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Slide 1: Mobile Collaboration @ Digilab working with the Virtual Learning Environment Programme Rhodri Thomas Rhodri.Thomas@open.ac.uk
Slide 2: Mobile Collaboration Social – Presence & Status updates – Instant Messaging User-generated – Rich media capture – Sharing with peers Location-based – GPS Mobile blog ‘moblog’ http://moblog.co.uk/ | http://www.cellspin.net/ MediaBoard http://www.m-learning.net/preview/LeedsMet_mediaboard/ /
Slide 3: Location-based activities • Fieldwork & connecting groups • Mapping media to a grid • Adding GPS data: – Geotagging – Twitpic – Shozu – Google Earth/Maps [Science ERA project] [FELS Santiago residential]
Slide 4: Mobile Internet technologies Basic phones – Small screens used for menus ‘VGA’ devices – Higher resolution for multimedia Full screen – Apple iPhone/iPod touch – Nokia Internet Tablet ‘Zoom view’ – Apple iPhone/iPod Safari – Opera Mini/Mobile – Microsoft Deepfish [in development] – Google Android [in development]
Slide 5: EPD Task – evaluate Opera Mini Try out your own phone web browser first, then compare by going to: http://mini.opera.com Click to download There are 3 options [ Phone, PC or via SMS] ~120kB Try out these sites: wap.tfl.gov.uk or wap.nationalrail.co.uk m.facebook.com or m.flickr.com bbc.co.uk/mobile library.open.ac.uk  More on Knowledge Network Try Opera ‘desktop’/mobile views Reflect on your experiences Discuss in next week’s session You can also use the emulator at: http://www.operamini.com/demo/
Slide 6: Podcasting equipment What standard? (examples): • Bronze  Handheld technologies  Recording attachments/accessories  Audio recording software • Silver  ‘Prosumer’ recording devices  Digilab or LTS (Sound&Vision) loan • Gold:  ‘Broadcast quality’  LTS (Sound&Vision) studio time
Slide 7: eLC Activity: Podcasting • Write down a few prompt words which will help you describe your thoughts on either of the following: o How do you see podcasting supplementing teaching and learning activities and/or the contact with your students? o What would you like to achieve through being part of the eLearning Community and what would you like to see covered in future? • Record a one minute reflection on this topic, and play back to see if this is OK – no time for editing today. • We will then upload to the Podcast Directory as part of the eLC Podcasting session outputs.
Slide 8: Example sessions • Educational and Professional Development (EPD)  http://epd.open.ac.uk  http://kn.open.ac.uk/workspace.cfm?wpid=8541  Elluminate recording (mobile browsing) • eLearning Community workshops  http://kn.open.ac.uk/workspace.cfm?wpid=8567  Podcast Directory (handheld recording activity) • Mobile Learner Support  http://conclave.open.ac.uk/mLearn/ • Digibytes and Digiquests
Slide 9: Digilab facilities
Slide 10: Example resources • Mobile Technologies Special Interest Group (MTech)  http://conclave.open.ac.uk/m-tech-group/ • Emulation/Simulation  http://conclave.open.ac.uk/m-tech-group/index.php/Emulation • Devices  http://conclave.open.ac.uk/m-tech-group/index.php/Devices