mLearnopedia: 2010

The keynotes (by Tomi Ahonen and Mimi Ito) were great and I learned something from each session concurrent I attended. For a first year conference, it was awesome and the eLearningGuild has started a hard act for themselves to follow.

On Monday Dr. Rovy Brannon, Jason Haag, Chris Raasch and I conducted a full-day workshop “Creating a Successful mLearning Strategy: From Planning to Implementation”. We had a great group with lots of good questions.

In preparation for the workshop, Jason and I had been working on a mobile application with content all about mobile learning. We had gathered resources that we had been using in workshops and presentations for ADL and decided to make it available on various mobile devices. The content is still being developed and decisions are being made. We see this as a work in process and plan to make the final content available using various authoring tools for mobile.

We had planned to work on and discuss the possibilities with the content during the workshop, but did not have the available time. We did give the participants URLs for their feedback. They were tweeted, so word spread quite quickly. Some thought this was intended to be a course--which it is not--but could definitely serve as resources or check lists for a course on mobile learning.

To begin, we have two versions. The first was built using plain HTML and appears to run on all mobile devices with browsers. You can access it at http://emerginged.com/adlmobile. The second was built using iWebkit and CSS and appears to run well on the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, several Nokia devices and Windows Mobile. It is available at http://mlearnopedia.com/adl/mobile. Both have the same content. Going forward we plan to provide enhanced version using commercial mobile authoring tools.

In any case, we are now looking for your feedback. What would you like to see included? What doesn’t work for mobile? Please let us hear from you at adl@mlearnopedia.com. Once it has reached a more finished state, we plan to make these and all other versions available on the ADL website.

Monday, April 12, 2010

March Hot List: Mobile Learning Content

Best of Mobile Learning

March 1-31, 2010

Featured Sources

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals.

Our iPhone for Moodle web application aks for your feedback- Ignatia Webs, March 19, 2010
The Back-Channel Effect: Are Educators Ready for Real-Time Feedback?- The Mobile Learner, March 17, 2010
Tweet Call! For Students Without Internet at Home- Cell Phones in Learning, March 16, 2010
A brief update on Augmented Reality- mLearning Blog, March 11, 2010

Other Sources

The following are the top items based on social signals.

Talkin' 'bout my cerebration., March 4, 2010

Hot Topics

iPhone (24)

Our iPhone for Moodle web application aks for your feedback, March 19, 2010
Moodle and iPhone update: the movie, March 8, 2010
iPhone on Moodle update: a growing team, but where is Apple?, March 4, 2010
My iPhone Apps for Learning Solution 2010 -, March 12, 2010

Mobile Learning (38)

Moodle accessible for Androids: first steps taken, March 22, 2010
Our iPhone for Moodle web application aks for your feedback, March 19, 2010
Make your Joomla or Drupal learning envirnmont mobile for any mobile device and for free... YES, March 22, 2010
Moodle and iPhone update: the movie, March 8, 2010

Saturday, March 20, 2010

March Madness

No, I am not talking about basketball, but mobile learning sessions in March.

Starting with the ELI 2010 Online Spring Focus Session—Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility on March 3–4, 2010, this has been a very busy month for presentations with growing interest in mobile learning. Educause ELI has posted all the presentations, discussions and materials from the 2-day sessions here. I was honored to present the opening keynote session and attended most of the other sessions. It was a very well run event with excellent questions and discussions. Check out the post event resources.

Next week I will be in Orlando for the eLearningGuild's Learning Solutions conference. I will be presenting on Wednesday at 4:00 and will be facilitating a breakfast bytes discussion on mobile learning that morning at 7:15. I hope to see you there.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

February Hot List: Mobile Learning Content

Best of Mobile Learning

February 1, 2010 to February 28, 2010

Featured Sources

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals.

Yes, mobile moodle for iPhone is eminent, we will release open source code soon- Ignatia Webs, February 25, 2010
Modern Technology and the Return of Oral Communication- The Mobile Learner, February 27, 2010
New Report Reinforces Mobile Learning is Best as Performance Support- mLearning is Good, January 31, 2010

Other Sources

The following are the top items based on social signals.

