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Innovation in m-learning

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I also enjoyed and was encouraged by HandHeldLearning 2007. However I (old cynic?)
do not think everything in the garden is as rosy as it might be. I wrote this before I read Dan’s more optimistic piece here in FLUX.
Can we have innovative mobile learning? Is the fact that it is on a small pocketable device [...]

European E-Inclusion

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

The European Union are getting serious about e-inclusion. At the Lisbon presidency meeting in December they are expected to announce a 3 Billion € programme. Currently they are calling for contributions from individuals and organisations that believe they have a valuable contribution to share. This is open from this week until mid November.Contributions can be [...]

Immersive 3d VR games for deaf children.

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Deeply immersive 3D experiences – not on screens but in special rooms called CAVES –have demonstrated very effective in teaching in science and mathematics for deaf students. The Smile project developing an immersive virtual learning environment in which deaf and hearing children (age 5-10) interact with fantasy 3D avatars and objects to learn maths and [...]

Another online world for young people

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

A few weeks ago I blogged about a number of on-line worlds – like Second Life (which seems to get all the hype). I have found another which is also after the “child” market – Flowplay.