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Handheld Learning 

Dr Jonathan Heggarty

Centre Manager - Multimedia

Contents

What is Handheld Learning?

Smart Handheld Devices

What Content is Available?

DIY

Why Bother?

“Learning using mobile computing

devices.”

What is Handheld Learning?

Netbook & Tablet

Mobile Phone

Personal Media Player

Smart Handheld Devices

Netbooks Ultra Portable

Back to the Future?

Cloud Computing

Tablets Not quite there yet?

Mobile Phones Multimedia Capabilities

Data Network/WIFI/GPS

Standard Web, Mobile Web and Native Apps

Personal Media Players Anything But iPod

Personal Media Players iPods

Common Features PMP

Audio

Video

Recording

WIFI/Bluetooth

Mobile Phone

As media player

GSM

GPS

Netbook

Audio

Video

Recording

WIFI/Bluetooth/GSM

Software

Wired network access

What Content is Available?

Online Digital Media

Standard Websites

Mobile Website/Web Apps

Native Apps

Online Digital Media

Podcasts/Vodcasts

A series of digital media files (audio or video)

Released over a period of time

Downloaded to PMP/Mobile Phone or Computer

Online Digital Media

Podcatcher

A program used to (automatically) download podcasts

e.g. Juice, Amarok, iTunes

Online Digital Media

iTunesU

Part of iTunes

Manages, distributes, and controls access to educational audio/video content for college or university students

Podcasts available from many institutions at various levels - for free

Play on iTunes or handheld iPod/Touch/iPhone

Alternative Repositories

Alternative Repositories

Standard Websites

Standard websites on a mobile device

Mobile Websites/Web Apps

Google Mobile

Mobile Websites/Web Apps

Websites designed for mobile browsing e.g.www.apple.com/webapps

m.howstuffworks.comm.wikipedia.com

www.bbc.co.uk/mobilem.google.comm.yahoo.com

m.youtube.comm.twitter.com

mobile.answers.comwebonyourcell.com

lookwayup.comtouchdictonary.com

m.reference.com

Mobile Websites/Web Apps

Mobile Websites/Web Apps

Native Apps

Applications that have been coded to run on a particular device i.e. written in a programming language

Several families of phones now run native apps

Common apps on all phones

Native AppsAs seen on various phone models

iPhone Apps

iPhones and iPod Touches run native apps which are available from Apple App Store

Currently over 110, 000 apps free and paid for apps

Many apps for education on a wide range of subjects

iPhone Education AppsThe education section of the iTunes store

iPhone Apps

Apps are available using iTunes on a PC or MAC or by using iTunes on the device itself

Apps are either free or normally only a couple of pounds

Many make use of the features of the phone. No Flash!

iPhone AppsSome examples

Example Educational Apps

Android Apps

Android was originally written by Google and is used on many mobile phones

Apps on the Android Market which is the biggest competitor to Apple App store

Symbian Apps

Symbian is a mature open source mobile phone operating system now owned by Nokia

Apps are available through the OVI Store

Not as many apps – only a few education apps

Common Native Apps

Google Mobile – Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube

Web Browsers – all can view Mobile and Standard sites

Twitter and Facebook Client

DIY

Podcasts

Web Apps/Mobile Websites

Native Apps

DIY- Podcasts

Podcasts can be developed with minimal cost

Use RSS for syndication

Distributed using VLE, Website or iTunes

DIY – Web Apps

DIY – Mobile Website

DIY – iWebkit

DIY- iWebkit

Minimal HTML knowledge

Full manual and examples

Very fast website generation

Support for different technologies

No Apples required!

DIY- iWebkit

Downloaded for free from www.iwebkit.net

HTML and CSS example files easily modified using text editor or WYSIWYG editor

Very rapid presence with minimal effort

DIY- iWebkit

Some BMC examples – shown on an iPhone or iPod Touch

DIY- iWebkit

The same sites shown on a PC’s web browser

DIY- iWebkit

Touching the screen here

DIY- iWebkit

Takes the user to this screen

DIY- iWebkit

Touching the screen here

DIY- iWebkit

Takes the user to this screen

And touching the image of the building .....

DIY- iWebkit

Takes the user to this map

... and contact details will be found by touching here

DIY – Creating Native Apps

Requires an Apple

Requires the relevant Software Development Kit

Requires Programming capability

Requires access to App Store

Requires Time

DIY – Creating Native Apps

DIY – Native Apps

Training opportunities exist .....

Why Bother?

Blended learning

Anywhere, anytime learning

Reinforcement

Familiar technology

Reusability

Contact Details

Jonathan Heggarty:

Email: jheggarty@belfastmet.ac.uk

Tele: 028 9026 5325