BBC's education service Janala has delivered 1m lessons in three months | Media | guardian.co.uk, February 22, 2010
The iPad and its impact on m-learning., February 22, 2010

Hot Topics

Tools (22)

Sumo Paint: the free alternative for Photoshop, February 25, 2010
MASHe » Blog Archive » Mobile Learning: Some resources, tools and statistics, February 7, 2010
How to incorporate subtitles in a movie you are converting for mobile devices, February 8, 2010
Free mobile sms service getting to grips with bullying in schools: Bullyproof, February 11, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010

January Hot List: Mobile Learning Content

Best of Mobile Learning

January 1, 2010 to January 31, 2010

Featured Sources

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals.

Beware critics of Connectivism ! Or how I feel connectivism opens up content creation and access- Ignatia Webs, January 28, 2010
SCVNGR: Cell Phone Scavenger Hunt Builder!- Cell Phones in Learning, January 4, 2010
Digital Audiobooks, Assistive Technology and its Effects on Literacy- The Mobile Learner, January 17, 2010
mLearning Content Types - Level 1 Content- mLearning Trends, January 19, 2010
Web 4.0 works by nodes signaling each other and linking into patterns- Golden Swamp, January 2, 2010
My 8 learning predictions for 2010- Ignatia Webs, January 4, 2010
New Study: Texting Helps Children Learn to Spell.- Cell Phones in Learning, January 24, 2010

Other Sources

The following are the top items based on social signals.

Keeping in touch | Personalising Learning with the iPod Touch, January 10, 2010

Hot Topics

RIM (7)

Picking the "Right" Smartphone for mLearning, January 10, 2010
My mLearning Predictions for 2010, January 2, 2010
My "Top Ten List" for Mobile Learning News in 2009, January 3, 2010
mLearning Content Types - Level 5: Courseware, January 26, 2010

SmartPhone (17)

Picking the "Right" Smartphone for mLearning, January 10, 2010
SCVNGR: Cell Phone Scavenger Hunt Builder!, January 4, 2010
mLearning Presentations using Google Docs, January 4, 2010
mLearning Content Types - Level 1 Content, January 19, 2010

Security (13)

Picking the "Right" Smartphone for mLearning, January 10, 2010
2010 Horizon Report on emerging technologies' impact on education is out, January 17, 2010
My mLearning Predictions for 2010, January 2, 2010
mLearning Content Types - Level 5: Courseware, January 26, 2010

Apple (18)

Keeping in touch | Personalising Learning with the iPod Touch, January 10, 2010
mLearning Content Types - Level 6: Rich Media, January 27, 2010
Picking the "Right" Smartphone for mLearning, January 10, 2010
My mLearning Predictions for 2010, January 2, 2010

Android (11)

lff10 Androids in Africa by Nick Short, January 8, 2010
mLearning Presentations using Google Docs, January 4, 2010
My mLearning Predictions for 2010, January 2, 2010
Picking the "Right" Smartphone for mLearning, January 10, 2010

Sunday, January 10, 2010

2010 Forecasts

I intended to write a blog entry in late December with my predictions for mobile learning in 2010, but somehow never found the time. Since then I have since been reading some other predictions and think they covered most of what I would have said. Bottom line today is that the questions are no longer "why?" but "how?".

Mobile devices have certainly come into their own with champions and examples everywhere. I no longer feel that I am a single voice trying to convince of the importance of these ubiquitous capabilities to the future of learning.

In fact, Tech Crunch's Ten Technologies That Will Rock 2010, over half of them are mobile.

Following are a few of the blog predictions that I have noted (in no particular order):

From the eLearning coach - 2009 Technology Trends That Impact Online Learning

Mobile Technologies
This year set the stage for a more robust mobile learning space, where limitations in access, power and speed had to be overcome. Due to more powerful mobile data networks, ubiquitous access to wireless, mobile tools that work across platforms and more smart phones and devices that are Flash ready, many types of learning can be set free from the personal computer. More organizations are exploring mobile learning to provide just-in-time resources and learning objects to an increasingly mobile and virtual workforce.

From Forrester Insight and research - Key Learning Trends for 2010: Are You Onboard?

Expect mobile learning to increase. There's been talk about learning from the handheld devices for years but I think we are close to realizing learning on-the-go. One issue is around a mobile standard for learning content. Each mobile device displays content differently and creating content for each device is unrealistic. Projects are under way that address this hurdle. The other question is about content appropriate for the handheld device. Certainly, a learner is not going to take a long in-depth course from a mobile device. Rather, assessments, simple graphical charts, and short pieces of learning without heavy text seem best suited for formal mobile learning.

