Mobile and Wireless Learning
This page provides links to some general resources on e-learning to help you understand what it is and its potential in education and training.
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"Mobile Phones out number PCs 3 to 1 and have features such as web access and technologies like Java .With such a ubiquitous tool the temptation to create mobile learning content is overwhelming. But is it realistic? This paper considers the questions and offers some solutions."
Added: 27 April 2007
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Moving mobile into the mainstream
Moving mobile into the mainstream
"In the short space of five years, mobile learning (mlearning has moved from being a theory, explored by academic and technology enthusiasts, into a real and aluable contribution to learning." Geoff Stead, Tribal Education: CTAD, Conference paper at mLearning 2005, October 2005
Added: 11 June 2006
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Handheld computers in education
Handheld computers in education
"In this edition of WWWTools for Education, we look at past and present uses of handheld computers in educational environments, with some indications of directions for the future." Graeme Daniel, 29 January 2006
Added: 30 January 2006
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What can you learn from a cell phone? Almost anything!
What can you learn from a cell phone? Almost anything!
"One and a half billion people, all over the world, are walking around with powerful computers in their pockets and purses. The fact is they often do not realize it, because they call them something else. But today's high-end cell phones have the computing power of a mid-1990s personal computer (PC)-while consuming only one one-hundredth of the energy." Marc Prensky , Innovate, June/July 2005
Added: 30 June 2005
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Enabling mobile learning
"There is a sense of anticipation in higher education technology circles these days, a feeling of prickly excitement that hasn't been experienced since the heady days of the dot-com boom. For the past five years, the landscape has been littered with funding shortfalls, problems with network capacity and security, and the never-ending scramble of trying to stay ahead of maintenance and upgrade curves. Today, there is a new buzz in the air-along with a growing cacophony of beeps, ring tones, vibrations, and occasional random sound effects that startle and amuse." Ellen D Wagner, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 3 (May/June 2005)
Added: 15 June 2005
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E-Learning on the move
"One of the most significant developments in educational technology in recent years - mobile learning (m-learning) and the wireless university - demonstrates that, with the relevant planning, e-learning partnerships can be successful." Michael Thomas, Education Guardian, 23 May 2005
Added: 23 May 2005
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Mobile technologies and learning
Mobile technologies and learning
"This report presents some innovative ideas on how mobile technologies, such as smartphones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), can be useful learning aids - particularly with young people who have not succeeded through traditional education." Learning and skills agency, 2005
Added: 9 May 2005
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Optimising your sales workforce through mobile learning
Optimising your sales workforce through mobile learning
"the sales team can use mobile devices to access important information in the form of mobile learning (m-learning). Companies that already recognize that learning is a business priority are embracing the convergence of enterprise applications and wireless devices to enable m-learning." Christopher von Koshembahr, Learning Circuits, April 2005
Added: 23 April 2005
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iPod in the classroom
"More than a music player, your iPod is a portable learning tool for dictation and sound recording, taking and reading notes, storing files and photos, and listening to audio books and newspapers." From Apple
Added: 18 April 2005
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Mobile learning
"The paper discusses the possible uses of handheld computers within education/training and the workplace and how they could be used to support the 14-19 curriculum reforms." 3T Productions, FERL, January 2005
Added: 21 January 2005
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Fun and games with mobile phones: SMS messaging in microeconomics experiments
Fun and games with mobile phones: SMS messaging in microeconomics experiments
"This paper details the application of SMS messaging to facilitate 'classroom experiments' in microeconomics classes. Laboratory style experiments and simulations have long been used for teaching and learning in many disciplines, however classroom experiments in economics have a feature that distinguishes them from their counterparts in many other disciplines. This is that students participate in dual roles as both experimental subjects and as researchers in analysing the outcomes of an experiment." Stephen L Cheung, Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, November 2004
Added: 7 December 2004
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Going nomadic: Mobile learning in higher education
Going nomadic: Mobile learning in higher education
"The combination of wireless technology and mobile computing is resulting in escalating transformations of the educational world. The question is, how are the wireless, mobile technologies affecting the learning environment, pedagogy, and campus life? To answer this question, we must assess the current state of affairs, surveying cyberculture globally and historically. " Bryan Alexander, Educause Review, Sept/Oct 2004
Added: 11 October 2004
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The Handheld Educator
"Download these supplements on handheld computing. You'll find innovative activities for you to use in your classrooms and information on how to manage, evaluate, and more." techlearning.com
Added: 4 August 2004
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University give iPod to students
University give iPod to students
"Duke University in the US will give an Apple iPod to each incoming student as part of an initiative to encourage use of technology on campus.The devices - more regularly used as music players - will come preloaded with university-related content, while a special website modelled on Apple's own iTunes site will allow students to download faculty-provided course content, including language lessons, music, recorded lectures and audio books." James Middleton, vnunet.com, 21 July 2004
