Mobile Learning On The Interwebs

Beginning with the ASCD Smart Brief.

How can teachers embrace the promise of mobile technology?
As more schools encourage the use of mobile devices from cellphones to iPad tablet computers in the classroom, some question the effect this trend will have on classroom instruction. Some see potential with mobile devices as a way to engage all students, but others say the outcome will depend on whether educators adapt pedagogy and practices to best integrate the technology into lessons. KQED.org/Mind/Shift blog (3/30)

Also the ASCD Worldwide SmartBrief Edition.

Australian researchers study use of iPads among autistic youth
Seven-year-old Australian student John Mavrothalassitis, who has autism and uses the Proloquo2go iPad tablet computer application to communicate, is less frustrated and has made improvements in his own speech since using the device, his mother says. Researchers in Australia have been prompted by a growing body of similarly promising anecdotal evidence to study the use of iPads for students with autism. “If they can get their emotions and anxieties regulated, they’re less likely to have behaviours that are of concern in the classroom,” said Debra Costley of Autism Spectrum Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (02 Apr.)

Back to the regular Google News alert for mobile learning.

Qualcomm, Microsoft spearhead mobile education project in Singapore
Eetasia.com (subscription)
Qualcomm Inc., through its Wireless Reach initiative, is working with Microsoft Corp. and Singapore’s Nan Chiau Primary School to launch the WE Learn mobile education project. The project uses 3G smartphones to create a 21st century classroom …
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The history of distance learning [Infographic]
ZDNet (blog)
By Charlie Osborne | April 1, 2012, 6:30am PDT The world of snail-mail, shorthand typing and correspondence courses is a far cry from today’s range of certified online courses, Skype language lessons and mobile app-based education. Distance learning …
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Imagine Cup Qatar finalists announced
Gulf Times
Visual impairment and the availability of Arabic mobile learning tools and interactive education tools are some of the issues addressed in the projects short-listed for this year’s competition. Now in its 10th year, the Imagine Cup, in partnership with …
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Washington area business events for the week of April 2
Washington Post
… Washington, DC Sponsor: RAFFA Learning Community. Cost: Free. Web site: learningcommunity.raffa.com/ Pages/default.aspx. FOSE 2012. A government information technology exhibition, with a focus on cybersecurity, cloud computing, mobile technology, …
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Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work?
MindShift (blog)
Harvard professor Chris Dede has been working in the field of education technology for decades, and is astonished at how quickly mobile devices are penetrating in schools. “I’ve never seen technology moving faster than mobile learning,” said Dede, …
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T-Mobile Gets Behind Efforts to Teach Students with Mobile
Wireless Week
By Monica Alleven Friday, March 30, 2012 The FCC and US Department of Education are encouraging the country to move to interactive digital learning within the next five years, and T-Mobile USA is right there with them. The carrier was among those …
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Nan Chiau Primary School, Qualcomm and Microsoft Collaborate to Build 21st …
Wireless Developer Network (press release)
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless ReachTM initiative, Nan Chiau Primary School and Microsoft has announced the launch of the WE Learn mobile education project, which uses 3G smartphones to create a 21st century classroom …
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DOD Launches App Contest To Promote Math, Science
WHNT
The Defense Department has announced a new challenge to develop mobile applications that promote STEM – short for science, technology, engineering and math learning. The contest kicks off April 2, 2012 and runs until June 4, 2012.
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Sharp to provide learning device with McAfee Mobile security
Computer Business Review
McAfee Japan president Jean-Claude Broido said the company has already worked with Sharp in the past to provide McAfee Mobile Security to users of the Sharp GALAPAGOS tablet. “By providing our mobile security protection pre-installed on a learning …
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The Learning Edge Launches New App for SAT® Prep
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
He is the author of several test preparation books: McGraw Hill’s SAT McGraw Hill’s PSAT McGraw Hill’s 12 SAT Practice tests 5 Steps to a 5 AP Biology In addition, he has created other mobile learning tools for the SAT: SATLadder (an iOS application …
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CMOM Wins Statewide Museum Excellence Award
Memphis Daily News (blog)
