EDUCAUSE | Handheld and Mobile Computing

E07 Podcast: Interactive Services on Mobile Devices for Higher Education

gbayne — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:00:30 -0500

This forty-eight minute podcast presents a session from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conferece. The session, "Interactive Services on Mobile Devices for Higher Education," consists of a panel from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington discussing a new initiative to develop and test a wide range of information services accessible through mobile devices. This session compares the relative costs and advantages of applications based on SMS text messaging, WAP browsers, and Java MIDlets as well as the structuring of the relationship between the faculty start-up and the institution to develop and pursue the resulting initiatives. A PDF is also available for this session.

This session features:

Jeff Brown, Professor of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Robert R. Hoon, Associate General Counsel, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Debra Saunders-White, Vice Chancellor, ITSD & CIO, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Ronald J. Vetter, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

7 Things You Should Know About Geolocation

ckeller — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:08:46 -0500

Geolocation, also called geotagging, is the practice of associating a digital resource with a physical location. A photographer, for example, might include the longitude and latitude coordinates for where a picture was taken, allowing others to pinpoint that location on a map. Increasingly, geolocation is being applied to infrastructure components and end-user devices for the purpose of knowing where people are. This additional layer of location data can make resources much more useful to a broad range of users.

The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on a single technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use these briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues.

In addition to the "7 Things You Should Know About…" briefs, you may find other ELI resources useful in addressing teaching, learning, and technology issues at your institution. To learn more, please visit the ELI Resources page.

CNI Podcast: Moving To Mobile - Exploratory Services and Applications in Libraries - An Interview with Lisa Hinchliffe

gbayne — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:17:18 -0500

This 14 minute podcast features an interview with Lisa Hinchliffe, Head of the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hinchliffe was co-presenter for a session entitled, "Moving to Mobile: Exploratory Services and Applications in Libraries".

Cell phones and other mobile devices are ubiquitous and offer increasingly robust operating systems, user interfaces, and hardware sophistication. The potential of these devices for accessing the richness of library and information content, services, and applications provided is largely unrealized. This is particularly unfortunate in considering library outreach to undergraduate students. Several projects are in development at the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to explore possibilities for communication, content delivery, and instruction through mobile devices.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes with Tablet PCs

drupal — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:14:59 -0500

Tablet PCs used in undergraduate field courses in archaeology and ecology have transformed the way we teach field-mapping and data-collection concepts. Curriculum redesign and assessment strategies were applied to two unique classes, introducing tablet PCs, an emerging mobile technology, with the goal of improving how spatial data are handled, viewed, and collected.

Promoting Active Learning with Mobile and Wireless Technologies

drupal — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:59:04 -0600

Electronic response systems and web-based educational software systems use response pads, PDAs, laptops, and tablet PCs to encourage active learning. This overview will describe available mobile and wireless technologies; identify their capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses; and offer examples of how they are used to enhance and assess student engagement and learning.

The 2008 Horizon Report

drupal — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:25 -0600

The annual Horizon Report, a joint publication of the NMC and the ELI, highlights new technologies for teaching, learning, and creative expression. This session will review the research and process behind the report. The 2008 Horizon Report and its findings will be officially released at this session.

Social Learning Using Cell Phone Technology at Montclair State University

drupal — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:52:02 -0600

Social learning enhances knowledge when students create learning environments by making connections among their peers and community. Educators struggle to develop innovative teaching strategies to meet the expectations of digital natives who are accustomed to this social environment. This presentation will describe how faculty at Montclair State University foster social learning using mobile technology.

E-Texts in the Classroom

ckeller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:14:58 -0600

E-text readers designed for use in higher education will reduce textbook pricing and address environmental concerns.

2008 Horizon Report

ckeller — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:38:49 -0600

The New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) jointly produced Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years. The 2008 report focuses on the following topics;

Grassroots Video
Collaboration Webs
Mobile Broadband
Data Mashups
Collective Intelligence
Social Operating Systems

University requires GPS enabled phones of students?

mpasiewicz — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:50:11 -0600

Wow, this is an interesting move. Above and beyond the potential for unintended side-effects, I wonder what kind of interesting ways they'll be able to leverage this in the classroom and beyond.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/12/04/montclair-state-mandates-use-of-gps-enabled-phones/