Added: 21 July 2004
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Tablet PCs: a natural choice for campus mobility
Tablet PCs: a natural choice for campus mobility
"Tablet PCs are designed to combine the portability of paper with the computing power and wireless connectivity of a laptop." Syllabus Magazine, April 2004
Added: 12 April 2004
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Language e-learning on the move
Language e-learning on the move
"In Japan, where more people own cell phones than PCs and language education is a huge industry, there is potential for a booming market in mobile e-learning. While education sites aren't currently moneymakers, more sophisticated content may allow providers to charge more for bite-sized learning." Tony McNichol, Japan Media Review, 5 April 2004
Added: 5 April 2004
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Engaging students through SMS Messaging
Engaging students through SMS Messaging
"David Sugden and Lilian Soon's fact-packed presentation on the benefits of mobile learning and SMS bulk delivery methods, delivered as part of a Ferl 2003 Conference workshop." Ferl, Becta, 28 November 2003
Added: 4 March 2004
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text.it
"text.it is the only official website dedicated to text messaging in the UK. This site contains information for consumers, businesses and the mobile data industry."
Added: 4 March 2004
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The GC&SU iPod Project
"In keeping with the Liberal Arts Mission of GC&SU, the iPod allows learning to take place outside of regular classroom meetings, to enhance the face to face classroom experience ... Each participating professor received an iBook with iTunes, and an iPod. Using the iBooks and iTunes, the professors gathered their audio files together. EIS was able to assist in digitizing the audio portions of a video of a lecture by one of the professors and to digitize an audio cassette, converting both to MP3 format for use with the iPod."
Added: 9 February 2004
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Paperless Classroom.org
"Welcome to the future and the Paperless Classroom! Eminence Middle School is located in Henry County, Kentucky. We are testing and experimenting with one-on-one technology. Our classroom uses Windows CE and Pocket PC based Personal Digital Assistants (we call them PDAs.) We are running a paperless classroom with the PDAs. All homework and reading assignments are done on the PDAs. We do not use copied ditto sheets or heavy textbooks. All of this is accomplished in a 7th and 8th Grade Language Arts class, not in a math or science classroom. This is not a sci-fi notion, it is reality at Eminence Middle School, EMINENCE, KENTUCKY!"
Added: 16 January 2004
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Mobile Learning
"Purpose of this page is to store interesting links about mobile learning." University of Oulu, Finland
Added: 14 January 2004
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Learning with handhelds: Findings from classroom research
Learning with handhelds: Findings from classroom research
"Handheld computers are emerging as a promising technology for teaching and learning across all grade levels. With handheld computers we may finally fulfill the promise of educational technology: providing low-cost interactive computers to every student to improve learning." Prepared by Phil Vahey and Valerie Crawford, SRI, 2003
Added: 14 January 2004
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Learning with Handhelds
"Engaging students with mobile technology"
Added: 14 January 2004
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Handhelds in the K-12 environment
Handhelds in the K-12 environment
"A blog dedicated to the educational and creative uses of the handheld computer in the K-12 environment." Kathy Shrock
Added: 5 January 2003
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E-Learning on the fly
"IBM's prototype mobile systems are aimed at customers in industries such as retailing and fast food." Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek, 3 November 2003
Added: 4 November 2003
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Leveraging mobile and wireless internet
Leveraging mobile and wireless internet
"Every decade or so, learning and human performance technology gets a new boost-a new medium through which it can inform, communicate, interact, empower, and enlighten. In the late 80s and early 90s, CD-ROMs lead the wave of learning technologies. The late 90s and early part of this decade saw a deluge of Web-based training, virtual conferences and classrooms, LMSs, LCMSs, e-learning standards, and so forth. It seems that learning is getting poised to make yet another rush forward into the era of mobile and wireless learning! Harvey Singh, Learning Circuits, September 2003
Added: 6 September 2003
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Schools look to wireless to boost learning
Schools look to wireless to boost learning
"WiFi, or 802.11b, is an ultra high-speed wireless Internet connection usually available within a radius of a few hundred feet. By setting up multiple access points or ``hot spots,'' schools can make wireless Internet access available throughout their campuses." New York Times
Added: 23 April 2003
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The Wi-Fi Revolution
"We stand at the brink of a transformation. It is a moment that echoes the birth of the Internet in the mid-'70s, when the radical pioneers of computer networking - machines talking to each other! - hijacked the telephone system with their first digital hellos. Or that jaw-dropper a decade later when the FCC official whose job it was to track the growth of communications networks suddenly realized that his neat tabulation of local and long-distance had been made moot by the unforeseen rise of local-area networks: an unregulated, unmonitored, uncontrollable phenomenon of the upstart PC industry that would soon shake the telecom world. Or the arrival of the Web browser, which blew millions of minds, making a mouseclick feel like teleportation." Chris Anderson, WIRED Magazine, May 2003. A WIRED Special Report
Added: 12 April 2003
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TheFeature: It's all about the mobile Internet
TheFeature: It's all about the mobile Internet
"TheFeature aims to be nothing less than a voice - an opinionated, independent voice for the mobility community. TheFeature is more than a mere news source. It is designed to help you manage the flow of information in a sector where the flood of data is increasing as fast as its growth, scattered throughout multiple channels, frequently obtuse in nature, and devoid of context."
