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Mobile Learning Research Needs Analysis

Jason Haag

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Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative

Hi Everyone,

I’m launching a research effort with the goal of supporting education and training professionals transitioning from eLearning to mLearning by providing a mobile learning framework and catalog of microstrategy examples for thinking more deeply about their systematic design processes and mobile-specific affordances (e.g. using GPS for location-based and contextual learning) as part of your instructional design strategy.

The target audiences for this needs analysis are instructors, instructional designers, learning content developers, training professionals, and human performance improvement experts with an interest in implementing mobile learning solutions. The target audience is not required to have any prior experience with mobile development. However, the target audience should at least own one mobile device, and have an understanding of using mobile applications for learning. The researchers for this project intend to collaborate with and involve experts and stakeholders from academia, government, industry, and the international community.

Please let me know if you’re interested in participating, as we will begin conducing focus groups, interviews, and administering surveys, as part of the initial needs analysis in February 2013. Also, please forward this on to anyone that you think might also be interested. Thanks and I look forward to hearing back from you! For more information, visit the announcement here from ADL:

http://www.adlnet.gov/adl-to-conduct-mobile-learning-research-needs-analysis

We would love to have involvement from any members of the W3C. The results of this project will be made available to the public.

Regards,

J Haag
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Researcher, Mobile Learning Lead
Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
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Conference Announcement: ICGCTI 2013 – Malaysia

Jomari Bacu

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The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)

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TITLE: The First International Conference on Green Computing, Technology and Innovation (ICGCTI2013)

EVENT VENUE: The Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

CONFERENCE DATES: March 4-6, 2013

EVENT URL: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/Malaysia4/

OBJECTIVE: To provide a medium for professionals, engineers, academicians, scientists, and researchers from over the world to present the result of their research activities in the field of Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology. ICGCTI 2013 provides opportunities for the delegates to share the knowledge, ideas, innovations and problem solving techniques. Submitted papers will be reviewed by the technical program committee of the conference.

KEYWORDS: green computing, engineering, algorithms, interformation technology, smart grids, power aware

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 15, 2012

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ICEND 2013

Jomari Bacu

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The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)

Conference Announcement to All!

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TITLE: The Second International Conference on e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND 2013)

EVENT VENUE: The Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

CONFERENCE DATES: March 4-6, 2013

EVENT URL: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/Malaysia2/

OBJECTIVE: To provide a medium for professionals, engineers, academicians, scientists, and researchers from over the world to present the result of their research activities in the field of Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology. ICeND 2013 provides opportunities for the delegates to share the knowledge, ideas, innovations and problem solving techniques. Submitted papers will be reviewed by the technical program committee of the conference.

KEYWORDS: E-Technologies, computing, computer networks, security, internet, wireless communications

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 15, 2012

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Greetings and a Brief Intro

Ahmed Al-Saadi

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Hello everyone!

I am Ahmed and I am the founder and principal consultant of Solea Research, a small software consultancy and R&D firm in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. One of our areas of focus is e-learning which is facilitated by our experience in web application development. I personally became interested in learning long ago through personal reflection that was the result of questioning the status quo of the educational system. I started reading about problem-based learning, experiential learning as well as other theories and tools.

With the advent of technology, I believe that the power it brings can be harnessed to improve learning in the digital sphere without ignoring the cognitive processes and the psychological factors that make us human learners.

I look forward to getting this group off the ground to foster a discussion that will enrich our understanding of e-learning.

Getting Started, Introductions

Karla Kmetz

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Hi All! Maybe a good way to get started with this group is to introduce ourselves, what we do, our interests and experiences in Accessibility and Distance Learning, and why we joined this group.

Hi, I’m Karla. I am an Instructional Designer for Distance Learning and Instructional Media Services at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. My interest in accessibility and assistive technology began while I was an undergraduate student at The Ohio State University and developed through a series of research, employment, and continuing education opportunities. My personal and professional interests in accessibility now have to do with web accessibility and the accessibility of distance learning. I’ve joined this group for many reasons, I am always looking for new resources and research into the accessibility of distance learning and am now beginning to look at mobile learning.

I am very excited to be a part of this group and collaborate with each of you. I hope that we will be able to accomplish a lot in this group as the field of e-learning continues its rapid growth.