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James Clay
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« on: November 26, 2008, 10:24:29 AM »

BBC reports on the fast growth of mobile internet usage.

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Mobile internet use is growing while the number of people going online via a PC is slowing, analyst firm Nielsen Online has found.

Some 7.3m people accessed the net via their mobile phones, during the second and third quarters of 2008.

This is an increase of 25% compared to a growth of just 3% for the PC-based net audience - now more than 35m.

One thing which the survey also found was:

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It also found that the mobile net audience was younger and searched for different things.

What this demonstrates is that our learners will be (or already are) using mobile devices to search for things on the internet.

Our learners will also as a result be more likely to utilise their mobile devices to access college web services, so we should ensure that ours are accessible from a mobile device.

Originally posted to: http://elearningstuff.wordpress.com/2008/11/25/mobile-internet-usage-on-the-rise/
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2008, 09:31:14 AM »

Well caught James and also well interpreted. I've just returned from speaking at the GoMobile Expo in Malaysia where it's clear that mobile broadband / Internet has taken the lead over wired practically before wired even past go.

For me this demonstrates that access whether it be for social, entertainment or learning is by nature a personal (sometimes shared), mobile experience often requiring a personal device/communicator. As you've said this indicates a future where citizens will expect to have skills associated with finding, using and engaging with information on the move. As oft said this seems at odds with the current thinking on UK home access which still geared around 20th century shared laptop running "office" applications in the home.

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