Kurtz et al., (2007) in ACMSE March 2007, pg 484-489.I'm going to focus on the tablet PC aspect as the use of tablet pcs in higher education is the topic of under discussion at the WEET-HE meeting this afternoon (West of England e-Learning Teams

The following are drawn from two articles;1. Requesting pervasive services by touching RFID tags. Riekki, Salminen and Alakarppa (2006) Pervasive Computing2. Reach out and touch: using NFC and 2D barcodes for service discovery and interaction with mo

This article focuses on a more orthodox approach to the use of 2D barcodes, except it adds a twist by using GPS and server side solutions to deliver dynamic content. I'm not 100% sure if you need to go to such extremes, however, the model for con

See my delicious tags for reference to article: http://del.icio.us/andyramsden/qrcodeI have to admit I felt a little cheated by this article as it was below my expectations. I found it quite difficult to understand what they were actually doing. That

See my delicious tags for reference to article: http://del.icio.us/andyramsden/qrcode This article introduces a very interesting application of QR codes through class assessment and feedback. They piloted the use of QR codes in a similar way to many

This article was published in Educase Quarterly (No 3 2006) - http://www.educause.edu/apps/eq/eqm06/eqm0634.asp This paper involved various evaluation techniques, including surveys, server logs, and focus groups. For me there are two key points that

As podcasting continues to move towards being a mainstream learning technology then people start to wonder how we might actually assess student podcasts.I found an interesting first stab at providing a rubric for assessing podcasts. The rubric is des

iPod-Learning (2004) - http://www.epic.co.uk/content/resources/white_papers/iPod.htmThis document is a little dated but is still a worthwhile scan given it has a good overview of the psychological reasons why listening is a very powerful learning mod

The following are a couple of things I looked at recently that have made me think. I've just been looking at www.chinesePod.com – Learn Mandarin Anytime, Anywhere with Daily Podcasts (to be honest they emailed me … I have enough problems

I read a couple of interesting articles on educational use of podcasting that I thought would be worth noting.The first is by Chan & Lee (2005), “an mp3 a day keeps the worries away”. This is an innovative use of a student centred app