The Work-Based Learning Unit of e-Skills UK has published preliminary results from their research with employers and learners in the UK "to help understand why employers are currently investing in e-learning and the difference it is making to their business and staff." Some 209 organisations were surveyed (173 producing usable data) and 650 learners. You ... tools (!!!), 20% mobile learning, blogs and wikis, 15% podcasts. All of these are expected to increase substantially in the ... materials, 36% engaged in online communities and discussion groups. The research also makes some interesting ...

... great free full trial , so try it out. This mobile software really made my day because it solved a research need. ... How can you get relevant survey data from your learners' mobile to your server so you can immediately build on new knowledge? Indeed, by using mobile survey software that allows a variety of data exchange. Mobile surveys that send back usable data is a quest on its own. Yesterday and today I was testing out SurveyToGo a mobile survey software build be ... , physicians or researchers in the field a more autonomic way of giving data feedback to us and our South partners.

Jay Cross got me straight on fraudulent information concerning the effectiveness of learning methods. Will Thalheimer who has a great blog with research-based commentary on learning and performance got some mails out on this topic and ... those mails surely got me gasping for air. In a previous presentation I have mentioned William Glasser and I put in statistics that I thought he used to divide learning methods. Some of those circulating statistics turn ... origins of this faulty data and he found the data was first published by an employee of Mobil Oil Company in 1967.

Debra Polson is a very enthusiastic speaker. She showed showcases of custom mobile games. Debra motivates students to develop mobile games and they love it! All of the examples are about Fun first, then Educational. Examples mentioned: Scape (an urban sustainability education tool), Scoot and Milk (the mobile learning kit), I will focus on this last one. MILK : explore, research, design, publish, play, reflect. (the mobile learning kit) It is written ... using simple web and mobile technologies. In half a day they learn all about botanical gardens, creating their ...

... presentation of mobile learning research. In particular, but not exclusively, we aim to explore the transition from ... For the mobile enthusiasts out there (and if you have not put in a paper) look below. I am part of the review ... : IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2009 Barcelona, Spain, 26 to 28 February 2009 * Keynote Speakers ... background and goals User Created Content & Mobile Technologies: From Consumers to Creators bypassing the Learning opportunity? Over the pass three years Mobile and Social technologies have featured strongly in the Horizon Report ...

... of age take more advantage of it. Some third-party research is quoted in the report: Some 77% of Inc 500 ... even the classroom were showing increased usage, mobile learning was down 10% and serious games down 6%. Surprising ...

Ofcom's latest Communications Market Report provides a fascinating insight into the dramatic changes taking place in the way UK citizens are using information and communication technology (the emphasis is mine): Children "Fewer children are playing console and computer games (61% regularly did so in 2005 down to 53% in 2007), watching videos and DVDs (59% did so regularly in 2005 and 38% in 2007) and listening to radio (40% listened regularly in 2005 and 20% in 2007). Instead, they are using their mobile phones more often (50% regularly did so in 2005 compared with 53% in ...

Integrating Gender and Ethnicity in Mobile Courses ante-design". If you are interested you can read the short paper ... scientific researches that focuses on gender. The biggest problem of this instrument is defining ethnicity. This is REALLY ... Mobile Learning for All in room Telford 2.

... keynote speach of Diane Laurillard who is well-known for her ground breaking work on (mobile) learning methodologies ... her publications . mLearn keynote Diane Laurillard - Towards a pedagogy-driven account of mobile learning Dianne Laurillard works at the Institute of Education. She is a renowned researcher. Her talk is very structured, filled with ... value of our conventional and technologies Learning through inquiry: explore resource banks, libraries, research ... are mobile technologies good for? the learning affordances fo the technicale features. exploring: real ...

... and Tom Wambeke from ITCilo was a great co-moderator. We talked about instructional design, mobile strategies, mobile research (or the pioneer stage it is in)... The presentation takes a minute to really start going but I think it is ... mobile projects through the online classroom tool WiZiQ. The presentation is now available as a recording through this WiZiQ ... discussion: Quick mobile transformation from websites into mobile sites: http://www.mofuse.com/ standards for mobile development, you can read a blogpost on how to recode a successful html-based course into a mobile course. How to ...

Here's another sign that the barriers to anytime, anywhere learning are falling indicated in this report in the Financial Times: "After years of false dawns for operators, the use of mobile phones for web surfing is on the verge of becoming widespread in Europe and the US, and iPhone research by O2 shows the device is acting as an important catalyst for such activity." "Matthew Key, who ...

Becta has published a new research report on emerging technologies in technology enhanced learning . Becta is ... the third in his kind and all the reports are worth a read. I have written down a synopsis on the article: Mobile ... computers and facilitate collaborative activities in more natural and intuitive ways. A more in-depth look at the mobile article "Mobile, wireless, connected Information clouds and learning" : Mark van't Hooft focusses on new trends in mobile learning or as he writes it: "Mobile and wireless technologies provide opportunities for learning to become ...

... the LightSaber app.  Great for entertaining the kids when we’ve got to wait.  I play games for research reasons, er ... available on Windows Mobile, RIM’s Blackberry, or forthcoming on Android.  Anyway, it’s about extending your ...

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What a wonderful conference it was in Fredericton, New Brunswick on mobile learning . Government, universities and research centers were represented and attended. It was a real treed to be able to speak in front of such an enlightened audience. The speakers were the cream of the crop on mobile learning: John Traxler, Steve Wexler, Stella Lee, Kevin Harvey and me (me not being cream, just soje). My presentation focused on mobile learning projects and social media to support the participants in those mobile projects. The audience engaged in the presentation making it an extra ...

