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mLearn 2006, the 5th World Conference on Mobile Learning, fulfilled the need for stimulating critical debate on and research into theories, approaches, principles and applications of mobile devices for promoting learning. mLearn 2006 provided an opportunity for researchers, educators, students, technologists and practitioners, as well as professionals from industry, to share their knowledge, experience and research in the various areas where mLearning is applied.
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Mobile learning – a new paradigm shift in distance education?
(2007-10-18)During recent years, many distance teaching as well as residential institutions have started to experiment with mobile learning through pilot projects as part of their e-learning and technology enhanced learning environments. ... -
Using Participatory Simulation Support Learning Algorithms
(2007-10-18)During learning computer science theory, it is essential to learn sorting algorithms, but it is not easy to understand the concept of the different sorting algorithms. This paper describes a system called PLASPS (PDA-based ... -
Personal Digital Assistants – teachers prefer the personal
(2007-10-18)This paper will present the results of a small-scale project, funded by the UK Teacher Development Agency, where 13 teachers and 3 trainee teachers in one secondary school science department were given handhelds (Personal ... -
Positive Motion, Inc.
(2007-10-18)The simplicity of flashcards makes them ideally suited for memorizing word lists on small, mobile devices but flashcards are not well suited to subjects that require more sophisticated organizational structure. Legal ... -
The Place And Role Of Em-learning In Multi-mode Delivery Of Educator Training In South Africa
(2007-10-18)In any country in the world, the business and responsibility of, as well as the challenge to the education fraternity are to provide quality education to all. Therefore, quality teaching and learning should be provided to ... -
A Corporate View of Mobile Learning
(2007-10-18)In the corporate training environment, acquisition of new skills by employees through training is critically important. This obviously implies that practice-based training programs that enable employees to internalize, ... -
Researching Mobile Learning With College Tutors – Operational Issues, Lessons Learned And Findings
(2007-10-18)Many educators are becoming interested in mobile learning as an alternative, or supplementary, way of delivering aspects of teaching and learning, or as a conduit to lead ‘disengaged’ youth to further learning, or as a ... -
From M-learning pilot activity to embedded practice: using formative evaluation to inform scaled-up implementation
(2007-10-18)This paper describes the implementation of a mobile learning strategy centred on the use of PDAs by learners in the 9-14 age range having 24/7 access. It is presented from two perspectives. The first is from the practical ... -
Using Mobile Learning to Enhance the Quality of Nursing Practice Education
(2007-10-18)The purpose of this paper is to review the research literature pertaining to the use of mobile devices in Nursing Education and assess the potential of mobile learning (m-learning) for Nursing practice education experiences ... -
Supporting ubiquitous language learning with RFID tags
(2007-10-18)Ubiquitous computing will help in the organization and mediation of social interactions wherever and whenever these situations might occur. With those technologies, learning environment can be embedded in real daily life. ... -
Ubiquity and Reusability
(2007-10-18)Ubiquity and reusability are key factors in driving the deployment of content. Up to now these elements have been challenges within mobile learning. However, with the advent of metadata structures, new technologies and ... -
Personalized Profiling and Self-Organization as strategies for the formation and support
(2007-10-17)Mobile and wireless technologies are globally aware therefore so to do institutions have to think globally. By this is meant not simply making learning objects available to international students, but inventing ways to ... -
Using mobile technologies for multimedia tours in a traditional museum setting
(2007-10-17)Mobile technology was used to deliver learner-centred experiences to visitors at a geology museum without compromising the museum’s aesthetic appeal. Two Flash-based multimedia tours were developed for the Hypertag Magus ... -
Reflections on Success: A retrospective of the mLearn conference series 2002-2005
(2007-10-17)mLearn is now in its fifth year. Although mobile learning has a much longer history, the inauguration of a conference for learning in the mobile age marked an important point in its development. This paper takes a ... -
Students on the fly: Preliminary data from a year‐long
(2007-10-17)As part of an ongoing, year‐long ethnographic study on laptop adoption and usage, selected families, young professionals, and students in Tempe Arizona and the Puget Sound area in Washington State have been given some form ... -
Using Games, Mobile and Wireless Environments to Construct Meaningful and Motivating LearningTwo Cases: Adventure in the Castle of Oulu (1651) and Virtual Snellman (1822)
(2007-10-17)The traditional notion of a learning environment has expanded to cover virtual spaces. Today, these virtual learning environments are often network-based and readily wireless accessible to a certain group of students. ... -
Mobile Technology in Facilitating Learning Goals
(2007-10-17)Mobile and wireless computing technologies have influenced how people interact with each other. For the first time, mobile technology and student lifestyle choices are converging to allow mobile learning (m-learning) to ... -
An Audio-Based Approach to Mobile Learning of Japanese Kanji Characters
(2007-10-17)We describe the design and implementation of an audio-based computer system for mobile, non-visual learning of the meaning and writing of "kanji" characters: the thousands of multi-stroke Chinese characters used in the ... -
Practitioners as Innovators: Emergent Practice in Personal Mobile Teaching, Learning, Work and Leisure
(2007-10-17)Mobile devices have become commonplace tools serving a wide array of purposes that may include teaching and learning alongside work and leisure, in both formal and informal settings. The project reported on in this paper ... -
Mobile Usability in Educational Contexts: What Have We Learnt?
(2007-10-17)The majority of mobile learning activity continues to take place on devices that were not designed with educational applications in mind, and usability issues are often reported. The paper reflects on progress in approaches ...
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