Scanning my feeds today one from ALA struck me when I saw free elearning cd resources were available from The Australian Flexible Learning Framework.
I then started looking through their site and found lots of interesting links filled with all sorts of ideas.
These 3 links came from a presentation that was available for viewing from their Workshop Resources page.
e-paper – the world’s largest flexible organic active matrix display.
http://www.epaper.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=2
Grafedia (US based) – Here users create real graffiti in the real world but when they write it they underscore a word. Another person walking by that sees this can text the “word”@grafedia.net to see additional images, video, or audio from the “artist”. Seems to be an interesting idea, but it does promote graffiti.
http://www.grafedia.net/
Yellow Arrow – This is similar to the Grafedia idea but this time users get a little yellow arrow sticker and place it somewhere in the world. When you see one of these arrows you text the number you see on it to a phone number on your cellphone and you will now see extra information about that spot as provided by the user. (They do mention on this site to ask permission to place an arrow somewhere and to not vandilize.)
http://yellowarrow.net/index2.php
The site explains that it can be used in an educational manner:
Yellow Arrow has proven to be a very valuable tool in an educational
environtment. It is a great tool for engaging students to think critically about
the places they live and frequent, and to have a concrete forum to express their
creativity. Yellow Arrow has been successfully showcased and used at such
institutions as M.I.T., Pratt Institute, Central Connecticut State University,
ITU-Technical University Copenhagen, among others. (I’m not sure I quite get
this one though).
Here is a Word document on tips for creating mobile learning with PowerPoint (basically for Pocket PC)
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/webdav/site/flxsite/shared/New%20Practices/v3%20Simple%20mobile%20resource%20design%20with%20MS%20PowerPoint_t.doc
If you’re from Austraila you can get the free CD resources on mobile learning by going to:
http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/flx/go/home/projects/2006/newpractices2006/pid/200
- Virtual Worlds- Real Learning –
- Media on the Move – online casting such as podcasts, audio and video files, RSS and playback on mobile devices
- ARED (Applications for Rapid E-learning Development)