As I was preparing for class last week, I discovered the PDF version button at the bottom of PBWorks pages below the comments section. How could I miss this? It’s a great feature that makes my life easier. If I really need to printout a page to share with my students, I can. My students can also use this feature [...]
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In my interest to wade through what is mobile learning and what’s not, I’m being to formulate a theoretical framework as well as a practical one that’s mulling through my head. Yesterday, Thomas Cochrane shared a Prezi deck about how his school is using mobile learning devices into their curriculum. He briefly explains the presentations as: MLearning – Outline of [...]
Creating a CSS layout from scratch @Ignatia Webs: What are priority #mLearning #research topics? Answers from mLearn experts QR codes at a glance UCLA Nursing Students Add iPods to Training — Campus Technology Tom Whitby Explains Twitter for Teachers & the PLN The Ten Building Blocks for Learning with Cell Phones Marriage of E-Courses and Mobile Computing Still Evolving Gen [...]
In my feeds today, I came across a post from Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers. This post highlights a site Icebreakers.ws that would be great for trainers, facilitators, leaders of professional development, and even nursing educators. Here’s how Mr. Byrne describes Icebreakers.ws as: Icebreakers.ws <http://icebreakers.ws/> is an online catalog of dozens of fun icebreaker and team builder activities. [...]
Please make plans now to attend the IDT 7095/8095 Project Showcase on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm. The clients for this semester will include the University of Tennessee Health Science Center & Autozone, Inc. In the Project Showcase, each team will present a 20-minute overview of their project and product. This is a professional presentation, indicative of one [...]
An FYI notice from Trey Martindale: I invite you to the monthly meeting of the E-Learning Network–a group of e-learning professionals representing Memphis-area corporations and organizations. * When: 11:45 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., Thursday, January 27th, 2011 * Where: University of Memphis, College of Education, Ball Hall 320. Map: http://bit.ly/9xzqNU * Featured Speaker: Yuri Quintana, Ph.D. Director for Education and Informatics in the International Outreach [...]
A snippet from The Chronicle Wired Campus <http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/online-game-teaches-citation-skills/28837> section today: University of Michigan researchers are hoping a new game they developed will help students with the dreaded academic task of crafting a bibliography—and make it more fun.The game, BiblioBouts, turns collecting citations into a competitive event, pitting students against their classmates. Students are rewarded for their research skills and their [...]
I’m excited to be presented at Mobile Learning Experience 2011 coming up in April. I just received notification over the winter holidays that I was accepted and the others that are presenting is great too. There are some really fantastic folks that will be presenting. You can see a sample of the folks at http://mobile2011.org/2011/01/02/sampling/. 1. Evolution & Evaluation: Planning [...]
