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).
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Tag archives for mobile phones
STOP, LOOK, THINK – What Is Material Really Going To Look Like on A Mobile Device
category: mlearning & mobile devices
tags: mobile phones, Mobile Web
What can we do about policies that are stifling innovation in educational uses of technology?
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 [...]
How are we going to effectively use the mobile devices in our student’s pockets?
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 [...]
category: mlearning & mobile devices
Mobile Web Usage is Increasing – How Will You Use It With Students?
This week I will be doing a series of posts on the use of mobile technology in education. Yesterday I asked the question are UMPCs Going to Convert Courses from Paper Based to Digital?
So today – I want to know how do you plan to use the Mobile Web with students?… and I will show [...]
category: mlearning & mobile devices
Aquaculture lecturer fights Telstra over PDA bill
Aquaculture lecturer fainted when she recieved the SMS from Telstra, when she was in Geraldton this morning, apparently she has exceeded her data plan limit by 259% – not sure whether the words are oops or sheesh.
So while the solution to lack of Internet access on my laptop was solved by using my PDA – [...]
category: mlearning & mobile devices
tags: mobile phones, PDA
Have Internet access so able to travel
Tomorrow morning I am flying (small plane – Fokker 50 – and weather is really bad) to Central West TAFE in Geraldton for their Quality week (as part of my commitment to the fresh thinking program) where I will be doing workshops on e-learning and m-learning. So far I have been to Swan [...]
category: mlearning & mobile devices
tags: mobile phones, PDA
Tools for the mobile lecturer
The shift from classroom based delivery to workplace delivery and workforce development means VET lecturers will need tools to ensure greater mobility. I don’t believe that one size will fit all; individual preferences and varying workplace environments circumstances will need different solutions. However I do believe that you need to start by focusing [...]
category: mlearning & mobile devices
Have PDA, will travel!
As part of my role in the Fresh Thinking Program I was fortunate enough to be invited to Pilbara TAFE to do a workshop on mobile technology (in particular PDAs). This definitely felt like a case of how much can you fit into 24 hours; and felt like going to two different seasons in [...]
category: Inspiring others to use Web 2.0
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