moblearn: an agent for change

Interested in the future of mobile learning and the technology that drives it? I am geoff stead. This is a vintage blog of mine I'm reviving for m-learning thoughts that stray beyond the day job. You can find my work with enterprise mobile learning at WorkLearnMobile.org, and in english language learning over at beta.cambridgeenglish.org

Wednesday, March 28

TES: the one that got away?

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Last week I was rather shocked by an article in the TES (Times Educational Supplement) that seemed to suggest that we shouldn't bother ...
Tuesday, March 27

How to mix your mobile learning cocktail with some traditional ingredients?

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We have been getting a lot of recent interest from mainstream, traditional e-learning providers who are trying to understand how they can ad...
Friday, March 23

Is TES losing the thread?

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The hot-topic of the day in the UK technology learning community seems to be a collection of articles in today's TES . The first article...
Monday, February 26

Learning english via SMS

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The mlearn2006 effect must be contagious. Athabasca University in Canada hosted the conference last year, and this year they are in the ne...

mobile assessment?

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We have had a lot of interest from schools and HE recently about using mobile quizzes , and mediaBoards for assessment . In fact, I was take...
Wednesday, January 10

psp, TV, mp3, pda, mobile phones: can we REALLY put learning onto them all?

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How do we cope with supporting real, valid, mobile learning on a huge range of devices? The more time I spend surrounded by mobile learners,...
Thursday, January 4

Stop ActiveSync asking about partnerships!

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Every now and again I stumble over a small technical solution that makes a big difference to my sanity. Here is an essential one for anybody...
Wednesday, December 13

Pocket PCs: storing them and charging them safely

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If you are responsible for managing a whole lot of PDAs, where do you store them? How safe are they? How can you keep them charged up? We cu...
Friday, December 8

The mobile web is alive and well ... in Africa!

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We know the take up of mobile phones in Africa has been way faster than ever expected : 18 months ago, there were already more mobile than f...
Monday, December 4

A Beacon award for mobile learning!

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We have had a couple of loyal, enthusiastic user-groups who have been involved with mobile learning from our earliest public trials back in ...
Friday, December 1

more and more hands are holding handhelds ...

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I was puzzled by a flurry of messages on some of my favourite mobile learning forums and email groups triggreed by Epic, a UK-based multimed...
Friday, November 3

mobile learning myopia?

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I am very enthused by how many educators are starting to think seriously about mobile learning. There is great stuff happening out there. Bu...
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Monday, October 16

more PSP learning please!

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I am just back from the handheld learning conference in London, where I showcased our content authoring, and in particular the PSP material...
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Wednesday, October 11

Make your own Playstation (PSP) resources!

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Wow! This is a hot-off-the-press sneak preview. I have just seen some of our mobile learning materials running on a PSP! We have been dabbl...

Put those podcasts to work on your PDA!

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I am part of the team creating several different mobile learning tools. We make: mobile content tools to help teachers make their own mobile...
Wednesday, September 27

free SIM cards?

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if, like us, you have a lot of mobile devices hanging around for trialling and testing, you will also be familiar with the pain of SIM swapp...
Thursday, September 21

Great tools for learning about IT

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Many of the learners on our m-learning projects started as very unconfident users of PCs. One of the surprise findings was that involvement ...
Wednesday, September 13

Lost in translation? Try a podcast!

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About six months ago I wrote an article for a becta publication about the future technologies for learning (Full publication available for...
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Tuesday, September 12

m-learning in the cleaning sector

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We are working with Newham college, running several trials with different work based sectors. We have been getting some great feedback from ...
Monday, September 11

Good podagogy

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If you are on this site, I assume you know what podcasting is, and how it can be used for learning. (if you are unsure, try wikipedia ) the ...
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