Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

If you havent signed up for this you should. Its online and still has places. Unlike handheld which is now full. At £68 a bargain for a really high quality conference line up.



Andy Blackhttp://www.online-conference.net/vle2006/introduction.htm

British Education Communicatios technology Agency's ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2006


Posted on behalf of colleagues at Becta .

Geoff Stead is doing a panel session as is Doug Brown of DfES.
 

Becta’s sixth annual Research Conference will take place at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham on Monday 6 November 2006.

 

The event will provide a platform for the educational ICT research community to share their work on e-strategy strands with policy makers and colleagues from education and industry, in order to continue ongoing dialogue and to promote evidence informed debate on future research.

 

The conference will:

 

Enable educational practitioners, policy makers and commercial companies to work in collaboration with researchers in setting a shared research agenda that will lead to a reduction in the level of segregated development and research – a key issue raised at the 2005 Research Conference.
Raise awareness of the importance of high quality independent research and the value that the DFES Technology Group has placed on research evidence.
Investigate how research will support implementation of the e-strategy
Discuss ways in which research informs policy decisions.
 

Attendance at the event is free of charge and delegates from the following audience groups are invited to attend:

 

Educational researchers
Strategic decision makers in schools and LAs
Commercial producers of ICT materials
Policy makers
 

The conference programme is available on the Events area of the Becta web site and delegates can book places at: www.becta.org.uk/events/researchconference

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Following on from the Research Conference, Becta will also be hosting a cross sector

e-strategy conference on Tuesday 7 November at the ICC Birmingham - Personalising Learning and Children’s Services – Harnessing Technology.  Attendance will be by invitation only to key decision makers and influencers across children’s services, schools, the learning and skills sector, Higher Education and industry.

Hi ALL

Please if your UK based respond to this survey on SMS.

nterestingly Ukerna are asking for responses to the following survey re
SMS in Education http://webdev.ukerna.ac.uk/smssurvey/html/main.php

please please respond more the better.

Andy

Hi all

just after handheld but you can participate from the comfort of your office or your handheld !! Geoff Minshull and is partner Judith Mole are working with on a great project involving a British Sign language glossary for ICT and on the web . But they also run online conferences . so yes its an unashamed plug but its a great programme.

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 Direct Learn is well known for running online conferences for people working in all sectors of education, from schools through to universities.
Online conferences, run over the internet, have some major advantages over face to face conferences. Not only are they more convenient and cheaper, but the quality of debate and level of participation is usually much higher than in a physical conference.

This latest conference focuses on the use of virtual learning environments (VLEs) and other types of learning platform in education. These are software tools which are used to deliver courses online, usually complementing conventional classroom work, and so providing a blended learning approach. A good VLE is more than just content delivery though - it also enhances communications between learners and staff, and provides tools to promote co-operative working. It changes the whole nature of the learning experience.

The conference has a very wide range of presenters, from higher and further education, adult and community learning, and schools. Key note presenters are Martin Dougiamas, creator of Moodle, and James Clay, Director of the Western Colleges Consortium.  Other sessions cover topics such as accessibility and VLEs, cultural change within organisations, implementing institutional VLEs, content creation tools, and much more. As well as workshop sessions, there are also various "Ask the Expert" sessions, with presenters from CETIS, Becta, adult and community learning, etc.

The conference presentations will be available to delegates from the 9th October, for reading and viewing; and the conference proceedings will be available for viewing for a month after the 19th, for people to catch up and reflect on the event.

Early bird registration is £55. For a full programme, and more information on booking, see:

http://www.online-conference.net/vle2006/introduction.htm

Contact:

Conference organiser: Geoff Minshull
Phone: 0161 408 3860
Email: geoffm@directlearn.co.uk
Skype: geoffm

ENDS

Geoff Minshull
Direct Learn Training


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Andy Black

Ok you have to register but worth a look.

Follow the link to my blog for link to this interesting programme.

 

See the background to the programme at the following posting on my blog

http://andysblackhole.blogspot.com/2006/05/mobile-computing-on-egov-tv.html

interestingly the NOMAD project http://www.projectnomad.org.uk/index.html raises its head again .

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20060502corp.htm

this is worth a read re intel plans
Does small for mean handheld ?? "Intel’s Discover the PC Initiative provides customized technology solutions that enable new types of PCs to meet the specific needs of the developing world. These include low-cost, fully featured, easy to use PCs for home and work; Community PCs customized for public access PC kiosks in rural areas; and low-cost PCs tailored to the needs of schools and educators. One design, codenamed “EduWise,” is a small-form-factor notebook PC designed specifically for student computing and the unique needs of teaching and interactive learning in the classroom."

Andy

The first link Now not handhelds but really small full blown pc's plug in a monitor and and keyboard

Two stories on Digg that might impact us at some time..
http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/the_smallest_pcs_in_the_world.html

tinyurl http://tinyurl.com/hx6vk

"The Space Cubed which is claimed to be the world's smallest personal computer. At the size of 2 x 2 x 2.2 inch, it has a 300 MHz processor and 64MB of SDRAM. Shown in the picture, it includes number of ports such as USB, Ethernet, flash memory. monitor port, serial connection and microphone. Pocket PC anyone?

