CIRCL

Consortium for Innovation & Research in Converged Learning

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CIRCL is a free community-supported network. We especially hope that those involved in mobile learning and all other forms of converged learning find this a supportive community and a comfortable place to start being part of the digital dialog. It is also our hope that researchers, professors, teachers and other education professionals will be able to connect with people who are engaged in similar mobile and converged learning practice and research.

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Introductions 16 Replies

Please introduce yourself, let us know a little bit about you, and where you are from.

Tags: introductions

Started by Dwayne Harapnuik in Administration. Last reply by W. Brian Whalley Aug 9, 2010.

Ipad as 'Dynabook'

Many years ago Alan Kay proposed the 'Dynabook' (I shall upload a ppt about this and related things shortly). and Neal Stevenson has (in 'The Diamond Age) a 'Young Lady's Illustrated Primer'.  I…Continue

Tags: e-book, fieldwork, PLE, Dynabook

Started by W. Brian Whalley in iPad Aug 9, 2010.

e-Textbook Open Standard 1 Reply

One thing that I think many of us are interested in is the concept of an open standard for the e-textbook.  It is clear (at least from the brief web search that I have made) that the epub standard is…Continue

Tags: digital, standard, open, eTextbook, epub

Started by Brian Burton in ebook. Last reply by W. Brian Whalley Aug 9, 2010.

student personas

Some years ago I did a study of students' experiences of converged learning and 4 distinct groups of learners emerged (via Cluster Analysis):1. students with a slightly older age profile, less online…Continue

Tags: persona, student

Started by Shirley Alexander in Administration May 31, 2010.

Blog Posts

Kindle Failed Tests at Several Colleges. Will iPads Do Better?

Jeff Young from The Chronicle of Higher Education points to a Reed College experiment with iPads in which class readings will be loaded on iPads and given to students. Full article: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Kindle-Failed-Tests-at-Several/23253/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en



The attempt to parallel the Kindle study as closely as possible by Reed… Continue

Posted by Dwayne Harapnuik on April 21, 2010 at 4:42pm — 3 Comments

First Impressions

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/04/apples_ipad_first_impressions.html

I like the PostTech and found this interesting. Anyone had a chance to play in the sandbox yet?

Posted by Scott Hamm on April 6, 2010 at 1:03pm

A Bicycle for the Mind

I made this video for my ADE application on my iPhone--images found, captures and shot on phone then mixed on iMovie. Sums up my take on technology in… Continue

Posted by Brad Ovenell-Carter on March 30, 2010 at 12:39am — 6 Comments

Ereaders, a Librarian's Rant - School Library Journal

Though this librarian's rant may be premature, it is a validating article based on some current ACU Mobile Learning proposals.



I think he has been hanging around CIRCL - "Picture a device that’s more a social access mechanism through text than a simple display."



Some great main points:



1. "The next evolution of the ereader should go beyond the artifacts of learning to engage the act of learning itself. Not textbook knowledge but what is derived through reading. . .… Continue

Posted by Kenny Jones on March 25, 2010 at 4:19pm

 
 
 

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