Yazan: Niall | 24 February 2012 | 5 Comments
Categories: Content, iPad, Mobile Learning
Ok I’m not exactly comparing like with like here but I am very interested in the potential of ebooks as an alternative way of structuring learning experiences – particularly where there is a large amount of reading involved. With the growing penetration of tablet devices (ownership in the US doubled to 19% over last Christmas) [...]
Yazan: Niall | 20 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: iPad, Mobile Learning
I’ve finally managed to install iBooks 2 and the example book “Life on Earth”. This was a frustrating process that took two and a half hours of upgrades and downloads, requiring the right versions of iOS and iTunes with various reboots of both the PC and the iPad. Arguably I should have upgraded to iOS5 [...]
Yazan: Niall | 18 March 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Adoption, Course design, iPad, Mobile Learning, Moodle, OU VLE, Podcasts, Uncategorized
I’ve just had some interesting conversations at an event for new OU module chairs at Cranfield University after presenting on some of the possibilities of elearning for our students. One academic wondered how he could be expected to design courses for smartphones and tablets when the University was not prepared to buy him these devices [...]
Yazan: Niall | 10 March 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Announcements, Collaboration, iPad, Mobile Learning, OU VLE
Yazan: niall | 17 September 2010 | 5 Comments
Categories: Collaboration, Content, iPad, Mobile Learning, Moodle, Reflection, Web 2.0
I’ve been getting a bit obsessed recently about the importance of annotation functionality, as a number of my long-suffering colleagues will testify. Here’s my logic: iPads and other ebook readers will increasingly replace paper Some learners, particularly children, will make the transition away from paper now very quickly and be happy to study considerable amounts [...]
Yazan: niall | 07 September 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: iPad, Mobile Learning
This post is nothing to do with elearning but I thought I’d log my experience today of chairing my first meeting using just an iPad. For years I’ve taken a laptop along to meetings and increasingly I’m not the only person to do so. This has the advantage of having everything accessible, together with access [...]
Yazan: niall | 08 June 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: iPad, Mobile Learning, Uncategorized
People have been blogging about the ipad and its potential for education ever since the thing was announced. I got my hands on one last night and here are my first impressions. I have a laptop and I have an iPhone. I’ve not had a desktop computer for many years – nor do most students. [...]
Yazan: niall | 11 March 2010 | 4 Comments
Categories: Mobile Learning
The OU is working on a number of iPhone applications as well as optimising some of its websites for mobile delivery. One example of an iPhone app is Devolve Me where you can see how you might have looked back in the mists of time. Strangely, I end up looking pretty much as I do [...]
Yazan: niall | 17 September 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Mobile Learning
Mobile learning has been promoted as a massive up and coming phenomenon now for so long that you could be forgiven for being cynical; uptake for educational purposes has been very slow. However the devices and applications are getting so sophisticated that I’ve come round to the view that before long many learners will be [...]
Yazan: niall | 26 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Mobile Learning
At the OU’s Learning, Teaching and Student Support Committee today Rhodri Thomas introduced a paper on a framework for mobile learning. It occurred to me that there are at least four scenarios for the use of mobile learning we need to be preparing for now: Some students want to access much of their course content [...]