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Handheld Learning
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Learning with mobile or ubiquitous technologies
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Game Changer: Is it iPad?
The Apple iPad ushers in a new era of computing that leaves the world of offices behind, a profound paradigm shift that is difficult to appreciate until one has had the opportunity to live, play, work and learn with one. Graham Brown-Martin, founder of Learning Without Frontiers, explains why he thinks this is the most exciting development since the original Mac and why the education sector should take note.
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A Tale of Greed & Ignorance
Once upon a time there was a poor farmer who toiled night and day tending for his crops and animals.
He worked so hard that his knees were worn and his back was crooked.
He decided to ask his wife to help him around the farm.
'How can I possibly help you?' replied his wife. 'We have five young children to look after and I am busy enough already!'
He returned to his work tired and miserable.
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Should a 4-year-old have an iPhone?
For our twenty-first century kids, technology is their birthright
When I recently upgraded my iPhone 3G to the 3Gs (after almost 1 year, so I got the discount) I had to decide what to do with the old one. My 4-year-old son was clamoring for it, and I said OK. But then I thought about it. It’s a pretty expensive, complex, breakable, adult device. Should a 4-year-old really have an iPhone?
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The End of the mLearning Revolution
Teacher and learning consultant, Chris Nash, takes a long cold look at how the mLearning revolution failed to deliver on its promise of personalised anytime, anywhere learning. Instead, he suggests, it has become subsumed into delivering the same drill and kill techniques of other technology based learning or ironically, mobile learning in a classroom .
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Is the 21st Century here yet?
They say you should never make predictions, especially about the future so it didn’t come as a surprise that our request to a group of thought leaders to make predictions for 2009 was met with a little reticence. But after some cajoling and reassurance that it was only a bit of fun to start the year off they didn’t let us down. In fact there are some real eye openers not to mention disagreement.Our crystal ball gazers are Tim Pearson, John Davitt, Annika Small, Tony Vincent, Mike Sharples, Alice Taylor, Dr Mike Short, Chris Nash, Kyle Dickson, Mark van’t Hooft, Geoff Stead, Eileen Devonshire, Phil Hemmings, Ray Fleming, Geoff Stead, Adrian Hall, Mark Robinson and Martin Owen. The result is an interesting picture of what 2009 might have in store for us. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we have and will contribute your own via the comment link!
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