The motley crew of mobile learning affectionados (myself included) have just completed their yearly pilgrimage to Handheld Learning 2009 (HHL). For 3 days at The Brewery conference centre in London mobile projects are celebrated and visions of future of learning are shared, debated reformed and then shared and debated some more.
The highest profile part [...]
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Posted 12 October 2009
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Tagged: 3 sheep, award, conference, dave sugden, graham brown martin, handheld learning 2009, hheckl, hhl, hhl09, innovation, james clay, jason daponte, kurzweil, lilian soon, malcolm maclaren, mlearning, mobile learning, zenna atkins
I recently presented at the Mimas: Telling Tales - Mobile Learning event at The University of Westminster in London. Mimas is a national data centre based at The University of Manchester. They decamped to London for the day and hosted a great forum on Mobile Learning. Lorraine Estelle from JISC Collections gave the opening and [...]
It’s weird I ask the question, is “Mobile Learning worth it?” and a few hours later in my in-box I get notification of Chris Nash’s The End of the MLearning Revolution over at Handheld Learning, a forum I have been a member of for quite a while now.
I’ve always championed large scale access to Mobile [...]
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Posted 08 July 2009
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Tagged: 3 sheep, 3sheep, award, chris nash, Handheld Learning, learning, mimas, mimasmob09, mlearning revolution, mobile event, mobile learning, mobile web, Stockport College, telling tales, The University of Manchester, Trafford College, training
So can we really do it? Mobile learning surely it’s just a buzz phrase that hooks in a bit of funding every now and again for various quirky projects?
I’ll be speaking next week at the Mimas (The University of Manchester) Mobile Learning: Telling Tales event on the subject of “Changing Gear - Implementing Mobile Learning”. [...]
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Posted 03 July 2009
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Tagged: 3 sheep, 3sheep, creating mobile websites, formal learning, Hairdressing Training, Hairdressing Training for Mobiles, informal learning, innovation, iphone, mimas, mimasmob09, mlearn, mlearning, mobile, mobile event, mobile learning, mobile web, molenet, Stockport College, Trafford College, University of Manchester
It’s been snowing in the UK. More is forecast. When this happens sooner or later in any conversation you will hear just how ill prepared we are for it and for many businesses and organisations productivity comes to a halt and days are lost.
Snow, ice, windy - bad weather changes things, the travel plans are [...]
The UK Government is planning to boost the profile of the Digital Industry (BBC), which is worth £50 billion to the UK economy. Among the announcements are plans to improve broadband speed and access across the country. The report (Digital Britain) led by Lord Carter also demonstrates the increasing prominent role of convergence technologies with [...]
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Posted 29 January 2009
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Tagged: 3 sheep, 3sheep, broadband, convergence, convergence technologies, convergence technology, digital britain, digital literacy, mobile, mobile web, recession
This year is going to see a big rise in spending on the Internet according to the latest NMA survey. With recession looming consumers are looking to get the best deal they can and increasingly the Web is the destination of choice for savvy cash conscious shopper.
…And why not?
As well as not having to get [...]
Just like the beginning of a Sing-along-Sound-of-Music, where the crowd begins to whisper “she’s coming” as Maria appears over the brow of the hill, so too is the gradual Internet buzz surrounding the announced Nokia N97.
If the early reports are true then the new device available sometime next year for around £440 will be “milestone” [...]
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Posted 02 December 2008
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Tagged: 3 sheep, 3sheep, 5800, convergence technology, iphone, mobile, mobile web, n97, nokia, nokia 5800, nokia n97, touchscreen
The new UK VAT rate becomes effective today and to mark the occasion 3 Sheep has put together a FREE VAT checking tool to help those trying to make the most effective spending decisions during the credit crunch. The tool takes the price (including VAT) and allows you to check the old and new VAT [...]
Finally had the chance to try out a prototype Nokia 5800, which when released will be the first Nokia touch screen phone since Apple launched its iPhone. Its got a smaller screen than the iPhone and is a bit chunkier in feel but it also has a Carl Zeiss Lens 3.2 mega pixel camera and [...]
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Posted 22 November 2008
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Tagged: 3 sheep, 3sheep, 5800, convergence, convergence technologies, flash lite, google phone, iphone, java, nokia, technology convergence, tmobile, touch screen
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