Jun 30, 2011

M-Learning 101: I’ll Take My Rapid E-Learning to Go

The challenge for many people is figuring out what mobile learning is and what they can do to get started.  And they don’t want to spend a lot of money doing so.  The cool thing is that while you’re still figuring things out, it’s easy enough to stick your toes into the m-learning pool.  In today’s post, I’ll share some simple tips to help you get started with mobile learning. 

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Google Sites Go Mobile




A poor mobile web experience can negatively shape a consumer’s opinion of your brand or your company altogether.  In a recent study, we found that 61% of users are unlikely to return to a mobile site that they had trouble accessing from their phone, and 40% go to a competitor’s.  By the end of this year, more than half of all Americans will own a smartphone. Your customers are mobile, are you ?

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Games-based experiences for learning Report


This report provides:
  • an overview of what makes a digital game a motivating and engaging learning experience
  • a taxonomy of learning elements of digital games
  • a set of design principles for digital games-based learning experiences.
 
The report is based on a summary review of the available research literature on digital games-based learning and interviews with eight experts, including game developers, researchers in the field and teachers.
 
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101 Mobile Learning



This is a good presentation about the basics of mlearning

Developing the Home-School Relationship using Digital Technologies handbook


This handbook introduces key issues around home-school relationships to provide schools with a framework in which to consider how to support these relationships, and how to navigate the challenges afforded by the use of digital technologies in this field.
In recent years there has been a growing understanding of the importance of factors outside the immediate school environment in explaining children’s success in school

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Jun 23, 2011

MLE-Moodle is mobile Learning (mLearning) system



MLE-Moodle is an out-of-the-box mobile Learning (mLearning) system, designed for mobile Phones.

It is realized as a plugin for the open-source Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle. Just copy the MLE-Moodle files to your Moodle-installation and your eLearning system is now a mLearning system too.

So with MLE-Moodle you can enhance your eLearning system to mobile Learning, and can learn either with your mobile phone (mLearning) or with your PC / Notebook (eLearning).

On the mobile phone you can either use the built-in mobile browser to access MLE-Moodle. Or you can use a special mobile phone application which was designed for learning on mobile phones (called MLE phone client).
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Comparing Instructional Design Models



This slideshow make understand the basics of design .