Dial M for Learning: mLearning ideas

I’m not sure how I stumbled across this site, but it has a long list of web links that you might find useful. Everything from Academic Integrity to Writing Learning Objectives. I haven’t checked them all out so I can’t vouch for everything listed – a few were a little dated, but most I looked at were useful and, of course, led me to other interesting places.

See Faculty Development Associates.

Some interesting trends have been searched out by Ron Edwards at the Ambient Connection blog.

Two Australian cities in the Top10 – you’ll have to go look for yourself – I’m not giving it away

The Learning Technologies conference program has been posted on the website.

8 – 10 November 2006
Mooloolaba on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, Australia

This year’s theme explores the concept of Learning Partnerships and how these can enhance and support our teaching and learning communities.

The Conference Program runs on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th November. On Wednesday 8th we will be hosting optional extra 90-minute Workshops.
More information & online registration

You can view the following presentations online:

• Charles Jennings, Reuters: The Business Imperative to Take Learning to the Workforce
• Gordon Bull, Vodafone: Gordon highlights some of the ways mobile technology will be used in the future as part of our daily lives and explore the implications for learning
• Wolfram Spoenlein, Motorola: Intelligent Learning: Matching Technology with Real Customer Needs
• Donald Clark, Epic Co-Founder and Former CEO: Simulation Environments for Learning
• Fabrizio Cardinali, Giunti Labs: The Future is Here, It’s Just Not Equally Distributed…
• Stephen Clee, Datmedia: Technology Showcase: Datpresenter for Streaming Video to Mobile
• Jonathan Shaw, 7 City Learning: Technology Showcase: Interactive ’smart’ Email to Mobiles for Performance Support
• Jonathon Levy: The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be: Why The Next Generation of Online Learning Resets Everything to Zero!
• Dick Davies, Ambient Performance: Technology Showcase: Forterra Systems Immersive 3D Virtual World for Performance Rehearsal
• Nigel Paine, BBC: Developing for Readiness: BBC success with Wikis, Blogs & Podcasting
• Dr. Gilly Salmon, University of Leicester: Technology Showcase: Profcasting – Podcasting Research – what are students find of value?
• Expert Panel: Implementation, Implementation advice from expert practitioners
• Ron Edwards, Ambient Performance: Realizing the Performance Potential

Dates & information for Moving Learning 2007 are available.

The HDUL project funded by Harvard’s Provost and under the guidance of Professor Chris Dede, sought to determine how wireless handheld devices (WHDs) – which include, but are not limited to, cellphones, personal digital assistants, and mobile gaming devices – could enhance learning and teaching in university settings. During the 2003–2004 and 2004–2005 academic years, HDUL successfully integrated WHDs into eight diverse courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and the Harvard Extension School (HES).

Their website documents the support materials and publications developed from the project.

You might also enjoy a streamed presentation by Chris Dede. (Be patient & sit through the first few minutes of introduction – or grab a cuppa.)

Global Summit 2006 Online will take place before, during and after the Global Summit.

This online event began on 31 July and is set up for anyone interested in contributing to ideas about technology connected futures and the future of education and training.

Global Summit 2006 Online will be open to everyone for 5 weeks.

After 4 September 2006 only registered Delegates and ‘ Thought Leaders’ will be able to access the online event.

Initial discussion has begun around Professor James Bosco’s paper Tools, culture, and education: past – present – future.

Professor Bosco says – in part:
…Our challenge in education is to seize the opportunity….not just to do nifty things with ICT but to disenthrall ourselves from the past, to think in the new ways about education which our times call for, and to be willing to fight the good fight to make it happen. Join the discussion.

I attended the education.au seminar So what’s changed? in Sydney yesterday. As expected, there were some thought-provoking points of view from Phillip Adams and James Farmer. And it was interesting to hear about some of the projects being undertaken by Futurelab in the UK.

You can join the discussion or listen to the podcast of each speaker. If my time was limited I’d listen to James Farmer to glean ideas for immediate use followed by Phillip Adams for some thought provoking general ideas. I’d suggest a visit to Futurelab to check out their projects rather than the podcast. Those discussed by Annika were:

Savannah – a strategy-based adventure game where a virtual space is mapped directly onto a real space. Children ‘play’ at being lions in a savannah, navigating the augmented environments with a mobile handheld device.

Space Mission: Ice Moon – puts pupils in the roles of experts in an Emergency Response Team after a disaster in space. Working in teams in the classroom, up to 30 pupils use video-conferencing facilities, web chat and interactive materials to help resolve the disaster.

Racing Academy – a massively multiplayer car racing and vehicle engineering simulation which allows students to engineer and race realistic virtual models of cars. Online facilities allow teams and communities to collaborate and compete on the web.

Speaker profiles:
Phillip Adams – a controversial broadcaster, writer and film-maker. As presenter of Late Night Live, he has interviewed thousands and can boast to be ABC Radio National’s largest driver of demand for podcast downloads (50,000 downloads for May 2006).

James Farmer – a Melbourne based online communications designer. James is the founder of edublogs.org, the largest educational blogging community on the web. James has worked as a lecturer in research and education design at Deakin University and is currently the Online Community Editor at The Age.

Annika Small – CEO of Futurelab UK, responsible for developing the strategic direction, establishing partnerships and exploring new opportunities for Futurelab. Annika has focused on developing compelling interactive learning resources for those excluded from traditional education.