Posts Tagged ‘mLearning’

mLearn Conference in Beijing China

On October 18-21, I attended the mLearn World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning in Beijing, China.SOURCE: The Ohio State UniversityRead the Blog Post

Student-Community Collaboration to Construct Mobile Learning Games

This article describes a project integrating mobile learning games into my course at Appalachian State University, in collaboration with a community partner and for the community as a whole. My interest in mobile learning began over 10 years ago, when I worked in an IT consulting company designing mobile applications. At that time, just at […]

McGraw-Hill Research Foundation Policy Paper Urges Organizations to Deliver Mobile Training To Employees

NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Global workforce demographics, advancements in mobile device accessibility and capabilities, the emergence of effective mobile learning tools, and best practices from early adopters make this an opportune time for any organization to test mobile learning (mLearning) without assuming too much risk.SOURCE: The Sacramento BeeRead the Full Article

Mobile Device Intervention for Student Support Services in Distance Education Context – FRAME Model Perspective

AbstractThis paper reports the findings of a study conducted to analyse the effect of mobile device intervention for student support services and to gauge its use for enhancing teaching – learning process as a future study in the context of offer of Distance Education programmes. The study was conducted with the learners of the coveted […]

Oklahoma school district launches its own mobile app

Oklahoma’s Norman Public Schools has become the first school district in the state—and one of the first in the nation—to launch its own full-service mobile app for both the Apple and Android platforms.SOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

Student-Community Collaboration to Construct Mobile Learning Games

This article describes a project integrating mobile learning games into my course at Appalachian State University, in collaboration with a community partner and for the community as a whole. SOURCE: EDUCAUSE QuarterlyRead the Full Article

Colleges Moving as a Group to Cloud and Mobile Services, Survey Finds

More community colleges are offering Web-based coursework, delivering services to mobile devices and are moving IT systems to the cloud in order to cope with reduced budgets and increased enrollments, a new survey has found.SOURCE: Government TechnologyRead the Full Article

Moodle Goes Mobile on iPhone

The open source learning management system Moodle has a new mobile companion. Developers at Moodle HQ have released a free app for iOS designed to work with Moodle 2.1 or later. Apps for additional mobile platforms are planned.SOURCE: T.H.E. JournalRead The Full Article

Augmented Reality Meets Gesture Recognition

A new app superimposes imagery over your smart-phone view, and lets you interact with it via hand gestures.SOURCE: Technology ReviewRead the Full Article

FCC Announces Public Testing of First Television White Spaces Database

White spaces are unused spectrum between TV stations and are considered prime real estate because signals in this band travel well, making the band ideally suited for mobile wireless devices. Unlocking this valuable spectrum will open the doors for new industries to arise, create American jobs, and spurr new investment and innovation. SOURCE: FCCRead the […]