Mobile Learning On The Interwebs

Beginning with the ASCD SmartBrief.

Survey: Mobile technology use highest among school administrators
Educators are more likely to use mobile technology than non-educators, while district and school administrators are more likely to use mobile devices than other educators, according to the 2011 Speak Up survey on technology. The survey also found that district administrators who use mobile technology are twice as likely to let students and teachers use their own technology devices at school. Education Week (premium article access compliments of EdWeek.org) (6/6)

Also the SmartBrief for EdTech.

How to determine if mobile learning will aid instruction
Despite its popularity, mobile learning may not suitable for all environments, according to the writer of this article. To help decision-makers determine whether to implement mobile learning, the writer first defines how the strategy differs from a traditional learning model. Then, she offers tips for how to choose a delivery method and provide the necessary resources. Chief Learning Officer online (6/4)

Ariz. district considers mobile app for menu, nutrition info
The food and nutrition supervisor for an Arizona school district has proposed that the district partner with a company to develop a mobile application that would give users access to school menus and nutrition information. Wes Delbridge of the Chandler Unified School District said the app would also offer details about gluten-free diets and provide students with access to their meal accounts. KPNX-TV (Phoenix) (6/1)

Program makes e-books available to K-12 schools
A new online service will allow K-12 schools to provide students with unlimited access to more than 3,000 e-books and educational resources beginning this fall. The Brain Hive e-book collection of fiction and nonfiction titles from a variety of educational publishers can be read using desktop computers, laptops or mobile devices. Students and teachers will be able to search the collection by subject and school grade using their school library’s catalog system. T.H.E. Journal (6/5)

N.J. sues maker of educational app
The maker of an educational iPhone application targeting youth has been sued by officials in New Jersey over claims that the company solicited and distributed personal information about children. Under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, parents must give permission before information is collected from children younger than 13. The Wall Street Journal/Digits blog (6/6)

Back to the regular Google News alert for mobile learning.

