Different Applications of m-Learning

• Language Learning: Techrepublic.com lists reasonable number of software applications for language learning that might be used in m-learning arena.

Source:
http://software.techrepublic.com.com/search.aspx?&kw=m-learning&c=1&x=40

• The European Union is currently funding a three year project called m-Learning. Partners include the Learning and Skills Development Agency, Ultralab, and CTAD. The purpose is to encourage disengaged young people to return to learning, and to attempt to combat the digital divide. m-Learning is a 3 year European research and development program supported by the European Commission's Information Society Technologies (IST) program.

• Mobile Learning, having drawn a great deal of attention and application in the US and European countries, is just entering China's K-12 and higher education. Several K-12 schools participated in a mobile inquiry program about birds; several others use mobile devices for students and teachers to exchange short text-messaging. In higher education, leading institutions have attempted to create mobile virtual classrooms. The E-learning Lab of Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), for instance, has successfully delivered sample broadcasts of its online courses to cell phones and PDAs, including a college-level English course to about 50 campus students and 30 online students. Learning while on a trip. As mobile technologies continue to evolve, m-Learning will grow as a rich, collaborative and conversational experience, whether in classrooms, homes, waiting in line, or even while traveling.

Source: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/mlearning/index.htm

• Broadcast live talks/lectures to student
  You could have a tutor presenting a talk on the architecture of a particular building. Then the students could decide to either go to the talk or watch it live on their phone as they go round the building in question.

• Make a mini video library
  Have small video clips of art work so that when students go to an exibition they can have a preview of the work.

• Exhibit student work
  Students could exhibit their work to other students online.

• Have an archive of talks/lectures
  Have a video/audio archive of talks/lectures, that students can go though and watch on demand.

Source: http://mlearning.rave.ac.uk/mlearning/home/main.htm

• Coastline Community College

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As early as April 2003, Coastline Community College began migrating complete digital courses to handheld devices. A recognized leader and innovator in the field of “Anytime, Anywhere” distance learning, Coastline’s PocketEd offerings deliver a combined course which draws upon the best of complete 13 hour Telecourses, full-featured internet courses and interactive CD-ROM courses on a single SDRAM card for delivery through any Windows Mobile OS enabled device. In late 2004 Coastline Community College launched the PocketEd Program through the Coast Guard, which consisted of 4 beta-classes in the PocketPC environment. The Management & Supervision 100 course, at a glance, has over 100 screens of content, 75 full motion video interviews and instructional video clips and 23 audio reviews of textbook readings. Also released in late 2004 for beta testing with the Coast Guard were Psychology 100 and Biology 100, which both contained an amazing 13 hours of video content in addition to support screens, navigation tutorial videos and interactive exercises. All of that content is stored on a postage stamp sized SDRAM card that can either be read on the PocketPC or on any standard desktop or laptop computer running a Windows OS.