Making the move to mLearning

While this article (eBook) is over a couple of years old, the information is perhaps more important today than when it was originally published. Withe the increase use of mobile devices "world wide" rapidly surpassing computer use ... we (instructional designers) should be considering applications for online learning.

The future of learning:
From eLearning to mLearning

by

Desmond Keegan

This project is supported by the Leonardo da Vinci programme of the European Union

Ch 1 The future of learning
· The project
· The status of learning
· Statistics
· The nature of technology in learning
· The future of technology
· The future of learning
Ch 2 From dLearning to eLearning
· The nature of dLearning - definition
· The history of dLearning
· 1970s the foundation of the open universities
· 1990s the impact of the WWW
· The acceptance of dLearning
Ch 3 From eLearning to mLearning
· Statistics
· The nature of eLearning - diagrams
· The status of eLearning
· The acceptance of eLearning
· EU documentation
· The arrival of mLearning
Ch 4 mLearning initiatives in 2001
· Telenor mLearning Wap project
· Mobilearn
· EMobility 2001 conference
· UniWap (Univ of Helsinki/ICL)
· MobiLearn: Mobile computing in learning environments
· AvantGo
· IBrite
· Isopia
· Experient.com
· Insead/Nokia/Icus
· Univ of Birmingham HandLeR
· MLearning IST project (Ultralab)
· MLearning forum
· Audrey Choden Wireless learning in your pocket
· Empowering Technologies The mobile learning era
· Codeonline
· Pjb associates latest news
· Setero Distance learning through wireless devices
· Palmpowerenterprise (Knowledgenet and Smartforce)
· EVIST
· The changing faces of virtual learning
· Supermemo
· Go Reader
· Learning circuits Goin Mobile
· Global Learning Systems UK
· Stanford Learning Lab
· Globalknowledge.com
Ch 5 mLearning on the screenphone
· The proposal
· Illustration
· Limitations
· Decision
Ch 6 mLearning on the Compacq Ipaq
· Proposal
· Illustration
· Limitations
· Decision
· Development of system
· Development of courseware
Ch 7 mLearning on the smartphone R380
· Proposal
· Illustration
· Limitations
· Decision
· Development of system
· Development of courseware

Ch 8 mLearning on the WAP telephone R520
· Proposal
· Illustration
· Limitations
· Decision
· Development of system
· Development of courseware
Ch 9 Conclusions
· The future of learning