Free Math Apps for the Month of June
Houston Chronicle
In recent months they have announced to their game developers to shift their focus from creating online math games to making math games and learning tools for mobile devices. Over the past 2 years, Hooda Math has released a mix of learning tools and …
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How to Make Videos for YouTube Mobile
Search Engine Watch
by Greg Jarboe, June 4, 2012 Comments YouTube Mobile gets more than 600 million views a day, making m.youtube.com the #2 video-viewing website in the world – right after YouTube itself. So, a lot of marketers are interested in learning how to make …
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Tata Interactive Systems Launches Enterprise Focused M-Learning Solution LearNow
MediaNama.com
By Apurva Chaudhary on Jun 4th, 2012 | Post a Comment Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), which offers E-learning services and solutions, has developed LearNow, a mobile learning ecosystem for enterprises. LearNow offers learning solutions for employees …
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Mobile Botanical Gardens, Mobile Museum of Art offer Nature/Art Blast camp
al.com
“Partnering with Mobile Museum of Art seemed like an obvious extension of the sensory experience and a way to further connect children with the beauty and natural variation in shapes, designs and colors in the world around them while learning different …
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Mobile devices play key role for tomorrow’s educators
China.org.cn
How, for example, does technology affect the way we learn through various methods of communication? While more research is needed, especially from lesser-developed countries, I firmly believe that the implementation of new mobile technologies will …
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Up close and personal
Marshfield Mail
Karin Kautz and Stacy Heydt with The Mobile Learning Network paid a visit Friday, May 11, to the Marshfield Child Development Center, bringing their “Pacamobile” with them to teach the children about alpacas. An online service is needed to view this …
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NFB-NEWSLINE(R) Announces Availability of iPhone Application
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), said: “NFB-NEWSLINE(R) has made another groundbreaking advance with NFB-NEWSLINE(R) Mobile. It is easy to learn, simple to use, powerful, and practical for today’s mobile …
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Smartphone application empowers patients with content tailored to their needs
Computerworld
OhioHealth recognized that physicians needed a better way to convey information and reinforce important medical advice and instructions and saw mobile phones as a tool to do just that. Working with vendors, OhioHealth developed a mobile application …
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Learning center helping patients
Branson Tri-Lakes news
By Sara Karnes Branson Tri-Lakes News Intern | 0 comments Zimmer Mobile Learning Center visited Skaggs Regional Medical Center last week, demonstrating to the community and hospital staff certain advancements the medical field has made.
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AVU and iHub Research partner for mobile learning research
Bizcommunity.com
African Virtual University (AVU) and the iHub Research yesterday, 4 June 2012, signed an agreement to strengthen research on mobile learning in Africa. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Dr. Bakary Diallo, rector of AVU and Jessica …
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NCTAF TLINC® Project Provides Support for edWeb.net Mobile App to Help …
MarketWatch (press release)
PRINCETON, NJ, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — edWeb.net, a professional social and learning network for the education community, has announced the release of a mobile app that makes it easier for educators who are members of edWeb to keep up …
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Column: Mobile Apps certificate another advance in learning
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
The Mobile Application Development Advanced Technical Certificate is one example of cutting-edge curriculum designed to meet evolving technology needs in business and industry. This certificate, approved in April and starting this fall, allows anyone …
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Almeda University: Mobile Technology Radicalizing the Nature of Education
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JUAN, PR, Jun 05, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — A recent article from US News discusses how the developments in mobile technology are prompting changes in the way people learn about medicine. As leading universities change their programs to offer …
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Mobile innovations for persons with disabilities require increased spectrum
The Hill (blog)
By Axel Leblois, executive director, G3ict, – 06/05/12 04:11 PM ET Technology has transformed many aspects of modern life, including how many people communicate, learn, work, and play. From distance learning to telecommuting, technology affords people …
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viaLanguage Announces VIA – A New Brand and Expanded Services Line
Exec Digital (press release)
Portland, OR, June 05, 2012 –(PR.com)– Today, viaLanguage announced the launch of VIA, the umbrella brand that will encompass VIA Language’s translation and localization services, community insights and VIA Learning, online and mobile learning.
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Learning to avoid cyberbullies
Sydney Morning Herald
Jarrod Marrinon, one of the class presenters, explained that the classes cover cyberbullying, sexting (sending a sexually explicit message by mobile phone), risks involved in using social media sites and online scams. Mr Marrinon, 23, also introduced …
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Radiology Residents Might Benefit From Tablet Devices
Doctors Lounge
Residents in radiology programs believe that they would likely spend more time learning radiology if tablet devices and mobile electronic resources were incorporated into their radiology education, according to research published in the June issue of …
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Brainshark Integrates with Blackboard Learn for Sales for Rapid Content Creation
MarketWatch (press release)
WALTHAM, Mass., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Brainshark, Inc., the leader in online and mobile video presentations, today announced that it has been selected as the exclusive rapid content creation solution for use with Blackboard Learn(TM) …
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YogiPlay Appoints Learning Veteran Dr. Jim Gray As Chief Learning Officer
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Gray to lead the company’s educational quality evaluation program for all YogiPlay-boosted apps MENLO PARK, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Today, YogiPlay, the first personalized mobile learning recommendation engine designed …
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Whitepaper on Mobile Learning Released by eNyota Learning
PR.com (press release)
eNyota Learning Pvt. Ltd. has released a whitepaper on Mobile Learning. The whitepaper attempts to answer the peripheral questions that go into making a correct Mobile Learning strategy. Readers can also view live samples of mLearning courses.
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Upside Learning to Revisit mLearnCon; Promises a Wide Range of mLearning Solutions
PRWire
Upside Learning will be participating in mLearnCon, an annual mobile learning conference and exposition, 2nd time in a row. The event will be held from 19th to 21st June 2012, in San Jose, USA. After a successful participation at mLearnCon 2011, …
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Apple’s iPhone-driven mobile future, IPv6, and you
Computerworld (blog)
[ABOVE: Now available at Apple's retail outlets, the Nest Learning Thermostat is an example of the kind of connected devices which will drive future IPv6 adoption.] In very simple terms, the Internet relies on IP addresses to find every computer, …
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Skillsoft’s New Personal Productivity Improvement Series Helps Professionals …
MarketWatch (press release)
