<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from mobile-learning.blog-city.com</title><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 mobile-learning.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:17:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from mobile-learning.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Using twitter, sms, word clouds and audience response systems in my workshop ... a technology too far?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_twitter_sms_word_clouds_and_audience_response_system.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_twitter_sms_word_clouds_and_audience_response_system.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=using%5Ftwitter%5Fsms%5Fword%5Fclouds%5Fand%5Faudience%5Fresponse%5Fsystem</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I tried using Twitter, SMS, Word Clouds and Audience Response Systems in my last presentation. I suppose the first question must be, why use so many technologies? A previous comment on this blog asked if there was any evidence of people using Twitter]]></description></item><item><title>FAO External Reviewers: Using word clouds in teaching and learning</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/fao_external_reviewers_using_word_clouds_in_teaching_and_le.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/fao_external_reviewers_using_word_clouds_in_teaching_and_le.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fao%5Fexternal%5Freviewers%5Fusing%5Fword%5Fclouds%5Fin%5Fteaching%5Fand%5Fle</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The aim of this paper is to introduce the potential of using word clouds within your teaching and learning. In particular, it will explain address what a word cloud is, what we should take into consideration when using them and compare a selection of]]></description></item><item><title>How and why are people using Twitter: A small group study</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/how_and_why_are_people_using_twitter_a_small_group_study.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/how_and_why_are_people_using_twitter_a_small_group_study.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fand%5Fwhy%5Fare%5Fpeople%5Fusing%5Ftwitter%5Fa%5Fsmall%5Fgroup%5Fstudy</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve finally written up some observations from the survey I undertook of Twitter uses a few months ago. The article abstract is ...&quot;This paper reports the findings from a survey of people who are using Twitter. Twitter feels like the new tec]]></description></item><item><title>using twitter digest to track sub groups of people on twitter, i.e., students on a course</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_twitter_digest_to_track_sub_groups_of_people_on_twitte.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_twitter_digest_to_track_sub_groups_of_people_on_twitte.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=using%5Ftwitter%5Fdigest%5Fto%5Ftrack%5Fsub%5Fgroups%5Fof%5Fpeople%5Fon%5Ftwitte</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been discussing the idea of students on a course using an agreed tag within their tweets to comment on their course. You could then search against this to collect the tweets together. Some of the previous blogs statements elaborate on this i]]></description></item><item><title>article review: using podcasts and tablet pcs in computer science</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_using_podcasts_and_tablet_pcs_in_computer_sc.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_using_podcasts_and_tablet_pcs_in_computer_sc.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=article%5Freview%5Fusing%5Fpodcasts%5Fand%5Ftablet%5Fpcs%5Fin%5Fcomputer%5Fsc</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kurtz et al., (2007) in ACMSE March 2007, pg 484-489.I&#39;m going to focus on the tablet PC aspect as the use of tablet pcs in higher education is the topic of under discussion at the WEET-HE meeting this afternoon (West of England e-Learning Teams]]></description></item><item><title>Using a QR code to deliver support material during a lecture.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_a_qr_code_to_deliver_support_material_during_a_lecture.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_a_qr_code_to_deliver_support_material_during_a_lecture.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=using%5Fa%5Fqr%5Fcode%5Fto%5Fdeliver%5Fsupport%5Fmaterial%5Fduring%5Fa%5Flecture</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As some of you are aware I&#39;ve been experimenting with different uses of QR codes in face to face teaching. A scenario that I&#39;ve just tested is the following ... providing the presentation as a text file which the audience can download at the]]></description></item><item><title>how to aggregate student comments in lectures using Twitter - but, I still think as a lecturer I&apos;d use an sms service.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/how_to_aggregate_student_comments_in_lectures_using_twitter_.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/how_to_aggregate_student_comments_in_lectures_using_twitter_.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fto%5Faggregate%5Fstudent%5Fcomments%5Fin%5Flectures%5Fusing%5Ftwitter%5F</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This post is driven from a comment by Alice on a previous post. The question was can students use their twitter accounts (assuming they have one) to post comments and questions to the lecturer to either addresses directly in the class, review later,]]></description></item><item><title>FAO External Reviewers: How and why people are using Twitter: A small group study</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/fao_external_reviewers_how_and_why_people_are_using_twitter.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/fao_external_reviewers_how_and_why_people_are_using_twitter.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fao%5Fexternal%5Freviewers%5Fhow%5Fand%5Fwhy%5Fpeople%5Fare%5Fusing%5Ftwitter</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Introduction  Twitter is the technology which is currently riding high in the popularity stakes. In July, 2007, TwitDir.com identified 340 000 public Twitter accounts. On average every day 2000 new Twitter accounts are created [http://twitterfacts.bl]]></description></item><item><title>SMS texting in questions during a lecture and then analysing them via a word cloud</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/sms_texting_in_questions_during_during_a_lecture_and_the_ana.