Welcome to the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) weekly report on news and findings of interest related to mobile learning in the military.

Mobile Learning...

• SCoE Mobile – This Prezi illustrates a quick, down-and-dirty introduction to the Sustainment Center of Excellence Mobile team at Fort Lee, Virginia -http://prezi.com/jcrg1kaxbr82/scoe-mobile/
• SCORM Implementation Strategies For Mobile: mLearnCon – http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/23/scorm-implementation-strategies-for-mobile-mlearncon/
• Podcast: William Rankin on Mobile Learning with the iPhone and iPod – http://www.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/PodcastWilliamRankinonMobileLe/210221
• The Importance of Mobile Phones in Education [as viewed by a student] – http://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/2010/7/20/the-importance-of-mobile-phones-in-education.html
• mLearning Myths & Misconceptions with @robgadd4 #mLearnCon – http://blog.litmos.com/2010/07/mlearning-myths-misconceptions-with.html
• Mobile Learning; Lessons learnt from the eLearning Africa 2010 – http://www.telecentre.org/profiles/blogs/mobile-learninglessons-learnt

News Stories of Interest...

• Smartphones could be latest battle accessory – http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66K1NE20100721
• iPad goes under the gauntlet at universities this fall – http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/ipad-goes-under-the-gauntlet-at-universities-this-fall.ars
• E-books overtake hardcover sales at Amazon – http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f0a40d18-9380-11df-bb9a-00144feab49a.html
• Japan in a Cell Phone League of its Own – http://www.technewsdaily.com/japan-in-a-cell-phone-league-of-its-own-0880/
• We Didn’t See the Kids Coming, RIM Admits – http://www.mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/content/we-didn%E2%80%99t-see-kids-coming-rim-admits
• HP Slate no longer a consumer product, will arrive for enterprise this fall – http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/hp-slate-no-longer-a-consumer-product-will-arrive-for-enterpris/
• Bloatware Creeps Into Android Phones – http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/bloatware-android-phones/
• Palm’s Jon Rubinstein: WebOS 2.0 coming “later this year” – http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/07/22/palm-webos-2-0-coming-later-this-year/#more-35866
• GM’s OnStar: There’s an app for that – http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/22/autos/onstar_app/index.htm
• India unveils world’s cheapest laptop: Touchscreen computing device costing just £23 [$35] to be rolled out first to 110 million schoolchildren -http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/23/india-unveils-cheapest-laptop
• Soon, t-shirts to power your cell phone as you jog -http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/soon-t-shirts-to-power-your-cell-phone-as-you-jog_100400981.html

Resources...

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ADL Mobile Learning Team Contact: Judy Brown judy.brown.ctr@adlnet.gov