From Jeanne Meister New Learning Playbook - Five Words To Describe Corporate Learning in 2010

Mobile: The same-time, same-place model of learning will slowly disappear, as corporate learners look to mobile devices for their learning. In a number of countries, there are now more mobiles than people. For example, as of 2009, for every 100 individuals in the United Kingdom there were 123.64 mobile subscriptions. Global System For Mobile Communications projects that by 2012, there will be 4.5 billion mobile subscriptions out of a global population of 7 billion. Already, several financial service firms such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo are exploring using mobile phones to deliver compliance training, product training and performance support/on-the-job aids.

From Learning Solutions Magazine by Bill Brandon - 2010 Predictions

Mobile learning
This is another area that may have suffered a bit from over-exposure. Regardless, given the rapid adoption and evolution of smart phones, the move to mobile platforms as a significant learning environment is only a matter of time. One damper on progress has been the diversity and incompatibility of devices, and the lack of Flash on one of them, but this is becoming less of a problem as browser-based applications become available. By the end of 2010, m-Learning will be well-established as a delivery option.

From Saba: Mobile Learning Becomes Wide-Spread Reality

6. Mobile learning has finally come of age
We have been talking about mobile learning for many years and, in our opinion, the platforms have finally emerged to make this a broad-based reality. Today's mobile devices are used to access a huge variety of applications and content types. Learning, connecting, and exchanging expertise will emerge across a wide range of mobile devices.

From E-Learning Queen - New Directions and a New Decade for E-Learning: 12 Predictions

Mobile learning integrated into online courses for anytime, any place data access
Ubiquitous learning is gaining speed as the watchword of the new decade. Any place, any time, and -- this is most important -- any device -- will be key.

Don't miss the long list of predictions for mobile learning from Robert Gadd at mLearning Trends - My mLearning Predictions for 2010. The list is much too long for me to include here, but right on target.

December Hot List: Mobile Learning Content

Best of Mobile Learning

December 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009

Featured Sources

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals.

iPods in Education Part 13: Uses in Kindergarten?- The Mobile Learner, December 23, 2009
PhD thesis on tagging learning resources in a multilangual context- Ignatia Webs, December 21, 2009
Signaling cells show education how to use online resources- Golden Swamp, December 25, 2009

Other Sources

The following are the top items based on social signals.

innovating education, December 10, 2009
Google Goggles will rock m-learning., December 7, 2009
Mobile Commons Powers Wikipedia’s Text-to-Donate Campaign, December 1, 2009

Hot Topics

BlackBerry (9)

Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning » Blog Archive » Google Goggles – an important tool for mobile work based learning?, December 10, 2009
Just Another Mobile Phone Blog: St. Marys City Schools In Ohio, Verizon Wireless And GoKnow! Bring Wireless Technology To The Classroom, December 17, 2009
The promise of Mobile Learning is real…but it may not be what you thought it was. |, December 10, 2009
Learning Technology: Mobile Learning, December 9, 2009

Mobile Phone (18)

Google Goggles will rock m-learning., December 7, 2009
Just Another Mobile Phone Blog: St. Marys City Schools In Ohio, Verizon Wireless And GoKnow! Bring Wireless Technology To The Classroom, December 17, 2009
innovating education, December 10, 2009
How Mobile Cell Phones Change Everything When We Do - Ewan McIntosh | Digital Media & Education, December 15, 2009

Ipod Touch (10)

iPods in Education Part 13: Uses in Kindergarten?, December 23, 2009
How Mobile Cell Phones Change Everything When We Do - Ewan McIntosh | Digital Media & Education, December 15, 2009
Flux » Articles | Mobile Learning lessons from Further Education, December 12, 2009
PLAYBACK: Why Educators Should Embrace Texting, Tweeting and All That Mobile Technology Has to Offer » Spotlight, December 17, 2009

Education (33)

iPods in Education Part 13: Uses in Kindergarten?, December 23, 2009
innovating education, December 10, 2009
Cell Phones in Education Part 4: Learning on Location, December 6, 2009
How Mobile Cell Phones Change Everything When We Do - Ewan McIntosh | Digital Media & Education, December 15, 2009

Articles (17)

Flux » Articles | Mobile Learning lessons from Further Education, December 12, 2009
iPods in Education Part 13: Uses in Kindergarten?, December 23, 2009
innovating education, December 10, 2009
PhD thesis on tagging learning resources in a multilangual context, December 21, 2009

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