To App or Not? New Study Points the Way. To app or not to app. That is the question many brands struggle with in these digital days. They know they need to go mobile. But what they don't know is whether they should go all out and build an app? Or is a simple website, optimized for the mobile Web, enough? A new study from Adobe’s Omniture Business Unit might have the answer: Mobile users like apps when all they want is a self-contained experience, like a game.
Omniture measured the preferences and behaviors of 1,200 mobile users in four key consumer categories: products and shopping, financial services, media and entertainment, and travel. It makes sense. Mental Models. eLearning Professionals: what did you want to be when you grew up? | Polldaddy.com (poll 3935485) Office of Instructional Consulting: IU School of Education. Stories about time: interactive timeline tools. This post continues the theme of using digital storytelling tools for instruction. Good stories are usually about change or a journey that’s been made. Sometimes stories describe change in the context of events that have occurred over time. That’s where timeline tools come in handy. In this post, I’ll review some interactive timeline generators. Dipity At the top of my list of timeline generation tools is Dipity. Your objects can include text, photos, videos, and urls. Dipity is collaborative. How-to video xtimeline Like Dipity, xtimeline is an interactive timeline tool that allows users to view text and media associated with timeline objects.
How-to video TimeGlider TimeGlider has more bells and whistles, which also means it has a steeper learning curve. Like Dipity and xtimeline, you can associate text, links, and images to timeline objects. TimeGlider doesn’t “get” that you might not know the month or day of a particular timeline event so you’ll have to fill in some value. Like this: Digiassass_eada. Google Goggles: The Future of Mobile Learning? « Designing Impact. Samsung Galaxy Tab to cost $399 on T-Mobile? 10 October '10, 08:03am Follow A leaked T-Mobile slide suggests that the US carrier will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab on its network, looking like it will set back customers $399 when the device goes on sale. In the week, BoyGeniusReport suggested that Sprint would be launching the Galaxy Tab on its network on November 14, keeping the same price structure as T-Mobile. When UK pricing rumours surfaced, we were surprised to see the Samsung device coming in a little more expensive than the iPad, especially when the Galaxy Tab is tasked with taking the Android fight to Apple’s tablet market domination.
Mobile Learning Environments (EDUCAUSE Quarterly. Key Takeaways With one billion devices expected to have mobile broadband Internet connections, the impact of mobile communication cannot be underestimated. With this growth in mobile devices, it seems appropriate to ask what completely new things might be afforded by mobile media for learning. The discussion of learning environments and mobile media grants educators an opportunity to adopt methods of situated, contextual, just-in-time, participatory, and personalized learning. Theory aside, it seems common sense that instruction should be performed in the most authentic context possible to practice and demonstrate useful learning, which mobile learning environments can facilitate. As I walk down State Street, a mile-long strip of eateries and shops near the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, I decide to try something new for lunch. In an instant, my cell phone is out and I touch a small black icon, launching Siri, a free app I downloaded while riding the bus the previous day.
Paper on Continuing Medical Education through mobile devices for Health Care Workers in Developing Countries. 10 Unusual Sources Of Inspiration for eLearning. Sharebar We all need inspiration at times. Here are ten websites where you can seek, browse and hopefully find inspiration to kickstart your creativity. Click the underlined name of the source to access each site. 1. Visual.ly is a site for exploring, sharing and creating visualizations. 2. If you crave a wide variety of ideas for conceiving information graphics, check out the sundry visuals at this site, where “form follows data.” 3. A gallery of well-designed Keynote and PowerPoint presentations reside on this site. 4.
We adults are too serious. XPLANE excels at visualizing processes, procedures and information. 6. Bring storytelling and other journalistic skills to your courses. 7. If you get stuck on scriptwriting for video, try browsing through the dozens of scripts housed on this minimalist site. 8. This site has loads of advice and inspiration related to photography, which often serves as the main media element in online courses. 10. Need inspiration for a color palette? 35 Excellent Wireframing Resources - Noupe Design Blog. Oct 05 2010 Wireframing is an important part of the design process, one that shouldn’t be overlooked by even the most experienced designers.
Wireframes can save development time by outlining exactly how a site should look and function, in a manner that can be shown to and approved by your clients. But wireframing can be confusing, especially to new designers. What’s the right way to create a wireframe? Is there even a right way? Wireframing Articles The articles featured here discuss wireframing and prototyping both from a theoretical and a practical point of view. My Five Commandments for Wireframing A podcast and article from Boagworld on good practices for wireframing, including why you should wireframe and the benefits of paper wireframing.