The second a little lest tasteful.

Combined with urine powered batteries..
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/health/HealthRepublish_1438430.htm

 Tinyurl http://tinyurl.com/rklcq

 True portability..

This new publication by Becta may interest colleagues Geoff Stead of CTAD who contributes to this forum is one of the authors .


Emerging technologies in Education

Great work by authors below

Mobile technologies:
transforming the future of learning
Geoff Stead

The ambient web
Bill Sharpe

The future of human-computer interaction
Paul Anderson

Social networks
Leon Cych
Introduction Web 2.0

The broadband home
Michael Philpott

http://www.becta.org.uk/corporate/publications/publications_detail.cfm?show=latest&orderby=title_asc&letter=ALL&pubid=321

The Becta edition of technews is now out . Its got a load of stuff on wireless including 3g cards in laptops and the oragami ultramobile pc  project. TechNews is a technology news and analysis service aimed at anyone in the education sector keen to stay informed about technology developments, trends and issues. TechNews focuses on emerging technologies and other technology news.

Each issue contains news related to the following main subject areas:

1. Networking and wireless
2. Hardware
3. Multimedia
4. Software and internet

Each subject area has a news section and a more detailed analysis piece which highlights the potential impact and likely future direction of a particular technology.
you can download it from the link below.


http://www.becta.org.uk/research/research.cfm?section=1&id=3438


Enjoy

Andy

Well this looks worth a look go to kevins blog loads of links from there .

http://kevintwodotoh.com/2006/02/25/hardware/origami-video-the-real-deal.html

cool tool me thinks

Andy

Moodle is huge Thorn and getting bigger in the UK education sector also actually renders to handhelds quite nicely

There is a specific “theme” which can be applied to moodle to make it more easily viewed on a PDA.

Administration>configuration>themes>orange white PDA

andy

US web site news on education handhelds I got from ALT's December digest more good news on spreading use of handhelds.

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69806,00.html

Andy

FI

Going to be a cracking event

JISC Online Conference - Innovating e-Learning 2006: Transforming Learning Experiences

Advance notice of online conference of interest to practitioners, e-learning
coordinators and managers in further and higher education, researchers, and
staff developers.

Innovating e-Learning 2006: Transforming Learning Experiences, an online
conference based around the work of the e-Learning and Pedagogy and
Innovation strands of the JISC e-Learning Programme will be held on 27 – 31
March 2006.


The five-day conference will be highlight the three cornerstones of
effective practice with e-learning: learning activity design, learners’
experiences of e-learning, and the impact of emerging technologies. The
programme is divided into three themes and a plenary, each with its own
keynote speaker:

27/28 March: Designing for Learning, introduced by Professor Diana
Laurillard, Chair of Learning with Digital Technologies at the London
Knowledge Lab.

28/29 March: Learner Experiences of e-Learning, introduced by John Stone,
Principal of Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College (and future Chief
Executive, Learning and Skills Network).

30/31 March: Innovating e-Learning Practice, introduced by Professor Stephen
Heppell, Learn3K Research Centre, National College of Ireland.

31 March: Plenary

Chris Yapp, Head of Public Sector Innovation at Microsoft, will close the
conference with a discussion on how to take forward a vision for
transforming learner experiences.

Please note that although the conference extends over 5 days, each theme
will run over 2 days. You may wish to select the theme that most closely
matches your interests - it is recommended that you are available to
participate whenever possible on the days you have selected. The conference
will be open the week before 27 March, so that participants can view
presentations and papers, and all discussions will be available for reading
only for two weeks after the official close of the conference.

Open call –Submissions for Innovative Practice Area

Expressions of interest for submissions that illustrate some aspect of the
above themes are invited from practitioners, action researchers,
researchers, developers, and experts in e-learning working in post-16
colleges and universities.  Selected submissions will be hosted in the
Innovative Practice Area of the conference and will also form the basis of
discussions under each theme.

Expressions of interest for contributions must be received by 31 January
2006. The final date for submission of content will be 3 March 2006. For
further information, visit www.jisc.ac.uk/elp_conference06.html

Booking: Book online at www.jisc.ac.uk/elp_conference06_booking.html  Cost:
£50 per delegate

We look forward to your valuable participation in this event,

 

Best regards,

Sarah

 

 

Programme Manager: Pedagogy and Innovation Strands of the JISC e-Learning
Programme
JISC Development Group
2nd Floor, Beacon House
Queen's Road
Bristol
BS8 1QU
Tel: 0117-954 5063
Mobile: 077 477 67944
Email. s.knight@jisc.ac.uk
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/elearning_pedagogy.html and

 www.jisc.ac.uk/elearning_innovation.html

Hi all

Now I haven't yet bought a Margi presenter to plug into my pocket PC. But Dave Whyley of learning2GO put me onto dotpocket software. It allows you show your pocket PC screen via a alptop linked to a projector and to manipulate your pocket PC using the screen ,keyboard and mouse of your PC.

I know the purists might shout me down but its great tool to show at presentations etc pocket PC content. Its about 30$ but has 30 day trial.

http://www.dotpocket.com .

Anybody know any other products like this.

Andy