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Sunday, 30 December 2007
Carnival logo We started publishing a weekly summary this month, however there are several sites already available doing just this. One we specifically recommend is Carnival of the Mobilists. We plan to cover more topics in our blog, rather than in weekly summaries, and invite you to comment.

For those who might have seen something of interest in the initial weekly entries, you can find the information below:

12-10-07 Weekly Recap

Scott Janousek takes a look at the new iRiver W7 Personal Media Player with support for Flash Lite 2. It is unkown whether or not it will be available outside of Korea, but this could be an option for mobile learning in schools that do not allow cellphones. It supports: video, e-dictionary, movies, e-books, touch & jog, Flash (games), and more.

Not specifically about learning, but interesting is the launch of the World's first 'newspaper' mobile by Sweden's Dagens Nyheter. The service uses the Nokia 6120 3G phone.

All About Mobile Life includes a QR Code DIY Guide mainly for blogs, but of interest to all looking at these mobile redirection codes.

John Puterbaugh unveils his 2008 predictions in Mobile 2.0 and Emerging Mobile Media.

Video overviews about the iPod in academia with seven different examples are detailed are highlighted at mLearning-World.com.

12-3-07 Weekly Recap

Robin Ashford writes in Librarian By Design that "Mobile Learning--The Next Big Thing is U.S. Higher Education". Librarians are challenged to best serve the mobile learner as "this is going to happen, it really is time."

Leonard Low shares his 2008 Mobile Predictions in his Crystal Ball: 2008 (and beyond!), He believes that administrative tasks will start seeing the benefits first, rather than mobile devices used in learning. However, he does see continued increases in the use of SMS for communication with students..

Is 2008 The Year of the QR Code?

Yahoo has posted an interesting AP video of the usage of cell phones at New Jersey's Montclair State University mandatory GPS devices.

 

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