Tag: mLearning
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What is Mobile?
John Battelle has an interesting take on what is mobile in a recent post of his. He says: Mobile is not a singular use case. Mobile is related to an ecosystem of local (where I am), realtime (what I’m doing right now), and social (who I’m with, who I want to tell about what I’m…
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Another member of the digital addiction food group – the iPhone
People have long talked about their Crackberry, and many iPhone users have known that a similar addictions to the “insta-stim” data stream that can be provided by their device, but now there is proof. Respondents used their device to replace their watches, they reported that they were more likely to forget their wallet than their…
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ELI Focus – Mobile Learning
I missed the first day of this session because I was home sick, but I did take away some important confirmations from the second day. The first is that the University is falling behind, but it’s not alone, and it’s not too late to start moving things forward. mLearning is not about delivering everything about…
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Open Data Kit – for Poor Organizations… but what about K-20?
The ODK bills itself as being a great tool for resource deprived organizations to collect data in the field. But I’m thinking that this is likely a great mLearning tool as well. Students can input location specific data and through the branching, can receive appropriate questions or information. This could really be a boon for…
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Mobile Data Usage is Booming
Administrators always want to look at metrics to decide if it is “worth” investing resources into a “new” technology or paradigm. One of these “new” technologies/paradigms in higher ed is mobile content delivery. Citing that there is no way to know if students are going to make use of mobile friendly resources, they will often…