Added: 12 April 2003
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Handheld computers (PDAs) in schools
Handheld computers (PDAs) in schools
"This pilot project is beginning to identify real value in the use of small, handheld computing devices for both teachers and pupils in English schools. This report, compiled for the Education Show in March 2003, sets out some insights into the progress made so far, and identifies potential avenues for further investigation and ways in which to ensure that these are worthwhile." David Perry, Becta ICT Research 2003
Added: 30 March 2003
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Introduction to Mobile Learning (M Learning)
Introduction to Mobile Learning (M Learning)
"Describes the mobile technology available today, compares the devices currently on offer, lists the benefits that the technology could bring to education, explains the accessibility issues, lists some ongoing projects, and provides links for further information." Karen Wood, ferl, BECTA, 18 March 2003
Added: 30 March 2003
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Flexible Learning Objects
"While much attention has been paid to delivering learning objects through existing systems, and similarly to the use of mobile devices in learning, connecting the two has taken a back seat. There is, however, considerable potential in supporting learning "on the go" through small and system-supported content." Clark Quinn, Training Magazine, February 2003
Added: 27 February 2003
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PDAs good for education
"Handheld devices, once solely the province of CEOs needing a small electronic organizational device, are another step closer to being accepted as teaching aids in public schools." Katie Dean, Wired News, 12 November 2002
Added: 16 November 2002
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Handheld Devices: Toward a more mobile campus
Handheld Devices: Toward a more mobile campus
"Personal computing is on the move-if slowly-from the desktop to a more mobile environment. Handheld devices, connected wirelessly to the campus network, will certainly change the way we work and communicate. But how soon, and when? Here, Mary Fallon offers an overview of the acceptance and use of handheld devices on campus." Mary Fallon, Syllabus, November 2002
Added: 12 November 2002
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The brave new world of wireless technologies: a primer for educators
The brave new world of wireless technologies: a primer for educators
"Have you just received funding to install a network in one of your campus's older buildings? Great! Now what? Why not opt for wireless? Here, Jerry Boerner offers some basic knowledge of wireless networking." Syllabus, January 2002
Added: 9 October 2002
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Ready or not - PDAs in the classroom
Ready or not - PDAs in the classroom
"And so it seems that regular old mobile computing isn't mobile enough. Now we have an explosion of devices that promise to be even more mobile than our mobile computers-they promise to be supermobile. The business world has seen the evolution of small, special-purpose computing, from personal information managers (PIMs) to personal digital assistants (PDAs), which have now grown into the nearly full-featured PocketPC. This evolution of mobile technology from organizers to supermobile computers has led many educators to begin thinking about how to put them to use in the classroom." Jay Dominick, Syllabus
Added: 25 September 2002
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Wireless Learning/Mobile Learning/M-Learning
Wireless Learning/Mobile Learning/M-Learning
"Insofar as students have traditionally used their time on public transport to catch up on required reading or last-minute revision, Mobile Learning has been with us for quite a while. However, today's ICT has significantly extended the scope for learning on the move, and the term 'm-learning' has gained serious currency in describing wireless-enabled learning strategies and processes across the entire gamut of instructional delivery. Current emphases appear to be in remote just-in-time applications, but there are also many instances of m-learning blended into more traditional instructional scenarios." Graeme Daniel and Kevin Cox, Web Tools Newsletter, June 2002
Added: 20 August 2002
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mlearning forum
"The m-learning Forum has been established to encourage new business opportunities and stimulate mobile learning products and services within the overall Learning Business. This in turn will create new opportunities for widening access to learning in order to reduce social exclusion and opportunities for the continuous up-skilling of the workforce in order to maintain competitiveness. "
Updated: 11 July 2002
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Using text messaging to improve student organisation and motivation
Using text messaging to improve student organisation and motivation
"Showing how mobile SMS can be used as a tool in teaching and learning. The application of this technology for teaching and learning is not limited by technical expertise." Ian Mayer, ferl, BECTA, 24 June 2002
Added: 1 July 2002
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A report card on handheld computing
A report card on handheld computing
"Due to an appealing confluence of power, portability, and price, handheld computers are gaining momentum in schools. We've gathered reports from pioneers in the field to help you explore the pros and cons." Jean Shields and Amy Poftak, tech Learning, 15 February 2002
Added: 27 April 2002
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Handler Project Website
