Sue Waters Blog

After 4 days of workshops (mLearn 2007 conference and Alan Levine’s workshop) I was struggling to stay awake by the end of the day on Friday. But rather than sneak in a nanny nap in the afternoon (concerned it would effect my ability to go to sleep that night) I struggled on with the [...]

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Decided to give myself another title to add to “Most Disorganised Traveler of the Year Award!” and “Crazy Mutlitasker” — “Smart Conference Sharing To Your Readers!” [image by sridgway]
Before I came to the conference I debated how to share the information from mLearn 2007 conference with my readers, without overloading them! My concerns were [...]

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Over the last couple of weeks I have been writing posts on mlearning (mobile learning) and mobile technologies. But I would like to hear about what you are doing.
Do You Have Posts or Podcasts on mlearning (mobile learning) and mobile technologies?
If so – feel free to post the URLs in comments below so I [...]

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Christine Martell (Visuals Speak Blog) comment on my STOP, LOOK, THINK – What Is Material Really Going To Look Like on A Mobile Device was “Now I’m really scared to look at my blog and site, so it’s a good thing I don’t know how to! Hope the next article is how to fix such [...]

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Opinions differ on text based material on mobile devices from those who believe the zoom feature of phones like the iPhone means that material developed for the web will need little or no change for use to people that believe the exact opposite (e.g. limited amount of text per screen, essential text only).
This video might [...]

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We debate which mobile devices (e.g. PDA, ipod, mobile phone) to use for mlearning? And it is good to hear differing opinions from people like Stuart Smith and Nick Cowie on the use of mobile phones. But more importantly, we have others reflecting on whether they should be letting their students take their mobile [...]

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Most of your training is in the workplace but all your work mates are busy, no-one has time to remind you what to do, and you have asked the same question too many times before. WHAT you going to do? Phone HOME or better still access the answers on your mobile phone! [Image by [...]

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My final post for this week’s series on mobile technology focuses on the great challenge and barrier facing uptake of m-learning: our organisation and Government policies on the use of technologies with students.
Yesterday Dianne posted this comment “All of these devices are banned under our student code of behavior, although if cellphones are turned [...]

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So far in this week’s series on mobile technology in education I have discussed:

Are UMPCs Going to Convert Courses from Paper Based to Digital?
Mobile Web Usage is Increasing – How Will You Use It With Students?
You Need Spyglasses – Are you Serious?
Barcodes, RFID and NFC technology – use in education and training explained in Sue [...]

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So far in this week’s series on mobile technology in education I have discussed:

Are UMPCs Going to Convert Courses from Paper Based to Digital?
Mobile Web Usage is Increasing – How Will You Use It With Students?
You Need Spyglasses – Are you Serious?

Today I am going to discuss how asking simple questions like please explain:

What are [...]

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