Mobility in Education is not a future trend; it is happening right now all around us.  And I should have known better since Higher Education has been a very early adopter of wireless networking and our customers are constantly interested in the latest technology. Blackboard: Spent some time checking out the mobile platform BB has created to develop apps for universities. They did not have as many apps as Blackboard did, but they business model seems different, as they enable universities to build their own apps. But Windows Moble 7 is missing other apps. MORE >>

It’s hard to find fault with the practical benefits of having an ultra-lightweight E-book that holds up to 200 books, connects to the Internet wirelessly to download content and displays text in a relatively familiar format without the flicker of the CRT monitor. Interestingly, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, states the main difference between the Kindle and Sony’s E-book is that the Kindle has wireless networking capability and this access to the Internet means their device enables a service.  Have you seen the new Verizon netbook ? Is it a laptop, a souped-up PDA? MORE >>

It will then explore future possibilities for mobile tours as well as other uses of mobile devices in museums, including GPS for geotagging, QR codes, and downloadable content specifically suited to handheld wireless devices. This will let us push the idea of developing web-based audio content to gallery devices, see how our wireless coverage is working, and also see what sort of traffic we experience over the existing infrastructure so we can think about scalability” (message posted by Wyman at Muse Tech Central: Museum Computer Network Project Registry. lives. 2006, March). MORE >>

a blog hosted by Futurelab home About Contact Articles Ideas Resources Mobile Learning lessons from Further Education 11th December, 2009 posted by: Bob Harrison Mobile Learning in schools has been in the headlines recently and next week BECTA should publish the Bristol University evaluation of the world famous Wolverhampton Learn2Go project but last week it was the turn of Further Education to celebrate the success of the £12m LSC funded MoLeNET project. But why wouldn’t they? Digital technologies are an everyday part of their lives. Is there a play or operation going on?) MORE >>

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