Hi John & others

You mentioned:


>>>However I've not found the use of mobile devices changes the method

of 
teaching or learning - it only changes the means of delivery and the 
convenience for the student.  Does anybody know of exceptions?


>>>I was a seminar on IT for schools earlier this week.  A student at

the 
seminar said that probably the most useful thing about mobile devices to
the 
student is to be able to read e-text (or listen to it) on the bus, train
or 
tube/subway.  

Some comments:
I attended a presentation a while ago about the potential of m-learning
for education. One professor had apparently jumped early on the
bandwagon & has been recording his lectures as podcasts for over a year.
At first, he said, he just recorded his regular face-to-face lectures &
made them available as podcasts. As the podcasts became more & more
utilized by students, he started to get a fair bit of feedback. He HAS
changed his teaching somewhat as a result. He said (words to th effect,
can't remember exactly): once you understand how they are being used,
you teach with podcasts differently. A lecture is designed to be
listened to by a group of people sitting together in a room. But a
podcast is usually used in a far more personal way. Once you realize
that your student may be listening to you while they are travelling or
jogging with a friend or lounging around in their underwear, you start
to record podcasts differently, more personally. You speak as if you
were speaking to just one person rather than a whole group.

So perhaps teaching with podcasts is an area of education that is still
rapidly evolving.

Gina

Gina Bennett
eLearning Support
College of the Rockies
Box 8500
Cranbrook, BC V1C 4L5