Wireframes for the Wicked Here’s a slideshow that talks about the purpose of wireframes and the different types of wireframes. The Future of Wireframes? UX 101: The Wireframe A beginner’s guide to wireframing from Viget Advance. Storyboards vs. Storify: Using Stories to Learn and Share. With the onslaught of information we’re subjected to, it’s tempting just to collect links in a never-ending to-be-read-later pile. It’s not exactly a habit that fosters critical thinking. Storify provides a fun way to assemble snippets of web information (Tweets, Facebook excerpts, Flickr photos, YouTube videos, Google search results, and RSS feed data) to tell a story.
The technology (or what are my powers?) In private beta, you need an invite to get started with Storify. The video below provides an overview of what you’ll be able to do with Storify. To create your story, you can select information from a variety of sources, including: TwitterFacebookFlickrYouTubeGoogleRSS You can enter search terms and, depending on the source you’re exploring, you may have multiple filter options (for example, the option to exclude retweets in Twitter) to limit the results displayed.
For more information about Storify see this FAQ and their blog. Instructional strategies Learners can use Storify to: Is your website ADA-friendly? - Related Stories - SmartBrief on Workforce. Skip to main content Browse All Briefs by Topic Is your website ADA-friendly? Forward to a friend The Justice Department wants company websites to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Some areas they are targeting include ensuring those with visual disabilities can change the type size or color on a website, and allowing users to ask for more time to respond to instructions, says Kimberly Colonna of McNees Wallace & Nurick.
View Full Article in: HRMorning.com Business | Best Practices Series Published in Brief: SmartBrief on Workforce SmartBrief Job Listings for Business View More Job Openings ©2014 SmartBrief. QR codes for mobile learning on Trailmeme. QR codes for moble learning on Trailmeme. QR codes for moble learning mlearning on Trailmeme. mHealth and Patient Education for the 83% As noted in a previous post, while smartphones represent an exciting tool for patient education and the support of health-directed behaviors, 80% of Americans don’t have smartphones. What are the opportunities for mlearning for health when it comes to this population? Remembering the larger picture If you feel stymied by the limitations of non-smartphones, remember that mhealth services should be part of a larger picture of patient-centered services and that this larger picture includes human beings—doctors, nurses, and support networks of patients and patient advocates.
Thus, mobile phones, even the ones that are not so smart, are best used in blended learning strategies. Face-to-face learning opportunities in a physician’s office are critical to helping patients develop better health strategies. While self-directed learning allows patients to become truly empowered, this doesn’t mean that patients go it alone. How can mobile phones be integrated into this larger learning strategy? Research Online. Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney and Brian Ferry (editors), New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, 2009, 138p.
ISBN: 978-1-74128-169-9 (online). Complete book available here - individual chapters below: Table of Contents Preface: While mobile technologies such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and digital music players (mp3 players) have permeated popular culture, they have not found widespread acceptance as pedagogical tools in higher education.
The purpose of this e-book is to explore the use of mobile devices in learning in higher education, and to provide examples of good pedagogy. The book begins with an introductory chapter that describes the overall project, its aims and methods. The chapters and full text are arranged alphabetically by author below: Follow index Papers from 2009 2009 Art on the move: Mobility – a way of life, I. Twitter Directory and Search, Find Twitter Followers. Keeping Your Eye on the Search. Given the importance of visual elements in elearning, it’s interesting to note that many instructional designers rely heavily on text-based research at the outset of a project and then consider visual elements when the text-based content has been developed. However, conducting text-based searches in parallel with media searches can allow you to find information and discern patterns that you might have missed with a traditional approach.
Expanding your search engine horizons In addition to searching the image and video collections of standard search engines, like Google and Bing, there are a number of search engines that create different visual outputs of a search. These can help you broaden your outlook on any given research topic. ViewziViewzi gives you the option to view your search results in a number of different formats including: and many more. RedZ A RedZ search allows you to pan through a gallery of web screenshots, if you’re in Web view, to find relevant content. Spacetime 3D. Miio. Health Literacy Month and e-Patients: A Ways to Go. It’s probably appropriate that right on the heels of the e-Patient Connections 2010 conference that we enter health literacy month.
If the conference, and the e-patient movement more generally, point to a population of active and engaged patients, health literacy month reminds us that there’s much to be done when it comes to creating effective physician-patient partnerships and helping patients take charge of their own wellness and health care decisions. As stated (or restated) by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (2010), “‘health literacy’ is a person’s capacity to find, understand, and use basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.”