The Children’s Museum of Memphis has won the 2012 Award of Excellence from the Tennessee Association of Museums for its educational programming in the Safety House Mobile Learning Lab. The award is given for an outstanding accomplishment by an …
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Mobile at the Speed of Might – Summit Speakers Announced
Wireless Developer Network (press release)
Now it’s time to learn what’s real in the world of Mobile retailing. Join in the one Summit that focuses exclusively on retail and will bring you the case studies, strategies, challenges and pain points, a view into emerging sectors and the senior …
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DOD Launches Mobile App Development Challenge
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
The Defense Department announced the launch of a challenge to develop innovative mobile applications that provide science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning tools. The contest, which will run from April 2, 2012, to June 4, 2012, …
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No Longer Just For Fortune 500 Executive Learning Centers, but Now Free For …
Albany Times Union
Schools and Universities will now have this mobile app capability for free from Zwoor.com. From School and Universities to Fortune 1000 Corporate Boards, Zwoor Event and Zwoor Survey mobile apps meet the various needs for handling learning needs.
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GSMA Reveals How Mobile is Set to Transform Education Worldwide, With the …
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The GSMA today announced that mobile has the potential to dramatically change the way education is delivered, enhancing learning for over a billion people around the world. ‘Transforming learning through …
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GSMA dangles $US70b mobile education ‘carrot’
iTWire
Global mobile network operator organisation GSMA has released a report compiled with McKinsey & Co that says education services delivered to mobile devices could earn mobile network operators $US70b by 2020 and revolutionise learning for more than a …
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NATO Release Their First Serious Game on Google’s Play Marketplace
MarketWatch (press release)
The game, originally conceptualised by Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) and subsequently redeveloped for mobile devices by their partners, Caspian Learning, is one of the first of its kind to achieve such [potential] widescale and accessible …
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Education Goes Mobile
Connected World Magazine
Mobile connected devices are transforming the way we live and work. But could they also change the way we learn? New research shows the opportunity for mEducation (mobile education) is growing, and it could also have a big impact on students’ learning.
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How EdTech Will Change March Madness in 2013
Inside Higher Ed (blog)
Players Interacting with Courses on Mobile Devices: What would get every provost and president more excited about mobile learning than seeing a whole bunch of student-athletes interacting with course materials on iPhones, iPads and Android devices?
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Cloud Technology, Portable Computing and a Challenging Economy Make Distance …
Albany Times Union
Researchers are claiming that cloud technology, mobile devices like smart phones and iPads, and growing acceptance by university faculty members have made 2012 a breakout year for distance learning. 2012, they say, will see unprecedented numbers of …
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UPI NewsTrack Science and Technology News
UPI.com
Mobile app slammed as ‘stalking’ pulled … Weed killer causes animal shape changes … Early solar system made organic particles … Adults not using the Internet for learning … Science and Technology news from UPI. SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 (UPI) …
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Tablets, smart phones bolster classroom learning
Greenville News
McKissick is one of six Title 1 elementary schools in the School District of Pickens County that use mobile devices such as iPads, Kindles or Nooks. “I just think it’s important that we give them every opportunity to practice what we’re teaching and …
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LCPS students bring home top prizes from state science fair
Las Cruces Sun-News
Third Place: Jake R. Boykin, Zia Middle School — Honorable Mention: Hiba R. Muhyi, Sierra Middle School — Animated Learning Tool-Mobile Device to Enhance Math Abilities of General & Deaf Students, Phase III. Third Place: Jonah J. Ng, Sierra Middle …
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Singapore school introduces mobile learning experience
FutureGov Magazine
Under the WE learn mobile education project, which uses 3G smartphones to create seamless classroom experience, some 350 third-grade pupils and teachers will experience the latest wireless technology that will ease a student-centric model of learning …
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TRUSTe Launches First-of-Its-Kind Mobile Ad Privacy Tool
Adweek