To further foster personal productivity and any time anywhere learning, many of these elements can be accessed through mobile devices. The Personal Productivity Improvement series builds on Skillsoft’s history as a pioneer in the field of learning, …
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Social Network for K-12 Educators Goes Mobile
T.H.E. Journal
One of the drivers behind this new mobile-enabled site was the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF). For the past year, NCTAF has been using edWeb as part of its Teachers Learning in Networked Communities (TLINC) program.
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SuccessFactors Launches New Social Collaboration and Mobile Tools to Engage …
MarketWatch (press release)
New Social and Mobile Learning Functionality includes a catalog search for both formal and informal/social content, courses and communities; functionality to automatically add a social community to a formal course; and a mobile on-the-job check list to …
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Mobile Application Development Intern
concentratemedia
Help launch the Dangos Me Application while learning skills related to the design, testing, and release of mobile applications. We are looking for a bright, skilled intern to work with our team to plan, design, and test applications on both iOS and …
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Cool Schools: Mobile Learning Lab
W*USA 9
WASHINGTON (WUSA) — The Mobile Learning Lab rolled up outside the station Thursday morning for a special live edition of Cool Schools. Two soon-to be-graduates Emmanuel Mbah and Charles Gaines talked about the Mobile Learning Lab, also nicknamed The …
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AVU and iHub Research sign MoU to enhance research on mobile learning
AfricanBrains
African Virtual University and the iHub Research have today June 4 th , 2012 signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen research on mobile learning in Africa. The MoU was signed by Dr. Bakary Diallo, the Rector of the AVU and Ms. Jessica Colaco …
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SuccessFactors Debuts Mobile, Social Features for Business
Destination CRM
The cloud-based provider of human resources solutions, like team execution, employee performance, business alignment, and learning management applications, was acquired by SAP this winter for $3.4 billion. SAP’s recent acquisition of Ariba for $4.3 …
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Mobile teachers help dropouts finish school
Inquirer.net
By Patricia Andrea Pateña This was the challenge raised by Roy Guarin, division coordinator of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Cebu City. He, along with other mobile teachers, have been providing education to out-of-school individuals in Cebu …
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Voxy’s Paul Gollash Makes Language Learning Social, Local, And Mobile
Fast Company
But you can’t travel to a foreign country whenever you want to learn a new language. That’s why Gollash started Voxy, a suite of mobile and browser applications designed to teach English to Spanish and Portuguese speakers through experience, …
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Etisalat, university deploy education solution
Trade Arabia
Etisalat, in partnership with UAE University (UAEU), has successfully deployed its transformational m-education solution, Blackboard Mobile Learn for the university’s Al Ain campus, an official said. Blackboard Mobile Learn will enable over 13000 …
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Atlas Knowledge Centre heralds major boost to learning for oil and gas industry
OilVoice (press release)
Being deployed via the cloud, The Knowledge Centre is a truly mobile learning platform, accessible anytime and anywhere across a wide variety of media devices, from laptops to mobile phones. Atlas, which has its headquarters in Aberdeen in the United …
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Tech-leading Principals
T.H.E. Journal
Every initiative that’s been implemented since Hilt took the reins, from the creation of a districtwide elementary technology cohort group to the acquisition of mobile learning carts, has been geared toward the goal of creating an environment where …
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Additional mobile library services for Christchurch
Voxy
… with Christchurch City Libraries receiving two new mobile library vans which should be operating by October this year. The vans, which provide a portable social, recreational and learning space, will help fill the gap left in library services after …
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Online learning ‘could be supported by mobile tools’
Virtual College
The future of e-learning will be seen in mobile platforms, a specialist has predicted. Writing for CampusTechnology.com, education consultant and Daymar Colleges Group executive director of executive programmes and faculty Ruth Reynard pointed out …
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Hong Kong university shells out HK$9 million for e-learning
FutureGov Magazine
By Gosia Klimowicz | 8 June 2012 The University’s Discovery-enriched Curriculum (DEC) is a new initiative to to move the entire University towards a new era of mobile-learning that provides “always on” learning – learning anytime anywhere.
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Mobile Learning: New Web App “Learning Siphonic Roof Drainage”
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
OBERWESER, GERMANY, June 08, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — Never before has it been so easy to learn on the go. Whether on the train, at the beach, at work, at school or anywhere else at any time students, architects, planners or engineers can train …
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How Facebook is redefining mobile app discovery
Inside Facebook
App Center’s “send to mobile” button is an efficient way to get users to download a mobile app after learning about it on a desktop, and Sponsored Stories offer unparalleled targeting options for advertising on mobile devices.
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Sign up for summer fun on stage at Mobile’s Playhouse in the Park, others
al.com
(Courtesy of Chris Paragone) MOBILE, Alabama — Playhouse in the Park, 4851 Museum Drive in Langan Park, has a summer full of fun and learning opportunities for area youth. “The Frog Prince,” a 45-minute Muppet-style puppet show, is scheduled for June …
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The Marion Star
Marion Star
MARION – Laptops, tablets, smartphones and other electronic devices could be among learning tools that students take to school in the future. The initiative is called “Bring Your Own Device” or “BYOD.” Students are permitted to bring their own mobile …
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VivaCell-MTS supports the youth distance learning opportunities in the most …
Panorama.am
VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of “Mobile TeleSystems” OJSC, gladly announces providing students willing to obtain new skills and qualifications with modern tools of learning. The videoconference hall and the smart board provided by the Company to the …
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New mobile tech gives over 13000 students access to vital info on-the-go
Gulf Today
By a staff reporter ABU DHABI: Etisalat, in partnership with UAE University (UAEU), has successfully deployed its transformational m-education solution, Blackboard Mobile(tm) Learn, for over 13000 students of the UAE University, Al Ain Campus.
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Yogiplay Appoints Dr. Jim Gray as Chief Learning Office
prMac (press release)
[prMac.com] Menlo Park, California – YogiPlay the first personalized mobile learning recommendation engine designed specifically for children announced the strategic appointment of Dr. Jim Gray, as the company’s Chief Learning Officer.
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SquareCrumbs Helps Teachers Conduct Outdoor Learning Trails with Students
Tech in Asia
In short, SquareCrubs is a mobile HTML 5 app which facilitates outdoor learning between teachers and their students. The mobile learning trail app, in essence, aims to provide an interactive learning experience for students, allowing both parties to …
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Next the Google Blog alert for mobile learning.