As noted in a previous post, health literacy and overall literacy are not the same thing. Six steps for creating patient-friendly communications When creating materials to support health education, it’s worth remember the AMA’s six steps for improving doctor-patient communications (AMA, 2003): U.S. US QR Code Statistics for MSKYNET « SPARQCode BLOG. What students need to know about Google. Skip to main content Browse All Briefs by Topic What students need to know about Google Forward to a friend 09/30/2010 | InsideHigherEd.com Students must be taught how Google's search engine works if they are to effectively improve their research skills, according to experts who say students who use the search engine are surprisingly unaware of how searches are produced. "Student overuse of simple search leads to problems of having too much information or not enough information ... both stemming from a lack of sufficient conceptual understanding of how information is organized," said Andrew Asher, the lead research anthropologist at the Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries Project.
View Full Article in: InsideHigherEd.com Education | K-12 | Tech | Software & IT Services Published in Brief: SmartBrief on EdTech SmartBrief Job Listings for Education View More Job Openings ©2014 SmartBrief. Screen sharing - share your desktop using Skype. QR Codes, Augmented Reality, and Learning for Health. QR code for this blog In a previous post, I described some instructional applications of QR codes. In this post, I’ll discuss the use of QR codes in patient education and performance support (e.g., supporting health-directed behaviors).
Mobile health (mhealth) meets mobile learning (mlearning) QR codes have enormous potential to allow learners to pull information related to their own health care interests. The information can be presented as micro-educational modules, or perhaps more aptly, as performance support tools. For example, QR codes can be used to help patients use health information in specific contexts, such as when needing to: take a pillinteract with a device (for example, a glucose meter, a smart band-aid, etc)engage in a behavior (e.g., finding a hospital, exercising, buying food, selecting a meal, etc). The mhealth applications of QR codes intersect with their mlearning applications. Some examples include: Augmenting reality with QR codes Caveats and cautions Like this: Another Tablet Computer – Blackberry Playbook. Blackberry's Playbook tablet has medical community in mind | iMedicalApps.
Yesterday Blackberry announced it’s answer to Apple’s iPad – the Playbook. Their tablet boasts impressive hardware along with a new operating system: Blackberry Tablet OS. The tablet is going to be heavily promoted to the enterprise users, such as hospitals and health care systems. During their keynote speech of their new tablet Blackberry made sure to mention the medical community. They mentioned how there will be apps for the medical industry, as well as giving an example of a medical app used by orthopedic surgeons in their practice. One of their press releases also gave a small glimpse into Blackberry’s hopes for making the Playbook a viable option for electronic medical records when mentioning their file transfer library function for developers: For example, a medical records application can attach image files to a patient’s medical record, with the option to open or preview the record, or view the list of available images before it is downloaded to the BlackBerry smartphone.
Zoho notebook for learning and collaboration. How to game a cure. Kno adds single-screen tablet to double-screen plans for education market. Stickybits: Scan your mobile world for social learning. Becoming a Twitter power user on Trailmeme. Fall colors depend on weather changes. QR Codes: Augmenting Augmented Reality. Telephone coaching cuts medical costs, study says - White Coat Notes. The New York Times > Books > Interactive Feature > A Literary Map of Manhattan. Free Web chat tools. Exploratree: A Metacognition tool. iPhone vs. Android? The answer is “both”. Mobile learning for health: Initial design considerations. Top 50 Mobile Learning Resources. The Practice of Mobile Learning. Designing Mobile Experiences. Mlearnopedia. mHealth Meet mLearning: The Opportunities. Healthcare Mobile Learning Revenues Will Reach $306.67 Million by 2014.
Gizmos-for-seniors: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance. Powerful examples of using the iPad on the wards | KevinMD.com. The Rise of Apps Culture. Ambient-Insight-Mobile-Learning-Healthcare-Leads-the-Way. Glass: A New Annotation and Collaboration Platform. Glass: Turning the Internet into your collaborative sharing website.
Free eLearning Books. How Are Adults Using Mobile Phones? Best content in Mobile Learning. Best content in mobile health. The Augmented Reality Library. Untitled. US Leads the Global Mobile Learning Market #mlearning | Online Training, Learning Management System, Blog. Litmos. Analyst: Android To Get 50% of Mobile Market, iOS Only 20% 7 Brilliant iPhone Apps for Teachers and Bloggers | Johannes Ahrenfelt. Mobile Device CME: A Bright Future Ahead | DLC Solutions' eHealth Blog. Optimizing Web Media for Mobile Learning. Academic social-media site to integrate with Facebook. Notre Dame embarks on a paperless course with iPads.
100 Extensive University Libraries from Around the World that Anyone Can Access « mary & mac design. Mobile Learning Portal. Smartphones hustle to maintain pace with rapid rate of change in oncology - Cancer Network. What do teachers really want in an "Educational App"? Elearning. University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE! My PLN (Illustrated) Free Mobile Internet for Educators - In YOUR U.S. City! Mobile health shows promise in emergency medicine - Comments - eHealth SmartBrief.