This is a presentation I gave at the British Council for Informatology, looking at the use of technology within face-to-face teaching and training situations.

1. Informatology 2007, London Blended sessions Scott Wilson CETIS, University of Bolton & MELCOE, Macquarie University This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 licence

3. A simple model I use… Self-organisation individualisation Attenuation Amplification Adaptation

11. OK class, turn ON your mobiles! “ If you'll set your handhelds to 'receive,' we'll be beaming out new lesson-plans momentarily” - cory doctorow, down and out in the magic kingdom

13. Mobile link sharing A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code ) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The "QR" is derived from "Quick Response", as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are most common in Japan, and are currently the most popular type of two dimensional code in Japan. - Wikipedia Use them to enable phone-scannable URLs on anything: handouts, name badges, equipment, exhibits… http://reader.kaywa.com

14. Live recording and sharing Mobile phones have lots of sophisticated media capture technology - audio, stills, video, text… And increasingly online sharing services with built-in mobile connectivity, or services like Shozu sitting in the middle layer Note that many services are badly implemented/deliberately crippled by various carriers so workarounds are needed m.youtube.com m.flickr.com