Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

Good idea - I'll be contributing in the next few days.  One question though (and this is probably a thread of its own) what constitutes a 'decent' key term?

taxonomy. folksonomy, metadata - really interesting and important discussion as we encourage learners to be creators and to share resources - with an increased number of authors, the ability and competency to search for relevant, appropriate (and good quality) resources becomes ever more important.

David - thanks, I'll add it to the list. If any others have podcasts they'd like to add, then don't hold back ;-)

You do raise some very interesting questions with respect to the userability of podcasts within teaching and learning. I don't plan to answer any, just muddy the waters a little, and see if anyone has an answer.

The first issue is the length and structure of the podcast. Something I've been muttering about is the washing up test, if I can listen while washing up and remember anything at the end then it must have been engaging (please note - I'm not known for my skills at multitasking). As people who create podcasts we need to be aware of what will engage the listeners, I shouldn't take it for granted that because I'm the lecturer who creates the podcast, then you the student will be interested. Secondly, you raise an important point with respect to is the material appropriate for the delivery mechanism, i.e., it might be much effective as text in a newsletter, or on a blog. This type of questioning is important when you shift from a didactic (teacher centred) model to a more learner centred approach. How / where does podcasting fit into this model? Where does it add value compared to other learning technologies? Where do peer to peer interactions occur? Or are podcasts implicitly a "1 to many" tool that adds value for a small number of students?

As I say, no answers, but a few questions.

With respect to Dan's observations, that is far too scary ....... 

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

Tony Vincent's Learninginhand.com has an entire section on podcasting, as well as Soft Reset, a monthly podcast about handheld computing. There are 8 shows online, both for download or to listen two on the web, and two more that are forthcoming. And I should know, because I was a guest on Soft Reset #10 

The link to the page is http://learninginhand.com/softreset/index.html

A second one I ran across today is the podcast files of the mlearn 2005 keynote speakers, which can be found at 5th Digit: http://www.5thdigit.net/ml_podcasts.htm. Subscribe to the RSS feed to get the podcast with iTunes or iPodder.

I put both in Andy's survey.


Mark

It's done Sir!

Now in the News Feeds section (under the Main Menu)