"The aim of the HandLeR project is to develop personal mobile technologies for learning, based on a deep understanding of how people learn in multiple contexts over their lifetimes. Project areas include interaction design and systems engineering for handheld learning devices, wearable learning technology, and support for knowledge sharing and conversation between mobile learners." University of Birmingham
Added: 27 April 2002
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Handsprings to Learning Project
Handsprings to Learning Project
"The Handsprings to Learning program at East Carolina University enhances the teaching and learning processes by deploying handheld computers and wireless connectivity technology -- for faculty and student use alike. Handheld technology has advanced to the extent that the handheld computer now works in conventional and wireless environments and is a cost-effective means of instruction and communication."
Added: 27 April 2002
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Handheld Computing: New Best Tech Tool Or Just a Fad?
Handheld Computing: New Best Tech Tool Or Just a Fad?
"As students wandered into Rick Robb's English class at River Hill High School here on Wednesday morning last week, they fished sandwich-size computers out of their backpacks and set them on their desks. The class was instantly connected in an electronic network when they turned on the devices, prompting Mr. Robb to launch the day's writing lesson." Andrew Trotter, Education Week on the Web, 26 September 2002
Added: 27 April 2002
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RealOne Player and creating content for the Pocket PC
RealOne Player and creating content for the Pocket PC
"With the RealOne Player for Mobile Devices you will be able to...Access your favorite RealAudio and RealVideo files made available for your mobile device. Drag-and-drop your music files from your RealOne Player on your PC to your mobile device (PocketPC only). Access news, sports and entertainment updates. Download content to your mobile device including music videos, travel guidance, auto reviews and much more." Philip Torrone, flashenabled.com
Added: 26 March 2002
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Handhelds go to class
"Handheld computers, the wallet-sized organizational devices used by business professionals to keep track of appointments, contacts, e-mail, and the Internet, have found their way into classrooms." Diane Curtis, George Lucas Educational Foundation
Added: 15 March 2002
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Distance learning through wireless devices
Distance learning through wireless devices
"The principal advantage of using a wireless device for e-learning is sheer convenience. With more and more workers on the go, access to a centrally located knowledge base is essential, and a wireless device makes such access possible virtually anywhere." John Setaro, Thinq, UnisysWorld, July 2001
Added: 27 December 2001
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The 2002 US Market for Mobile E-Learning: Knowledge-ware, Performance-ware, Everywhere
The 2002 US Market for Mobile E-Learning: Knowledge-ware, Performance-ware, Everywhere
"This report is a breakdown of what has already occurred, what is happening now, and what will likely happen within the next five to ten years as this young market matures." Brandon-Hall.com
Added: 26 December 2001
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Learning on the go
"In order for technology to improve learning, it must fit into students' lives, not the other way around." By David James Clarke IV and Jim Phillips 17/09/2001
Added: 11 November 2001
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Going mobile
"The hype around mobile everything, learning included, has led to a considerable amount of frustration on the part of consumers. Yes, it is possible to access e-mail and visit the Internet on your cell phone. But service can be spotty, downloads are painfully slow, and the idea of typing more than a word or two on a tiny little cell-phone keypad is ludicrous." Lisa Currin, elearn magazine,
Added 10 November 2001
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Wireless learning opportunities for mobile professionals
Wireless learning opportunities for mobile professionals
"With all the exciting handheld technology projects taking place in the world of education, getting the chance to learn more about one is a unique and informative opportunity. pdaED was fortunate enough to come into contact with Dr. Barry DuVall, Co-Director of OWLS, one of the handheld projects going on involving numerous universities across the country." pdaEd.com
Added: 29 September 2001
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Time to kill? Dial up WAP for e-learning on the run
Time to kill? Dial up WAP for e-learning on the run
"WAP - or Wireless Application Protocol - has become the latest tool in the virtual classroom of e-learning. Australian training group Tactics Consulting has joined with Singapore-based e-learning specialists ICUS to offer what they believe to be the world's first WAP-enabled e-learning course." Adam Turner, ITMyCareer.com, 10 July 2001
Added: 9 September 2001
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K12 and university success stories
K12 and university success stories
"Read these first-hand accounts from some of the people who have successfully leveraged the Palm OS® in education." Palm Education
Added: 25 August 2001
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Debating merits of Palms in class
Debating merits of Palms in class
"Ann Arbor Open School in Michigan is an alternative public school that prides itself on accepting new ideas and student individuality, talents and interests. But to the chagrin of some parents and teachers, there is one idea the school isn't open to -- the use of handheld computers in the classroom."
