mLearning planning tools and qrcodes

Tools and tips Sorry, not enough room to look at them all! Share the ones you know or use on http://howtomlearn.posterous.com

Wifi is cheap
For those who have cell phone with wifi capacity:
To login to the wireless at OEB09:
wireless: ibahn_conf
Password: 03EC57
(the ‘0’ is a zero)
[email_address]
Look at the mobile version:
http://howtomlearn.mofuse.mobi/

Putting up our own mobile backchannel
Via computer:
http://howtomlearn.posterous.com/
Via mobile: http://howtomlearn.mofuse.com/
Give me your e-mail and simply mail to:
[email_address]
Tag e.g.: ((tag: oeb09, mobile)) in the heading

Limiting our costs (for when we go out)
Put your camera resolution on low
Put your film resolution on low
Data transfer can be VERY expensive! But as long as we can stick to wifi, all of us are safe 

Planning mLearning
The key question: will a mLearning project make a relevant difference in your setting?
If the answer is yes, go to the strategic drawing board, find partners, find options

Plan with a little help of your friends
Complete document here , thanks to Judy Brown

Mindmapping it all

Mobile learning platform: Moodle Open source and recognizable (we use it in Peru) http:// mle.sourceforge.net

Choosing tools
Choose the tool that fits the mobile devices you will use in learning
Communication and user-friendliness are priorities
Low data exchange improves user comfort
And remember Javascript and Flash not universally supported

Some of the ‘classic’ mTools2.0
Twitter
Facebook
Fring
Flickr
Friendfeed
Gmail
Youtube
What is your favorite?

Getting around with text
Useful keeping your notes over all your devices: http:// www.syncnotes.com/WebView/Default.aspx
Text to speech: http:// www.digitalfuturesoft.com/dfttsmobilesdk.php
Text to speech for iPhone: http://download.cnet.com/iReader-Text-to-Speech-for-iPhone/3000-20432_4-10970918.html
text to speech (windows mobile)
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-wordstreamer.html

Different operating systems
Symbian http://www.60symbian.com/
share mobile videos live (heavy on data transfer! So watch out!) especially Nokia, but increasingly other mobiles as well: https:// qik.com /
Android
http://www.android.com/market/free.html
windows mobile
http://marketplace.windowsphone.com/Default.aspx
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/
Geo: mediascapes: http:// www.mscapers.com /

Nice iPhone apps
everything is music: shake, dance… and your phone makes music: http:// rjdj.me /
if you want to be seen as a culture savvy intellectual, get this cool app: http:// www.soundwalk.com /
play a gps game worldwide: orbster online gps game: http:// orbster.com /
getting connected: http://www.aka-aki.com
Free iPhone apps: http://www.iphoneapps4free.com/
iPods http://learninginhand.com/blog/2009/10/create-it-in-your-hand-share-it-with.html

Surveys, polls and quizzes
Poll Everywhere
Turning Technologies ResponseWare (BlackBerry & iPhone)
iQuiz Maker (iPod)
Milkit
Mobile Study
Pocket Exam Builder
PodQuiz-hyperMix Maker
QuestionMark
Quizzler Maker
StudyCell
Tribal CTAD SMS quiz author
Survey example from surveygizmo http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/212741/moeb09

Great mobile sites to follow
Friendfeed:
http://friendfeed.com/mobile-2-0
A mobile learning content collection:
http://cc.mlearnopedia.com/
Mobile health: http://mobihealthnews.com/
Great overall mobile news:
http://www.m-trends.org /

QRcodes for all…
Let’s have a look at how these codes can simplify your life and learning

How can we access mobile content easily? Making it easier for the learners to access content enhances their learning experience QRcodes =Quick Response codes

What are mobile barcodes 1-dimensional 2-dimensional

The possibilities Learning from objects, exchanging information, quick direction to URL…

The mobile barcode learning facts
provide flyers with QRcodes to different web-based assessments;
direct mobile users to mobile manuals;
use the mobile barcodes to get background information during field trips (architecture, history, engineering…).
direct learners to the latest updates on specific information;
get students involved in future mobile applications;
check student attendance in face-to-face courses;
direct students to a specific mobile module or course
…

Technical demands for mobile barcodes
camera equipped cell phones +
Example from QuickMark

co/dec mobile barcodes Kaywa reader http://reader.kaywa.com Winksite QRcode generator Just a couple of examples no promo intended  and these are FREE i-nigma reader www.i-nigma.mobi

Exploring mobile barcodes at ITM
provide flyers with QRcodes to different web-based assessments YES ;
direct mobile users to mobile manuals YES ;
use the mobile barcodes to get background information during field trips (architecture, history, engineering…) FUTURE .
direct learners to the latest updates on specific information YES ;
get students involved in future mobile applications FUTURE ;
check student attendance in face-2-face courses NO ;
direct students to a specific mobile module or course YES .

Just-in-time learning Cartoon : from www.explodingdog.com Short manuals for sporadically used machinery

Accessing learning material swiftly accessing mobile content with one click: courses, updates, CME… (save the course on your mobile)

To take into account
Distance to the code for readability
Technology is evolving into 3D-coding
The QRcode is static, but the links to which they point can be adapted
Usefull links
2D code blog
QRcode info from the Denso Wave inc . inventors
QRcode demo with Gallerie , Japan (= youtube movie 7 min)

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mLearning planning tools and qrcodes

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