ADL Mobile Learning Newsletter #72

ADL Mobile Learning Newsletter

14 November 2011

Welcome to the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) weekly report on news and findings of interest related to mobile learning in the military. Note that due to increased requests, this newsletter is now open to all. Please subscribe at the bottom of this newsletter.

Mobile Learning...

Immersing Yourself in the Story - http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/immersing-yourself-in-the-story/
7 Myths About BYOD Debunked - http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/11/09/7-byod-myths.aspx
Are #mLearning projects in Africa really successful? #ICT4D critique - http://ignatiawebs.blogspot.com/2011/11/are-mlearning-projects-in-africa-really.html
Dear Companies, You Should Start Using Mobile Devices As Training Tools For Your Employees - http://www.businessinsider.com/you-should-use-tablets-and-smartphones-to-make-your-business-more-efficient-2011-11
Designing Mobile Learning Material [Vendor] - http://www.mobl21.com/blog/08/designing-mobile-learning-material/
Don’t ban mobiles in schools, let students use them - http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/09/don%E2%80%99t-ban-mobile-phones-in-schools-let-students-use-them-all-the-time/
Mobile Technology Changes the Game - http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/11/09/mobile-technology-changes-the-game.aspx
There is an “app” for that: Mobile technologies and learning - http://global-ejournal.org/2011/11/07/there-is-an-%E2%80%9Capp%E2%80%9D-for-that-mobile-technologies-and-learning-2/
Why does learning content seem so much more exciting on an iPad? - http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-does-learning-content-seem-so-much.html

News Stories of Interest...

WOW Insider Interview: Wireless in Today’s U.S. Army - http://blog.ctia.org/2011/11/02/wow-insider-interview-wireless-in-today%E2%80%99s-u-s-army/
DISA eyes tablets and smartphones for Europe, Mideast and Africa - http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111110_8707.php
Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5 - http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html
Adobe Admits: Apple Won, Flash For Mobile is Done, HTML5 is the Future - http://mashable.com/2011/11/11/flash-mobile-dead-adobe/
Apple Reveals New Powerful Gestures in the Works for iOS Devices - http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/11/apple-reveals-new-powerful-gestures-in-the-works-for-ios-devices.html
AT&T follows Sprint to Launch LTE-A in 2013 - http://www.juniperresearch.com/analyst-xpress-blog/2011/11/09/att-follows-sprint-to-launch-lte-a-in-2013/
China Telecom to offer mobile services in US - http://www.telecomasia.net/content/china-telecom-offer-mobile-services-us
Data Monday: Slashing Tablet Prices - http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1439
Mobile data traffic to grow 10X by 2016, report says - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/mobile-data-traffic-to-grow-10x-by-2016-report-says/62762
Pew study: More mobile apps downloaded, but users rely on just a few - http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/pew-study-more-mobile-apps-downloaded-users-rely-just-few-178418
Strategy Analytics: Superphones to lead overall handset market with 200% growth in 2011 - http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2011/11/11/strategy-analytics-superphones-to-lead-overall-handset-market-with-200-growth-in-2011/
The One Chart You Need To See To Understand Mobile - http://www.businessinsider.com/the-one-chart-you-need-to-see-to-understand-mobile-2011-11
White House limits feds' mobile devices to cut costs - http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111109_8937.php

Press Releases of Interest...

comScore Reports September 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share - http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/press-releases/comscore-reports-september-2011-us-mobile-subscriber-market-share-0

Resources...

2EPUB: The Free Online ePub Converter - http://www.2epub.com/
3 Tools for Creating Augmented Reality for iPad - http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2011/11/3-tools-for-creating-augmented-reality.html
50 Great Ways To Use QR Codes In The College Classroom - http://www.youngupstarts.com/2011/10/19/50-great-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-the-college-classroom/
Sam's Cool Tools for the Classroom - http://samcooltoolsfortheclassroom.blogspot.com/2011/11/apps-for-all.html
Technology Horizons – Tablets - http://blog.jisctechdis.ac.uk/?p=717

For Developers...

5 Steps to Creating a Mobile App - http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/SmallBiz/November-2011/5-Steps-to-Creating-a-Mobile-App/
Android math just doesn't compute - http://pinchzoom.com/posts/android-math-just-doesnt-compute/
App Inventor at MIT - http://mitmobilelearning.org/content/app-inventor-mit
App Inventor Edu - http://appinventoredu.mit.edu/
DevLearn 2011 - HTML5 Authoring Tools - Judy Unrein - http://www.scribd.com/doc/67332621/DevLearn-2011-HTML5-Authoring-Tools-Judy-Unrein
HTML5 Is Popular, Still Unfinished - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203537304577030033803342936.html
Mozilla releases roadmap for Boot to Gecko project - http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/11/7/mozilla-releases-roadmap-boot-gecko-project/
Trunk Spotlight: Touchanote for Associating Your Notes with Real Life Objects - http://blog.evernote.com/2011/11/07/trunk-spotlight-touchanote-for-associating-your-notes-with-real-life-objects/

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