Mobile Learning Objects - coming soon to an iPod near you?

Created by Cyprien P. Lomas (The University of Queensland) on September 26, 2004

How important is it for us to understand our new students? A recent post suggests that some schools in Asia are using mobile learning devices to attract students. By having access to lectures and other educational content on these mobile gadgets, students are able to study where it best suits them - often on the bus or subway. Driven in part by student demand, these mobile learning applications are seen as the first of many more to come.

Are 'm-learning'applications coming to your campus? You may see them sooner than you think.

Over on Scripting News, Dave Winer reports on 'podcasting' and explains that MP3 files wrapped up in RSS enclosures can be aggregated and downloaded to an iPod for later playback. Lectures and language lessons, as well as other types of learning objects, could be wrapped in RSS enclosures and distributed to iPods for student playback.

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		Mobile Learning Objects - coming soon to an iPod near you? Created by Cyprien P. Lomas (The University of Queensland) on September 26, 2004 How important is it for us to understand our new students? A recent post suggests that some schools in Asia are using mobile learning devices to attract students. By having access to lectures and other educational content on these mobile gadgets, students are able to study where it best suits them - often on the bus or subway. Driven in part by student demand, these mobile learning applications are seen as the first of many more to come. Are 'm-learning'applications coming to your campus? You may see them sooner than you think. Over on Scripting News, Dave Winer reports on 'podcasting' and explains that MP3 files wrapped up in RSS enclosures can be aggregated and downloaded to an iPod for later playback. Lectures and language lessons, as well as other types of learning objects, could be wrapped in RSS enclosures and distributed to iPods for student playback. Teaching and Learning Cyprien's blog Login or register to post comments 5659 reads
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