New Mobile Learning Research | Upside Learning Blog
By Amit Garg
ASTD last week released its new research report, titled ‘Mobile Learning – Delivering Learning in a Connected World’, which we are very pleased to have.
Upside Learning Blog

Finally, the Google Web alert for mobile learning.

Mobile Learning I: Sent from someone else’s iPad | Pop Theory
‘Mobile learning’ is a strong emphasis in distance education at the moment, certainly at the OU. I already have an iPhone – an important stimulus to starting this …
clivebarnett.wordpress.com/…/mobile-learning-i-sent-from-so…

Mobile Learning and The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture …
I have jumped onto the Flipped Classroom craze to take the opportunity to propose and discuss …
usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/…/mobile-learning-an…

UNESCO leads discussion on mobile learning at WSIS Forum …
The session focused on the opportunities and challenges that mobile and e- learning have brought to the conventional education system and the learners of …
www.unesco.org/…/unesco_leads_discussion_on_mobile_lear…

Mobile Learning – Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Take part in the interesting and unique science experiments presented by Education staff as they roam through the Museum with mobile learning activities.
boonshoftmuseum.org/programs…/daily…/-/mobile-learning

Mobile Learning at New Canaan High School – YouTube
These are just a handful of the pictures we took during 15 minutes of a typical day’s lunch at …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7JV62OwBI

4Reasons to Consider Mobile Learning – GP Strategies Corporation
The portability of mobile devices, in tandem with their integration into everyday life, can make mobile learning a useful addition to a company’s learning strategy.
www.gpstrategies.com/industryNews/default.aspx?artID…

Is Mobile Learning Right for You? – Chief Learning Officer, Solutions …
Mobile is one of the hottest trends in learning today, but deciding whether it’s right … Many questions need to be asked before committing to mobile learning: Is it …
clomedia.com/articles/view/5147/

- Teaching In the Age of Mobile Learning Devices
The Resource for Education Technology Leaders focusing on K-12 educators. Site contains a Software Reviews Database, articles from Technology & Learning …
www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId…

Mobile learning | Garden City Telegram
Mobile learning. Published 6/5/2012 in Local News. Brad Nading/Telegram Graciela Herrada, 10, sits on the floor of the bus and skims through a book to see if …
www.gctelegram.com/news/BooksonBus-6-5-12

Mobile Learning Revolution | Classroom Aid
Today there are over 5.9 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide, and for every one person who accesses the internet from a computer two do so from a …
classroom-aid.com/2012/06/05/mobile-learning-revolution/

Mobile Learning – Blogs – World Bank
Mobile Learning … In Depth Blog Thumbnail Development Impact Join the discussion and learn about the latest research on impact evaluation. Read More » …
blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/mobile-learning

Cool Schools: Mobile Learning Lab | wusa9.com
WASHINGTON (WUSA) — The Mobile Learning Lab rolled up outside the station Thursday morning for a special live edition of Cool Schools. Two soon-to …
www.wusa9.com/news/…/Cool-Schools-Mobile-Learning-Lab

Worthy Reads: Mobile Learning, Flipped Lessons, New Media …
Fast Company magazine recently featured this article, from design studio Frog’s Fabio Sergio …
dmlcentral.net/…/worthy-reads-mobile-learning-flipped-lesson…

Mobile Learning – Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Transit of Venus Observing will not be available at the Museum, as there will not be a clear line of sight from our low vantage point. Generally, the best viewing …
boonshoftmuseum.org/programs…/daily…/-/mobile-learning

ADL Mobile Learning Newsletter #100 – 4 June 2012
Welcome to the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) weekly …
research.adlnet.gov/newsletter/mobile/06042012.htm

- Goin’ Mobile Learning
The report, “Mobile Learning: Delivering Learning in a Connected World,” was conducted earlier this year, when ASTD and the Institute for Corporate …
www.trainingindustry.com/blog/…/goin-mobile-learning.aspx