learning pedagogy mobile conference mLearning technology mobile learning ARLive blogging from mLearn12, so writing and vocabulary is influenced by writing speed need. Elizabeth Fitzgerald from Open University UK gives an overview of augmented learning state of the art. She looks fine as always and you can feel her passion for research as she gives her presentation. consider first the learning goals and objectives reduction in observation skills due to excessive reinforcing/scaffolding Issue: how can we make any educational innovation sustainable? see E.

Mobile Devices for Learning: What you Need to Know : This publication by edutopia supports the successful use of mobile devices in classrooms by providing ideas and resources ranging from using the technology to getting parents involved.  It has been over one year since I last provided a list of recent articles/blog posts that I have read that have helped to develop my thinking on the topic of to mobile learning.  Below is the 6th list in this series of lists.  The other reading lists can be found by following the links provided at the end of this post.

Despite all these technological improvements, I want to highlight another development that I consider to be even more important – that being the partnering and training focus that OLPC Australia has developed to support its XO deployments, particularly the upcoming ‘One Education’ expansion that could see 50,000 XOs in student hands here by end of 2014. Preview: XO-4 Duo hybrid laptop/tablet from OLPC Australia. Based on use of an early XO with touchscreen prototype. An upgraded XO-1.5 No longer are cheap netbooks the frontier of computing. and XO4 Duo.