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After a far too long hiatus i’m back (from Bangkok!—more on that very soon.) So for starters, a bunch of new mobile learning material
Mobile Learning on the Cheap
Lots of good ideas here that range from how to use PDAs in the classroom to SMS based activities.

An exploration of various currently available devices by [...]

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A collection of projects and resources i’ve found over the past few weeks. Most—but not all—are directly related to mobile. A few cover general uses of ICTs in learning. Enjoy!
MLearn
A collection of papers from the 2003, 2004 and 2005 MLearn conferences. Of particular interest are the “Book of Papers from MLearn 2003″ (3.5MB PDF) and [...]

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Research is fun, you find all sorts of neat stuff…
Our Cell Phones, Ourselves, by Christine Rosen
Great article from the New Atlantis Journal. Draws from an astounding cornucopia of research to examine why we use mobile devices, how we feel about them and how they affect our lives.
With all these accoutrements, it is not surprising that [...]

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I’ve run into a bunch of good mobile-related podcasts and web-casts this month. Many are part of a series and have RSS feeds so I thought i’d pass them on.

Voice of S60 interview with Charlie Schick of Nokia Lifeblog and Series 60 fame (this is a great interview—lots of arcane information about the making [...]

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One of the topics I find the most fascinating in mobile was again in the news yesterday with the imminent arrival of the 2 billion-th GSM subscriber—mostly due to astronomically high subscriber numbers in emerging markets.
“While it took just 12 years for the industry to reach the first billion connections. The second billion has [...]

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Some neat stuff i’ve been reading…
Wireless Works: Exploring New Brand Connections
A great research paper from the folks at the BBDO Proximity Lab.
“People truly treasure their mobile phones. They are reassured by them. They feel loved and secure when they have them and lonely and anxious when they do not. And they see their [...]

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