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/sms_texting_in_questions_during_during_a_lecture_and_the_ana.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sms%5Ftexting%5Fin%5Fquestions%5Fduring%5Fduring%5Fa%5Flecture%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fana</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The following was emailed to me, and I had a spare 20 minutes to piece together a few ideas I&rsquo;ve been working on. OK, they weren&rsquo;t free, I should have been working through the Moodle FAQs (sorry Roger).&quot;I&#39;ve been having a bit of]]></description></item><item><title>devising a classification matrix for uses of Twitter</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/devising_a_classification_matrix_for_uses_of_twitter.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/devising_a_classification_matrix_for_uses_of_twitter.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=devising%5Fa%5Fclassification%5Fmatrix%5Ffor%5Fuses%5Fof%5Ftwitter</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As some people might be aware I&#39;ve got my teeth into Twitter at the moment. As part of this, I&#39;m wondering if I could devise a robust-ish classification index for the different types of Tweets. The intention is to use this as a way of introdu]]></description></item><item><title>Designing in the mobile dimension to a programme of face to face seminars.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/designing_in_the_mobile_dimension_to_a_programme_of_face_to_.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/designing_in_the_mobile_dimension_to_a_programme_of_face_to_.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=designing%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fmobile%5Fdimension%5Fto%5Fa%5Fprogramme%5Fof%5Fface%5Fto%5F</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At University of Bath we are about to roll our summer seminar series which are a number of 45 minute sessions. There are 5 sessions over 6 weeks. There is little new about that, however, for this event I have designed in a few new approaches that enh]]></description></item><item><title>Article Reviews: Thoughts on using physical tags with mobile users (view:all)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_reviews_thoughts_on_using_physical_tags_with_mobile.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_reviews_thoughts_on_using_physical_tags_with_mobile.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=article%5Freviews%5Fthoughts%5Fon%5Fusing%5Fphysical%5Ftags%5Fwith%5Fmobile</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The following are drawn from two articles;1. Requesting pervasive services by touching RFID tags. Riekki, Salminen and Alakarppa (2006) Pervasive Computing2. Reach out and touch: using NFC and 2D barcodes for service discovery and interaction with mo]]></description></item><item><title>Impact of no emerging standards in 2D barcodes</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/impact_of_no_emerging_standards_in_2d_barcodes.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/impact_of_no_emerging_standards_in_2d_barcodes.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=impact%5Fof%5Fno%5Femerging%5Fstandards%5Fin%5F2d%5Fbarcodes</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This from iDA Singapore report on Mobile 2-D BarcodesThis report highlights that Japan and Korea have seen a development in the use of 2-D barcodes for a number of years &#39;aimed at simplifying the access of information and the creation of innovati]]></description></item><item><title>Article Review: Handheld Computer Supported Context-aware learning with 2D Barcodes (view:all)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_handheld_computer_supported_contextaware_le.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_handheld_computer_supported_contextaware_le.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=article%5Freview%5Fhandheld%5Fcomputer%5Fsupported%5Fcontextaware%5Fle</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This article focuses on a more orthodox approach to the use of 2D barcodes, except it adds a twist by using GPS and server side solutions to deliver dynamic content. I&#39;m not 100% sure if you need to go to such extremes, however, the model for con]]></description></item><item><title>Are QR Codes (semacode) the future for mobile learning?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/are_qr_codes_semacode_the_future_for_mobile_learning.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/are_qr_codes_semacode_the_future_for_mobile_learning.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=are%5Fqr%5Fcodes%5Fsemacode%5Fthe%5Ffuture%5Ffor%5Fmobile%5Flearning</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been reading around the topic of using QR codes (semacode) in education. This has been driven by a colleague who is undertaking a research topic on making it simpler for us to create and distribute QR Codes. So the question for me is, what r]]></description></item><item><title>Article review: A pilot study on 3G Mobile Phones and Two Dimensional Barcode in Classroom Communication and Support System (view: all)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_a_pilot_study_on_3g_mobile_phones_and_two_di.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_a_pilot_study_on_3g_mobile_phones_and_two_di.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=article%5Freview%5Fa%5Fpilot%5Fstudy%5Fon%5F3g%5Fmobile%5Fphones%5Fand%5Ftwo%5Fdi</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[See my delicious tags for reference to article: http://del.icio.us/andyramsden/qrcodeI have to admit I felt a little cheated by this article as it was below my expectations. I found it quite difficult to understand what they were actually doing. That]]></description></item><item><title>Article Review: Using mobile phones and QR codes for formative class assessment (view:all)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_using_mobile_phones_and_qr_codes_for_formati.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/article_review_using_mobile_phones_and_qr_codes_for_formati.