In my ever ongoing quest to link QRcodes to eLearning I had a new idea (well new in the Roman way = building on what exists and turning it in something a bit different): displaying information on buildings or surfaces of any kind in order to deliver on the go, on site and at the right time content to learners. Adrian Nicolaiev got me onto this great PhD research blog from Simone O'Callaghan on QRcodes: http://elusivesprite.squarespace.com/phd_journal ... different eras. Then you could construct a mobile tour in a specific city. You walk the tour as a learner and when ...

In my last post on Flash Quiz Tools , I mentioned how I had used the eLearning Guild Research to streamline my effort of find the right tools. This post is probably long overdue, but the use of the data from the guild has been a really great resource and has lead to posts such as: Flash Quiz Tools LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers Course ... worth the price, i.e., the time it takes to fill in the profile. The PDF research reports include the following, but I ... Simulations Learning Management Systems Synchronous Learning Systems Mobile Learning ...

... communications technology in their work.I think the mobile focus of Ken's work is really fascinating and timely as well - I was ... training ideas on the mobile front. Second, the U.S. Dept of Defense is moving past the use of human terrain teams to actually partner with the NSF to fund social science research. The Minerva Initiative will focus on such topics ...

... questions: Do you have mobile units? No. We wish we did. Maybe the chief gets one.... Do you all get access ...

These are my liveblogged notes from the eLearning Guild’s webinar on their e-Learning 2.0 research report. The report is available to any paid members of the guild, or to free (Associate) members who have taken the report. Webinar recording will be available to members in the same place as the report. Hosts: Steve Wexler Jane Hart Tony Karrer Michele Martin Mark Oehlert Sanjay Parker Brent Schlenker My comments in italics. My thoughts may ... % Communities of Practice increased 12.3% Wikis up 7.7% Mobile down 10.6% A number of rapid tools are up, but tools ...

... always start with the literature/research that is already out there The references are the backbone of your paper. They provide the scientific background that justifies the research you have undertaken and the methods you have used. They provide the context in which your research should be interpreted. References should be limited to relevant ones ... . , Writeress G. Best practices in building mobile courses. eLearning Magazine 2100;55:123-234. Book or monograph ... investigation. Your research objective is the most important part of the introduction. Establish ...

... finally, as we enter the 21st century, and with the benefit of mobile phones and computers, we see more dramatic ... using blogs, wikis and podcasts; as well as the ability to send simple text messages to each other using our mobile ...

... give mobile devices significant time to improve; the iPhone and iPhone clones will be in the hands of hundreds ...

According to an annual study conducted by the University of Adelaide and mobile phone company m.Net as part of a larger international study, the number of Australians (aged between 18 and 50) using their mobile phone to access the internet has doubled in the last twelve months to 40%.  In addition, 60% of respondents citing improved mobile services and lower mobile internet data costs as being a reason to change mobile carriers. The researchers believe these figures ... -learning , learning , mobilelearning , mobile-learning , data , services , cellphone , research ...

... effect human health. I know a lot of people put question marks on the research that is focusing on microwaves from cell ... , feel free to have a look in the publication list of the computer science researcher Mikko Ahonen from the University ...

... or device. - Best research from Europe using Africa as testbed. - Mobile sending audio podcast over standard phone ... June 4, 10:10 - Learning for the New Mobile Society Mark Oehlert - Defense Acquisition University Dr. David Metcalf - University of Central Fl Judy Brown - MASIE mLearnopedia - all about Mobile Learning ---------------- Comment from keynote when asked about how DAU is transitioning to mobile - Chunking is even more important. Have to have much smaller chunks in mobile ---------------- Mark - Mobile = learner. What is the experience for the person not at their ...

... si could explain why they want to publish such great research behind such a walled garden. Maybe it'd be cool if nature ... : "Despite their importance for urban planning, traffic forecasting and the spread of biological and mobile viruses ... -resolved location of individuals. Here we study the trajectory of 100,000 anonymized mobile phone users whose position ... travel patterns could impact all phenomena driven by human mobility, from epidemic prevention to emergency ...

I posted the following response to Andy Ramsden’s blog post on this topic: I’ve been researching the ... quantities. Where I see QR Codes becoming obsolete is through the rapidly improving processing capabilities of mobile ... QR Codes as being the current best and most cost effective technology for mobile data capture; but I’m already ... (and hand-written) text will replace QR Codes for situated mobile learning approaches, even before such use becomes ... *current* strategy for mobile learning, for those educators interested enough to use them; but I definitely can’t ...

... focuses on distance training and education, from instructional design to e-learning and mobile solutions, and pays ... Thursday, September 21, 2006 Ethics and Mobile Learning: Should We Worry? Podcast / downloadable audio. As a student, instructor, or e-learning institution administrator, are there ethical issues in mobile learning? If so ... issues that could accompany mobile learning and suggests approaches to raise awareness. The goal is to avoid ethically ... 1. Privacy issues. Mobile devices can invade privacy. Guidelines need to be set. They need to be clear and ...

Mobile phones as a platform for the developing world? 28-March-2007 permalink comments (3 ... - this post looks at the potential of mobile phones as a platform for learning in the developing world Weve spent a lot of time at the Hewlett Conference on Open educational Resources being persuaded that mobile phones are ... are being told (citing research funded by Vodaphone!). Some of the figures are pretty interesting though (not sure of the source). Developing world There are 1.5 billion mobile phones in the developing world The ...