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I remebered a project from some people in Innsbruck, Austria > they used to block the desktop or the mobile phone unless you had learnt the new word/target.. cant remember the name now.. --- Tom Franklin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > m-learning is a term that has been around for quite > a while - mobile > learning - though it does seem to have several > different meanings including: > - ubiquitous learning where you can learn anywhere > - ubiquitous learning where everyone has suitable > mobile devices > - learning on literally on the move (eg on buses and > trains) > - learning where you want to > - learning using mobile devices (PDAs, smartphones, > mobile phones, laptops > and tablets, MP3 devices etc. > > and I am sure that there are other uses as well. > > personally I dont think that mobile phones (as > opposed to smart phones / > PDAs) have very much to offer in terms of learning > as the channels are too > narrow. Yes, for learning support, and some FE > colleges and I think > universities have been at least playing with SMS to > remind students of > deadlines, exams etc. > > The use of PDAs / smartphones with keyboards or > reasonable ahndwriting > recognition can also be very useful especially for > instance for using e- > books, for recording work in the field, for use on > trains (I write papers on > my Palm with a keyboard on trains), and increasingly > for surfing the web. > > I have no doubt that as the technology improves and > as for instance VLEs are > designed to work on mobile devices this will increas > and I expect students > will have desktop machines + smartphones / PDAs for > use in college. > > regards > > Tom Franklin > Franklin Consulting > 9 Redclyffe Road > Withington > Manchester > M20 3JR > > email: [log in to unmask] > phone: 0161 434 3454 > mobile: 07989 948 221 > web: http://www.franklin-consulting.co.uk/ > > ***************** List information: > ***************** > Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. > Access the list via the web on > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html > To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with > the message: leave vle > ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle