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General webinar on mobile learning

Moblear.ning.com: The MindWire--social networking site for mobile learningunmigrated-wiki-markup

Mobl21 (\[https://www.mobl21.com/):\] Learning resources creation for mobile. Giving away free accounts right now; looking for highly visible people and institutions  to and institutions  to pilot. Contact: Louis.Stricoff@emantras.com, 610-449-5899, \ [http://www.emantras.com\]

First presenter:

? and David Metcalf from U. CF: Mixed Emerging Tech Integration Lab (METIL Lab)

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Augmented Reality: Using GPS and camera and compass

Wiki MarkupApplications to watch: •    Layar (\
•    Layar ([http://layar.com/\]) •    Qik (\
•    Qik ([http://qik.com/\]) •    Shazam (\
•    Shazam ([http://www.shazam.com/\]) •    Google Goggles (\
•    Google Goggles ([http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark\])

Mobile Possibilities
•    Information: reference, hyperlocal apps, campus security SMS
•    Participation: polling
•    Learning: formal class and complementary materials (LMS and ebooks---no value added except access)
o    Think beyond straight replication to learning accompaniment (Design for 3Rs: review, refresh, reinforce; provide material that addresses specific gaps)
o    Context of environment, topic, learner (microteachable moments)
o    Universal design (doesn't matter where they are)
o    Design: reformat existing; storybord and archive;
o    Mobl21: Free, individual student & teacher, midlevel, and enterprise; Has desktop widget and iPhone/Touch app now; working on Facebook, Google, Android, Flash Lite;  Works on and offline and syncs

Support issues: screen size too small, some basic standardization necessaryunmigrated-wiki-markup

Emantras (company that owns Mobl21)
Moving Knowledge (company started recently)
US Distance Learning Association: \ [http://www.usdla.org/\]]

From webinar with Louis Stricoff and Supra on Mobl21 specifically

http://www.mobl21.com/

Free account: 1 author, 10 users, 1 category, 10 topics/stacks (including 1 study guide, 10 flash cards, 10 quiz ?s)

Also individual teacher accounts and educator adn institutional accoutns

Free pilot (not up to 500 users though; current institutional pricing is $3K/yr for 10 authors and 500 users and can talk custom pricing as with Drexela dn Air Force Academy (1K and 20K users respectively); probably could get 50 users free)

Pros:

• easy content distribution to desktop widget and iPhone app and free while piloting (60days);
• could use it with Fall classes as well;
• possibility of sharing content amongst authors soon;
• working on FB and iGoogle apps and in the future Android and open platforms

Cons: Proprietary, would be expensive for ongoing distribution to large numbers, doesn't work on IE reliably, must download AdobeAir and their client