Links and Articles
"According to Hewlett-Packard (HP), the traditional pen-based PDA market will evaporate within the next four years without significant product innovation. The company will therefore continue to focus the majority of its handheld efforts on converged smart phone devices, relegating its traditional PDAs to the entry-level consumer and SMB markets."Read the full death-bed of the PDA article
The CEBIT Technology Fair in Hanover, March 2006 saw Microsoft’s mini project Origami dominate the event. Read the Origami article and see a 3 dimensional view of Samsung’s Q1 – its first model from the Origami project
MLearn 2006, the 5th 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 Mlearn2006 Conference will be held in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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.
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