http://www.goldenswamp.com/2008/10/16/whither-education-a-3-part-policy-take-two/ How the best knowledge gets to everybody to learn Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.goldenswamp.com/2008/10/16/whither-education-a-3-part-policy-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-59780 Judy Breck Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:38:08 +0000 http://www.goldenswamp.com/?p=1435#comment-59780 Yes, the comment on the importance of the mobile devices being able to deliver learning experience is true. But do we wait until somehow the devices develop these capacities outside of education, or do we get the mobiles into education first? If we do the latter, educators can participate in shaping mobiles into a stunning new learning platform. In the meantime, even the least featured mobile access is usually a lot more compelling than a printed textbook -- certainly to the young generation. Yes, the comment on the importance of the mobile devices being able to deliver learning experience is true. But do we wait until somehow the devices develop these capacities outside of education, or do we get the mobiles into education first? If we do the latter, educators can participate in shaping mobiles into a stunning new learning platform. In the meantime, even the least featured mobile access is usually a lot more compelling than a printed textbook — certainly to the young generation.

]]> http://www.goldenswamp.com/2008/10/16/whither-education-a-3-part-policy-take-two/comment-page-1/#comment-59758 ARJWright Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:18:26 +0000 http://www.goldenswamp.com/?p=1435#comment-59758 The hard part about this isn't the students, its digitzing the data in a way that keeps it presenter friendly, and mobile accessible. Using raw data XML data with some custom apps would help in some classes, but unless the devices also offer some level of augmented reality (touchscreen, camera and motion, etc), then part of the learning experience of some of the more logical subjects might be lost on many students. The hard part about this isn’t the students, its digitzing the data in a way that keeps it presenter friendly, and mobile accessible. Using raw data XML data with some custom apps would help in some classes, but unless the devices also offer some level of augmented reality (touchscreen, camera and motion, etc), then part of the learning experience of some of the more logical subjects might be lost on many students.

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