Links+and+Resources

=Links to other useful resources for Handheld Learning=

Contents:

 * 1) Kick-off meeting (12-13th May 2011)
 * 2) Articles and reports about mobile learning projects

Kick-off Meeting for project (12-13th May, 2011: North Killingholme)

 * Agenda for day 1:**


 * Presentation from Day 1 (What is mobile learning?)**


 * Agenda for day 2:**


 * Action Research Cycle (Day 2)**


 * Project Outputs and timescale (provisional)**

Misc notes taken from both days



Training Course wiki (this is a training course in the use of mobile devices being run jointly by the University of Hull and Schools-Online

http://ilearnwithipod.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Practice

The iSchool:
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This article discusses approaches to collaborative practice amongst primary school headteachers in the implementation of inter-school networks. ‘Learning networks’ and ‘learning communities’ have been subject to increasing educational attention in England as part of a broader policy shift in favour of collaborative approaches to school improvement. In this small-scale study, the interactions amongst groups of headteachers were observed over a five-year period. While the study reveals the tentative beginnings of positive inter-school professional exchange, these interactions take place in contexts where ‘networked learning’ and ‘community’ are often ill-defined. Corroborating findings from other contemporary studies in the field, observations reveal that inter-school collaboration is frequently hampered by a lack of conscious attention to theories and processes of change. This article challenges the implicit assumption that schools are easily equipped to engage in meaningful collaborative educational activity and highlights key areas in the preparation of collaborative educational practice and professional renewal.

iPod Touch Project in a Catholic High School


This paper explores the use of iPod Touches within a Catholic systemic high school setting in New South Wales, Australia. Unlike previous examples which have explored the concept of m-learning (mobile learning) from the perspective of student achievement in standardized tests, this study explored student motivation and engagement in the use of the devices. This report identified that students were significantly more motivated to learn mathematics when they were using the devices, and significant numbers of students felt that they were learning more when they were using devices as opposed to when they were not. However, contextual factors were important as well, considering the relative level of the students and the appropriateness of the apps (applications) being used.

Outbreak (part of the ROAR project - Radford Outdoor Augmented Reality Project)
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Report ont he use of apps by children in the USA []

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 * The School where pupils MUST have a mobile device**

see Iluminate video: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2011-06-21.1054.M.6ABED7E96B6F54378E1C10FFA08C1E.vcr&sid=2010108

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Mind shift mobile learning project

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M-Learning project (Australia) http://mlearning.uow.edu.au/

Six Problems and Six Solutions for Mobile Phones inEducation []