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Mobile learning and personal metrics

Learning with 'e's

There are formal contexts for mobile learning, but it is in the leisure time/travelling/down time that mobile learning still comes to the fore. It can be actuated via a smartphone or iPad, laptop or in-person, but access is constant–which in turn shifts a unique burden to learn on the shoulders of the student."

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

Edsurge

As campuses locked their gates out of fear of infection, most American college students rushed to their laptops to study from home. Phil Hill, a prominent edtech consultant, told me that because Africans are forced to introduce mobile, not as an add-on, but as a priority, “from day one, Africans optimize digital learning for mobile.

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2016 and Beyond: The Future of Classroom Technology by @MelanieNathan

TeacherCast

Laptops and computer workstations have already made significant inroads into traditional learning environments. The company has developed a number of sophisticated software programs and mobile apps designed to encourage greater customization in education. Mobile Classrooms In Remote Locations. The Arrival of 3D Printers.

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Removing the Obstacles in Education so Innovation and Academics Can Flourish

The Principal of Change

Here is something I wrote in “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” that is an easy way to support our teachers in their work: I often took my laptop and would sit in a classroom for anywhere from three to six hours. If you’re thinking you don’t have the time, remember that your technology is mobile.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

And the MOOC numbers look like they’re rising. Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit. Let’s also think about mobile messaging apps (Snapchat, etc).

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Learning at the Speed of Technology - David Jakes

EdTechSandyK

The emerging model in business today is BYO3 - Bring Your Own Laptop/Tablet/Phone We are coming to a price point where schools can provide small tablets and allow students to bring their own devices for learning as well. Are you designing for mobile? We are still on the grid model - classrooms with desks in rows. mySchool app?

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

Many of these companies were launched circa 2013 — that is, in the tailwinds of "the Year of the MOOC," with the belief that an increasing number of students would be learning online and that professors would demand some sort of mechanism to verify their identity and their integrity. Schools using iris-scanners in the lunchroom.

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