Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

Reposted from my blog Ubiquitous Thoughts:

Phil Vahey (SRI International) and I co-edited a special issue of Educational Technology Magazine on highly mobile computing. I’m very happy with the way the issue came out, as it has a number of quality articles from well-known researchers in the field of mobile computing. The issue contains the following articles (note that I’ve posted three of the articles online, if you want the entire issue you’ll need to order it from the publisher. There is some rumor though that the entire issue may be posted online this summer. I’ll keep you posted on that one. In the meantime, enjoy!


Introduction to Special Issue
Mark van ‘t Hooft and Philip Vahey (link to article)

Educational Technology for the Mainstream: A call for Designing for Simplicity and Reliability
Cathleen Norris, Namsoo Shin, & Elliot Soloway

Highly Mobile Devices, Pedagogical Possibilities, and How Teaching Needs to Be Reconceptualized to Realize Them
Karen Swan, Annette Kratcoski, & Mark van ‘t Hooft (link to article)

Using Handhelds to Link Private Cognition and Public Interaction
Philip Vahey, Jeremy Roschelle, & Deborah Tatar

Teacher Uses of Highly Mobile Technologies: Probes and Podcasts
Robert Tinker, Paul Horwitz, Stephen Bannasch, Carolyn Staudt, & Tony Vincent
Classroom Connectivity: Increasing Participation and Understanding Inside the Classroom
Stephen Hegedus

What Happens to “Writing Across the Curriculum” with Handheld Devices?
Louise Yarnall, Sara Carriere, Tina Stanford, Carmen Manning, & Bob Melton

Can Handhelds Make a Difference? Lessons Learned from Large and Small Scale Implementations
Christine Tomasino, Kellie Doubek, &Meg Ormiston

Learning Bridges: A Role for Mobile Technologies in Education
Giasemi Vavoula, Mike Sharples, Peter Lonsdale, Paul Rudman, & Julia Meek

In and Beyond the Classroom: Making Informal Learning Truly Ubiquitous with Highly Mobile Devices
Yimei Lin

Handheld Computers in Education: An Industry Perspective
Mark van ’t Hooft and Philip Vahey (link to article)
(Graham is in this one!!  )

Blurring Lines with Mobile Learning Games
Eric Klopfer

Creating a Powerful Learning Environment with Networked Mobile Learning Devices
Valerie M. Crawford

Education’s Intertwingled Future
Judy Breck

It was worthwhile waiting all these weeks and I thank all those who made it possible that this issue of ETM is available online.

For our small scale project in Vienna-Austria it is very important to get new ideas and see what can be done, what has been evaluated, what was successful. So opportunities like this issue for free, Handheld Learning Conference and this forum are very precious ressources for our own development.

Looking forward to HLC2007, Petra