The idea behind the new product—called TRUSTed Mobile Ads—is to provide consumers a unified way of learning that they are being tracked on the mobile Web and via mobile apps, and an opportunity to opt-out of mobile advertising and data collection.
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JetBlue’s website is fastest of travel sites, survey finds
USA TODAY
“What organizations are learning is that the performance of mobile devices is critical to their revenue,” says Eric Schurr, a senior vice president at Compuware. Although mobile technology is newer than personal computers, people expect more of mobile …
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Bomgar Helps La Salle University Streamline IT Support for Expanding University
MarketWatch (press release)
JACKSON, Miss., Apr 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Bomgar, the secure remote support solution for the mobile enterprise, today announced that La Salle University centralized their IT help desk efforts and processes with Bomgar’s secure remote support …
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CallidusCloud Announces C3 Agenda, Featuring Over 70 Sales Effectiveness …
MarketWatch (press release)
This is the largest Sales Performance event of the year, with more than 70 sessions by the industry’s top thought leaders and practitioners providing deep insight into cloud and social sales performance management, mobile sales coaching and learning, …
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Genpact Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Provide Learning Design and Development …
Sacramento Bee
… interfaces such as e-learning, video-based learning, instructor-led training, eTools, workshops and webinars, game-based learning, website development, training content for multi-platform mobile devices, job aids, training guides, and user manuals.
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How mEducation Will Revolutionize Teaching
Communications Technology
In a newly released report, the GSMA points out that mobile has the potential to change dramatically the way education is delivered, thus enhancing learning for more than a billion people around the world. Transforming Learning Through mEducation …
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Mobile lab brings the farm to Martin Elementary students
Lancaster Newspapers
Thanks to the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab, every student is learning about farms, food and the environment. Funded by the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, a division of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau …
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Mountain Meadows students learn about growing healthy plants
Ventura County Star
As part of a tour of California, a plant nutrient classroom on wheels called a Seed Survivor Mobile visited to give an interactive learning experience to the elementary school students. The goal is to give students a new understanding that plants need …
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Asian Mobile Chips Consortium Crumbles As Qualcomm Chases Chinese Growth
Forbes
Qualcomm, on the other hand, is learning to negotiate its way along as a number of competitors such as Nvidia, Intel and Broadcom have emerged to challenge its dominance in the mobile space. As if its hands were not already full, a number of Asian …
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Leading with video delivery – leading with flexible learning
The Guardian
New high quality video delivery to any form of internet connected device reflects the increasing use of mobile learning and is recognised as being key to meeting the needs and opportunities of London’s learners. With an ever increasing range of content …
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CodeBaby extends characters’ reach to mobile devices
Colorado Springs Gazette
CodeBaby, the Colorado Springs-based developer of digital characters for sales, electronic learning and customer service, has begun a pilot program with a health care company it declined to identify to use the three-dimensional characters on …
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Pre-K could help raise graduation rates
WALA-TV FOX10
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – It’s a very busy time inside the Pre-K classroom at Meadowlake Elementary School. Students are hard at work learning their letters, shapes, colors and much more. Statistics show that Pre-K is a good start to increase the high …
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Mobile can dramatically change the way education is delivered- GSMA
TelecomTiger
The GSMA on Tuesday said that mobile can transform the education sector in a big way. It said that it has the potential to dramatically change the way education is delivered, enhancing learning for over a billion people around the world.
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nanoRep Brings Instant Answers to Mobile Devices; Launches Optimized Customer …
MarketWatch (press release)
Mobile functionality broadens nanoRep’s already robust multi-channel support, which includes email, live chats and support widgets for websites and Facebook pages. Seeded with a company’s FAQ, nanoRep’s self-learning knowledge base automatically builds …
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Next the Google Blog alert for mobile learning.