Added: 24 August 2001
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When e-learning becomes m-learning
When e-learning becomes m-learning
"At a conference I recently attended, speakers dedicated ample time talking up the future of mobile technologies and e-learning, an inevitable convergence that, for lack of a better word, could be called m-learning. While there were as many people as there were opinions on how mobile technologies would impact e-learning, nearly everyone agreed that in the future, mobile technologies would play a huge role in the rapidly growing e-learning market. Already, there are numerous applications for mobile technologies, from the ability to wirelessly transmit learning modules and scores, to enabling learners to assess their skills on the go." Jeremy S Kossen, PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition, June 2001
Added: 19 August 2001
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Goin' mobile
"Its screen is tiny and its capacity limited, but the personal digital assistant is about to step into the limelight as a valuable member of the e-learning troupe. Vendors are scrambling to make it happen by reformatting content into compatible bite-sized chunks for handheld units." Paul Harris, Learning Circuits, July 2001
Added: 19 July 2001
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Pocket sized lessons
Will we one day use handheld computers to learn how to do our jobs? Some vendors are betting on it. Kim Kiser, Online Learning magazine, July 2001
Added: 2 July 2001
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M is for Maybe
"More than half of the knowledge workforce is on the move, their only connection to the electronic universe through small, portable, wireless devices. The race is on to use these devices - with all their not inconsiderable constraints -- to provide mobile workers with the knowledge and skills they require to operate at the coal face. And reluctant to saddle themselves with that somewhat tarnished 'e' prefix, they gave birth to a new buzzword - m-learning. In this article, Clive Shepherd assesses the arguments for mobile learning whilst trying to stay grounded in reality."
Added: June 2001
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Going mobile: new technologies in education
Going mobile: new technologies in education
The revolution underway in education being led by digital pioneers includes some exciting new computers, scanners and mobile imaging devices. Get a grip on what these products provide. By John Fleischman, Converge Mag May 2001
Added: June 2001
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E-Learning
I''m what the high tech world calls a "mobile professional". Most days I'm out of the office working in a liaison role with companies and organizations." Paul Stacey, BC Technology, December 2000.
Added: June 2001
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Education@Palm
Learn more about Palm's mission for education and recent educational news and events, as well as software solutions, success stories, programs etc from Palm
Added: May 2001
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Palm OS App keeps teachers moving
Palm OS App keeps teachers moving
"A new Palm OS-based wireless application geared toward teachers and education administrators has been unveiled by Classroom Connect, Inc. through its Connected University (CU) online professional development community." Mike Mayor, Wireless NewsFactor, 12 January 2001.
Added: March 2001
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mLearning: mobile, wireless, in-your-pocket learning
mLearning: mobile, wireless, in-your-pocket learning
"Just what is mobile elearning (mLearning)? It's elearning through mobile computational devices: Palms, Windows CE machines, even your digital cell phone. Let's call them information appliances (IAs), and ask what's cool about this?" LineZine, Fall 2000.
Added: February 2001
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Wireless Learning in your palm
Wireless Learning in your palm
"Clark Quinn has a vision that he calls mobile or mLearning. If his vision comes true, learning will no longer be confined to the desktop or classroom". Suite101.com, 28 December 2000.
Added: February 2001
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College with no wires attached
College with no wires attached
"When freshmen at the College of Mount St. Joseph arrive on campus this fall, they'll be given a new handheld PC Pro to surf the Web and check their email, as well as do more scholarly tasks like take notes and write papers." Wired, 16 August, 2000.
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