Making mLearning usable
Editor’s note: Elearning Guild research into how people use tablets – this is a great read if you are designing for tablets.
Browsing: tablets
The digital native myth: Why we still need to teach kids HOW to use the iPad
Editor’s note: I liked the angle on this piece – cut through the myths and you find kids need help on tablets. And then think about adults in the workplace. Wouldn’t they benefit from some help too?
The new multi-screen world study
Editor’s note: Part of Google Insights research, this study shows how consumers use multiple devices to shop. The type of device experiences needed with learning tech.
Forrester finds that despite the tablet invasion of the workplace, workers would prefer a keyboard, too
Editor’s note: Interesting to see that with a desire to use tablets in the workplace comes the desire to also use a keyboard. Implications for designing for the mobile experience?
Death of the PC: time to kiss your computer goodbye?
Editor’s note: It may not be the beginning of the end for PCs just yet but they are in serious decline. Here’s a look at the numbers.
Forrester Report: the next tech wave is collaboration via tablets
Editor’s note: A not unsurprising headline but the research shows the extent to which we will be using tablets at work and at home.
To get the most out of tablets, use smart curation
Editor’s note: An exploration of the tablet as a curation tool, including a useful list of apps.
The future of tablets in education: potential versus reality of consuming media
Editor’s note: A four-part series to explore four dimensions of using tablets, such as the iPad, in educational settings.
Research on the impact of tablets in secondary schools
Editor’s note: Fascinating research into tablet use in three UK secondary schools. Sheds the light on the benefits to learning of tablets. Lots of information here but very useful.
Ethiopian kids hack One Laptop Per Child laptops in five months with zero instruction
Editor’s note: What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves English . . .
Study finds smartphones and tablets extend work days by two hours
Editor’s note: No surprises here but what are organisations to do when colleagues are learning to and from work and when they are ‘out of office hours’?
#mlearning in medical schools: how the iPad is changing medical education
Editor’s note: An overview of how tablets are changing the way medical students and their tutors are learning, teaching, sharing information and accessing knowledge.
The bling approach to the school of the future
Editor’s notes: As technology changes the face of education this piece looks at 12 hypotheses for the future of schools.
Privacy, equity, and other BYOD concerns
Editor’s note: A look at the emerging issues in schools of bringing your own device. How will this play out in the workplace?
Touch and go
Editor’s note: So what is the impact of iPads and other tablets in education? Steve Wheeler says the empirical data is only just emerging. He also highlights some emerging research and case studies.