Archive for February, 2007
Mobile phones and the future of learning
The Horizon 2007 Report produced by Educause contains an interesting section on the use of mobile phones in learning and teaching. They estimate that adoption of the phones will take place within the next 2 to 3 years. Phones are becoming increasingly sophisticated in terms of their ability to store data, geolocation, web browse, IM [...]
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MySpace account for the university?
I’m of the opinion that in the long term the UH will have a virtual presence in the likes of Second Life together with distributed video (i.e. youTube). But what about a blog in MySpace?
Allegheny College (Pennsylvania) has already done this. The purpose is to attract and maintain a social network consisting of students, alumni [...]
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2007 Horizon Report on Future Elearning trends and adoption priorities
The 2007 Horizon Report (EDUCAUSE) has just been released. The report concentrates on specific areas: user-created content; social networking; mobile phones; virtual worlds; new scholarship and emerging forms of publication and massively multiplayer educational gaming. Consideration is also given to key trends, critical challenges and technologies to watch for. A great resource drawn from experts [...]
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