Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

Wow!
http://www.openmoko.com/product.html

The Neo Freerunner (GTA02) is an updated version of Openmoko's earlier Neo 1973. As with the Neo 1973, which shipped last Fall, the Freerunner is billed as a completely open, hackable hardware platform, meaning that users are free to install and run new operating system firmware, for example in order to add native Linux software applications of their own choosing.

Aslo take a look at:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9978560959.html

http://2gether08.com/

Students from South Thames College will be presenting their LIFEWISE project (featuring MoLeNET funded mobile technology) at the 2Gether08 Festival today.

Check the above link for more information!

 

Children in Japan are being encouraged to ditch their textbooks and get their Nintendos out instead.

A report from the ITN news channel:

http://itn.co.uk/news/f5ae451a0b1ba7e1c6ccf6ec6f37f7c9.html

Dear Stu,

Thank you very much for time taken to send me valuable information.

With many thanks,

Saku

Sticking wth Xandros as it "does what it says on the tin".

May change the OS at some point in order to lock it down, as if you know what you are doing it, it's a pretty open OS.

Some of our learners who have their own EeePC have installed Windows on there machines, in the main they said because they use Windows at college or at home.

James

Evernote is now in open beta! No more invitations required.

I have been using Evernote for a while now.


Now from a learning perspective this could have real potential for learner in keeping all their electronic notes in one place. They won’t need to worry about if they are learning at home, in college, at work, whilst mobile or wherever they are.

Now what I like about Evernote, is not only can you use it online from any web browser, they also have clients for OS X and Windows. If you have a Tablet PC you can even use your “Pen” to make notes too.

They also have a Windows Mobile client and one should also be available for the iPhone (and so the iPod touch) soon.

http://elearningstuff.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/evernote-an-online-note-keeping-system/

http://www.evernote.com/

Regards

James Clay | ILT & Learning Resources Manager
Gloucestershire College

Hi

For our interim report go to the SEGfL site

http://www.segfl.org.uk/microsites/view_page.php?id=469

Or if you would like to hear it from the other side, read Iona's forum comments

http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,58/topic,1376.0

There is also a series of articles written for ICTopus Sharing Good Practice entitled "Adventures with a Learning Platform" which include some information on how we've used the devices.

http://www.ictopus.org.uk/

Philip

I'd be interested to hear from anyone about students authoring materials of their own on the Nokia tablet - tell us what they can do and what it's limitations are, please.

Pocket slides has been at least as important on the Windows Mobile platform as Powerpoint on big Windows - but while the latter is easy to use the former is very clunky. It does though at least allow for multi-media materials to be created on their personal devices.

David

Well looks like I will have to spend a little more Linuxing up, but for now I will stick with Xandros as I am put my techie time into other areas.

As we've ventured into the political world of OS' I make the point that I think you also allude to - about locked away data. I almost feel like when reading the point you make about XML and linux that a light was switching on!!

I've never been anti-Microsoft. The proprietary model has some distinct advantages but it's seduction of users who end up locked into systems because of the over-the-top approach of making sure everything only works well with one system is locking the user out of the future development of the Web.

...and that is my problem with the proprietary model. The inability to truly value interoperability as a competitive advantage!

Hi Saku

You can read more about it all here

http://anywherelearning.blogspot.com/2008/02/hairdressing-training-goes-mobile.html

It essentially brings a mobile interface to those aspects of the desktop service that are suitable for mobile delivery.

I've presented on this quite a bit, so have a look at the videocast at
http://anywherelearning.blogspot.com/2008/05/delivering-mobile-learning-video.html

I hope that helps. Access could be arranged but not until the end of July, as we are moving the service to Federated Access.

If you want to know please let me know.

Cheers

Stu