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=article%5Freview%5Fusing%5Fmobile%5Fphones%5Fand%5Fqr%5Fcodes%5Ffor%5Fformati</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[See my delicious tags for reference to article: http://del.icio.us/andyramsden/qrcode This article introduces a very interesting application of QR codes through class assessment and feedback. They piloted the use of QR codes in a similar way to many]]></description></item><item><title>twitter ... is it an maturing learning technology?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/twitter__is_it_an_maturing_learning_technology.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/twitter__is_it_an_maturing_learning_technology.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=twitter%5F%5Fis%5Fit%5Fan%5Fmaturing%5Flearning%5Ftechnology</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been experimenting with twitter for a few months trying to see any application for its use in Higher Education.I have to admit I&#39;m warming to it nicely. For a certain group of my contacts and life style it is a very good way of keeping i]]></description></item><item><title>Using yahoo pipes in an educational context</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_yahoo_pipes_in_an_educational_context.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/using_yahoo_pipes_in_an_educational_context.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=using%5Fyahoo%5Fpipes%5Fin%5Fan%5Feducational%5Fcontext</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The use of rss aggregation to pull things together for an individual and personal view is becoming more common. However, this has resulted in potential confusion due to people having to subscribe to a number of RSS feeds. This can get a little unwiel]]></description></item><item><title>more evidence that some students like their lectures being podcasted</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/more_evidence_that_some_students_like_their_lectures_being_p.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/more_evidence_that_some_students_like_their_lectures_being_p.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fevidence%5Fthat%5Fsome%5Fstudents%5Flike%5Ftheir%5Flectures%5Fbeing%5Fp</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In an earlier posting to this blog I identified that my research with engineering students on podcasting lectures was positively received by some students. (see http://www.mobile-learning.blog-city.com/podcasting_your_lectures__will_your_students_sta]]></description></item><item><title>improving the design of Blackboard courses for mobile devices. (view:all)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/improving_the_design_of_blackboard_courses_for_mobile_device.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/improving_the_design_of_blackboard_courses_for_mobile_device.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=improving%5Fthe%5Fdesign%5Fof%5Fblackboard%5Fcourses%5Ffor%5Fmobile%5Fdevice</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A very &ldquo;now&rdquo; question is, what can Blackboard course instructors do to enhance the potential of mobile learners within their courses? This can be addressed through various approaches one of which is usability. However, it does involve the]]></description></item><item><title>How can we enhance institutional “virtual” learning spaces for the mobile learner?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/how_can_we_enhance_institutional_virtual_learning_spaces_f.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/how_can_we_enhance_institutional_virtual_learning_spaces_f.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fcan%5Fwe%5Fenhance%5Finstitutional%5Fvirtual%5Flearning%5Fspaces%5Ff</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How can we enhance institutional &ldquo;virtual&rdquo; learning spaces for the mobile learner? If we assume that the Blackboard Learning Environment is part of the virtual learning space, then how can a course instructor design their course to be mor]]></description></item><item><title>Presentation of geotagging images and geocaching</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/presentation_of_geotagging_images_and_geocaching.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/presentation_of_geotagging_images_and_geocaching.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=presentation%5Fof%5Fgeotagging%5Fimages%5Fand%5Fgeocaching</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve taken on board Brian Kelly&#39;s comment about making the slides more available / accessible - so you can view them through the web. So I&#39;ve taken a large step into the would of slideshare.Please enjoy ... note the first few slides are w]]></description></item><item><title>The potential of goetagging images and geocaching in education (HE)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/the_potential_of_goetagging_images_and_geocaching_in_educati.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/the_potential_of_goetagging_images_and_geocaching_in_educati.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fpotential%5Fof%5Fgoetagging%5Fimages%5Fand%5Fgeocaching%5Fin%5Feducati</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The following link is for a screencast of a presentation I recently made at the University of Bristol, to a group within Information Services.The aim of the presentation was to start to think about how we might use geotagging images and geocaching in]]></description></item><item><title>facebook works rather well on my dell axim using the opera web browser</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/facebook_works_rather_well_on_my_dell_axim_using_the_opera_w.htm</guid><link>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/facebook_works_rather_well_on_my_dell_axim_using_the_opera_w.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://mobile-learning.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=facebook%5Fworks%5Frather%5Fwell%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fdell%5Faxim%5Fusing%5Fthe%5Fopera%5Fw</comments><dc:creator>Andy Ramsden</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[well it was one of those, wow moments - facebook works very well on my dell axim using the Opera Mobile web browser. It maybe a small step for mankind, but for me it wonderful ;-)]]></description></item></channel></rss>