Google mobile learning and you get 103 million hits. At EDUCAUSE.edu, the same search results in 4,060 hits, including articles in EDUCAUSE Quarterly and EDUCAUSE Review. Browse through the EDUCAUSE 2009 conference site and you will discover mobile learning will be one of the dominant themes at this years conference.
There seems to be a disconnect between our excitement and the reality of mobile learning.
(Link: Why Hasn’t Mobile Learning Gained Traction? – Inside Higher Ed)
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e-learning, mobile
“about half” of US kids aged 12+ have cellphones, reports Alina Tugend in the New York Times, citing Yankee Group research
(Link: Cellphone: A kid’s other computer)
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kids, mobile
mPayy accounts for individuals enable secure electronic payments directly from your checking account. Shop or send money to friends online, with your mobile device or through your favorite social network. Earn Cash Back Rewards when you shop with mPayy.
(Link: mPayy – The Mobile Payment Company)
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mobile, payments
The mobiReady testing tool evaluates mobile-readiness using industry best practices & standards.
The free report provides both a score (from 1 to 5) and in-depth analysis of pages to determine how well your site performs on a mobile device.
(Link: ready.mobi – dotMobi compliance & mobileOK checker)
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mobile, testing, usability
This is a resource to share K-12 projects that have integrated student cell phones
(Link: k12cellphoneprojects – home)
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k12, mobile
“The fact that Silverlight for mobile has been announced two years ago and we don’t have a public beta is surprising. But what is more surprising is that Silverlight mobile is over a year away!”
(Link: Silverlight Mobile is 3 years late)
web2.0
mobile, propelpot, ria, silverlight
jQTouch – A jQuery plugin with native animations
A jQuery plugin with native animations, auto list navigation, and default application styles for Mobile WebKit browsers like iPhone, G1, and Pre.
web2.0
development, iphone, jQuery, mobile