Introducing a new Podcast: This Week in #mLearning [Episode 1 …
By RJ Jacquez
I’m am extremely excited to introduce a brand new weekly Podcast entitled ‘This Week in Mobile Learning” with my friend and co-host Robert Gaad. Each week Robert and I will discuss various …
The Mobile Learning Revolution Blog

Finally, the Google Web alert for mobile learning.

mobile learning | Acteva Blog
The same is true with mobile learning at this point of time. Whether it’s on an e- reader, a tablet, or a cell phone, “learning on the move” has become the latest …
www.actevablog.com/tag/mobile-learning-2/

Kineo Shares Mobile Learning Delivery Insights with Free Guide …
Kineo, leaders in e-learning services, answer the how should we…? questions around implementing mobile learning in your business with a comprehensive …
www.kineo.com/…/kineo-shares-mobile-learning-delivery-insi…

Mobile Learning | MindShift
“I’ve never seen technology moving faster than mobile learning,” said Dede, who teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. That’s not necessarily …
blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/tag/mobile-learning/

Challenges for Mobile Learning in Security and Defense …
Presentation held at the Learning in Context Workshop, 26.03.2012 in Brussel.
www.slideshare.net/…/challenges-for-mobile-learning-in-secur…

E-merging Forum – Session: “Mobile learning in English Language …
“Mobile learning in English Language Classroom” by Malahat Veliyeva Aims of the presentation were to familiarize the audience with the idea of mobile learning …
www.teachingenglish.org.uk/…/e-merging-forum-session-mob…

JOB OPENING: Mobile Learning Center Coordinator | Skillpoint …
Under the supervision of the CTTC Director, the Mobile Learning Center Coordinator will Coordinate and facilitate use of Skillpoint Alliance’s mobile learning …
www.skillpointalliance.org/node/593

Another thing about mobile learning « The Spicy Learning Blog
This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 at 17:11 and tagged with byod, byot, cell phone, ipad, mobile learning, royan lee, technology and …
spicylearning.wordpress.com/…/another-thing-about-mobile-le…

Mobile Learning and What Platform? « RWD Performance Matters …
But, the point is that mobile devices are here to stay, even if organizations are not sure how to harness their power. Given that premise, what can learning …
blog.rwd.com/2012/03/mobile-learning-and-what-platform/

Kineo Shares Mobile Learning Delivery Insights – Training Press …
Mobile learning in corporates has moved from a ‘should we?’ discussion to ‘how should we?’ There’s a lot to ask – what is the technical approach.
www.trainingpressreleases.com/…/kineo-shares-mobile-learnin…

Mobile learning in context – challenges to innovation | CELSTEC
While talking about the implementation of mobile learning in teaching and learning, his real message was about the more general challenges and barriers to …
celstec.org/…/mobile-learning-context-challenges-innovation

Learning Analytics in Mobile Learning
Presented at the ‘learning in context’ workshop on 26 March 2012 in Brussels.
www.slideshare.net/erik…/learning-analytics-in-mobile-learnin…

Brainstorm in Progress: Mobile Learning by Default
Motorola MILESTONE smartphone displaying Wikipedia home page (Photo credit: Wikipedia)When I first started reading about mobile learning platforms, there …
cain.blogspot.com/2012/03/mobile-learning-by-default.html

History Master’s Program to Implement Mobile Learning – UPDATE
As part of the Boise State University Mobile Learning Initiative, the MAHR program will be supported over two years to make and assess transformative and …
news.boisestate.edu/…/master-of-applied-historical-research-pr…

iNACOL Announces April 19 “Teacher Talk” Webinar: “Jumpstart …
The webinar will present how teachers are enhancing learning through mobile devices. Mobile learning case studies and instructional design considerations will …
www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/…/DC77458

Mobile Learning by April Pierson on Prezi Mobile Technology Loaner Program Innovation Fund Think Mobile Mobile Learning … prezi.com/tiwuzsxwc132/mobile-learning/

Mobile Learning Tony Vincent Felix Jacomino 04/04 by Techchef4u …
Educators & App Enthusiasts Lisa Johnson & Yolanda Barker will be joined by Mobile Learning Guru Tony Vincent and Director of Technology and 1:1 iPad …
www.blogtalkradio.com/…/mobile-learning-tony-vincent-felix…

Lecture Capture Creates Powerful Possibilities for Mobile Learning …
Our ability to access and benefit from learning content is evolving before our eyes as lecture capture technology blows the doors wide open on the possibilities.
www.emergingedtech.com/…/lecture-capture-creates-powerful…