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Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training

This is an entire book available for free download (or, you can order a print version). Even if you don't have time to read the whole book, be sure to see John Traxler's Current State of Mobile Learning, which outlines major categories of mobile learning, discussion of a definition of mobile learning (which excludes the current generation of laptop and Tablet PCs), the case for mobile learning (on grounds of personal, situated and authentic learning), and attributes of an evaluation of mobile learning. Mohamed Ally, editor, Athabasca University, October 25, 2009. [Link] [Tags: , , , ] [Previous][Next]

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Re: Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training

Bob Boufford, October 27, 2009

A good resource on mobile learning. However, Traxler's article even though published in 2007 is already out-of-date. He quotes "For several years, proponents of mobile learning have looked for the eventual convergence of mobile phone technologies and handheld computer technologies, creating a basic generic mobile learning platform to which extra (learning) functionality could be added as desired. This might include camera and other data capture, media player capacity, and location awareness using, for example, global positioning systems (GPS). This now looks unlikely to happen and currently the hardware manufacturers and vendors treat their markets as highly segmented and differentiated.

With the advent of wi-fi and cellular connectivity, wi-fi based or GPS location aware services, media players and cameras in iPhone, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, other smart phones and other mobile devices the convergence is already here. [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

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