Entries from January 2010 ↓
January 30th, 2010 — Learning, Mobile Learning
Consider Mobile Learning for Your Institution
This article points out that although mobile learning is a topic of interest among educators, very few have implemented it on their campus. Judy Brown, the founder and former director of the University of Wisconsin system’s Academic ADL Co-Lab offers some suggestions and factors to consider if a college is considering mobile learning.
She suggests asking if you want students to be consumers of content, creators of content, or both.
Of course, three devices that can enhance the mobile learning experience are the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. To get ideas of how to implement the iPod Touch (and the iPad) into education, here are a few sites:
January 10th, 2010 — Learning
As teachers, we always tell our students to spread out their studying and don’t cram for a test. Daniel Willington, the author of the book, Why Don’t Students Like School, has an article “Allocating Student Study Time” which provides evidence for this advice. The article also contains a section, “What Could This Look Like in the Classroom?”
January 7th, 2010 — Digital Video
Sanyo’s Xacti VPC-CS1 HD camcorder vies for ‘world’s smallest’ title — Engadget
This camcorder could be handy in an educational setting because of its small size but I wonder how it compares to something like the Flip Mino in terms of ease of use, importing of video, and video-editing software. The Flip MinoHD – 120 minute model cost @229.99 while the Sanyo camcorder will cost $299.
