Links and Articles
"In 2003 an article in the Economist declared the PDA had a short life ahead of it; that the traditional pen-based PDA market will evaporate within the next four years without significant product innovation. In 2007 in the article entitled 'Long live the smartphone' PDA sales look as they have dropped by 40% over the past 3 years.
Is the UMPC going to replace the laptop? The Ultra Mobile PC has seen a revolution in sales since the first Samsung Q1 emerged as a result of the Origami project. Visit the UMPC Portal and add your comments to the debate.
MLearn 2008, the World Conference on Mobile Learning brings together the world's leading researchers and practitioners in the field of m-Learning. The conference will appeal to a wide range of educators, students and trainers, who are interested in enhancing learning by designing content and developing learning systems for mobile devices and wireless networks. The Mlearn2008Conference will be held in Ironbridge, UK.
The m-learning project is a pan-European research and development programme and during the 3 year life of the project exciting developments occured in the world of mobile learning and the use of handhedl devices in teaching and learning.
The Mobile Technologies and Learning publication from Learning and Skills Network written by Jill Attewell looks at the European Commission funded m-learning project and summaries.
BECTA has produced a useful publication entitled Emerging Technologies publication which can be downloaded in pdf format. In more recent times they have produced Research findings on mobile learning in July 2007.
Books, and publications
JISC Innovative Practice with e-learning publication in pdf format is a good practice guide to embedding mobile and wireless technologies into everyday practice. Alternatively the Innovative Practice website offers all the contents and documents and relevant links.
EPIC Group Ltd offers over 40 White Papers looking at a range of key issues in learning and education. The M-Learning Paper and I-Pod Learning Paper can be downloaded after registration with EPIC.
Mobile Learning – a handbook for educators and trainers
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, John Traxler
ISBN 0-415-35740-3
Mobile World – Past, Present and Future
Lynne Hamill, Amparo Lasen
ISBN 1-85233-825-3
Mobile and PDA technologies and their future use in education in pdf format by
Paul Anderson and Adam Blackwood
Classrooms all over the world are using handhelds for teaching and learning because of their low cost, portability, ease-of-use, and great software. Read more from Tony Vincent's Learning In Hand website