Marian, David Alex or others,

I think we will see affordable portable learning devices (PLDs) soon,  
and that we should be experimenting with them now.  For those of us  
who are able to buy one now, what would you recommend?  What are some  
useful mobile phone + Web access + PDA devices which also have plug  
in (regular size) keyboards and plug in portable monitors?

And, where are the free learning podcast sites (ideally for adults) .

Here's a web site for learning more about "ubi-learning"  (ubiquitous  
learning) or "M-learning" (mobile learning), as this kind of thing is  
now being called, which provides some answers to my questions, but I  
wonder if anyone on this list has personal experience experimenting  
with m-learning and has recommendations on the best device(s) and  
learning web sites for this.

	http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/%7Ehdul/

What other web-based resources for m-learning would you recommend?

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net


On Mar 2, 2006, at 2:02 AM, Marian Thacher wrote:


> The short segments of TV411 videos would be ideal for a video iPod, it

> seems. Have you tried it out, Alex?

>

> OTAN is experimenting with posting some of our videos of good  

> classroom

> practices as podcasts. We aren't quite ready for prime time yet,  

> but not

> many of our teachers have video iPods yet either, so I figure we  

> have a

> little time. :)

>

> We've also talked about putting the video episodes of English for All

> (www.myefa.org) up as podcasts. As you said, though, the barrier is  

> the

> cost of the iPod or the cell phone charges for the student or end  

> user. On

> the other hand, it seems that more and more people have fancy cell  

> phones

> that include video, so maybe this is the wave of the future.

>

> Talk about convenience! I certainly think that podcasting of audio  

> to mp3

> players is going to make audio information so much more accessible,  

> and

> there is so much great free stuff available! Education is starting  

> to jump

> on this bandwagon. Can video be far behind?

>

> Marian Thacher

> OTAN

> Sacramento, CA

>

> The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov> on

> Wednesday, March 01, 2006 at 10:34 AM -0800 wrote:

>> David,

>>

>> Great list.  I've been thinking a lot about how video I-pods and  

>> other

>> handheld video devices (including cellphone/PDA's) could be used  

>> in adult

>> education.  I've heard a lot about entertainment and commercial

>> applications

>> but have discovered very little about educational uses.

>>

>> When we created TV411 we designed it as at as a collection of  

>> stand-alone

>> segments - 30 seconds to 6 minutes in length.  Although TV411 airs on

>> television as a half-hour show, we have been busy disaggregating the

>> material for other venues and platforms, and I think mobile video  

>> will

>> certainly be an additional platform for us in the future.

>>

>> Obvious advantages of mobile video technology are portability and the

>> potential for on-demand content to facilitate anytime/anyplace  

>> learning.

>>

>> A big concern is the financial cost to user, particularly potential

>> cell/video phone charges.

>>

>> How might such a resource be a useful supplement to formal  

>> instruction?

>>

>> Are there other curriculum developers out there who are designing  

>> adult

>> educational material for mobile video devices?  If so, what kinds

>> challenges

>> are you facing?

>>

>> Alex Quinn

>>

>>

>>

>> A serious concern is the potential financial cost to the end user.

>>

>>

>>

>> On 3/1/06 8:30 AM, "David Rosen" <djrosen at comcast.net> wrote:

>>

>>> David and Alex,

>>>

>>> Here's a list of new or emerging technologies, applications, or

>>> technology-related services that I think -- or have heard from  

>>> others

>>> that they think -- have potential for adult literacy education.   

>>> What

>>> would you add to this list?  Pick a couple (or more) from the list

>>> that you think have a lot of potential and tell us why.

>>>

>>> 1. electronic white boards

>>> 2. Video (and audio) i-pods

>>> 3. mobile phones with Web access

>>> 4. wireless access

>>> 5. Internet2

>>> 6. wikis

>>> 7. blogs

>>> 8. the OLPC/Negroponte/MIT Media Lab (under $100) computer for

>>> schools in developing countries

>>> 9. the Wikipedia

>>> 10. low(er) cost multimedia projectors in the classroom

>>> 11. Development of "learning objects" (online learning "modules) for

>>> the field.

>>> 12. Free/low-cost Internet telephony (such as Skype or Gizmoproject)

>>> 13. desktop videoconferencing

>>> 14. advanced two-way speech recognition software

>>>

>>>

>>> Anyone, what else should we add to this list?

>>>

>>> David J. Rosen

>>> djrosen at comcast.net

>>>

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