Mobile learning is the provision of education and training on PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants)/ palmtops/ handhelds, smartphones and mobile phones. A number of mobile learning projects have been carried out; it is now time to incorporate mobile learning into mainstream education and training.

This conference will discuss the resources, technologies and challenges facing the incorporation of mobile learning into mainstream education and training.

Location

Institute of Art, Design and Technology,

Kill Avenue,

Dun Laoghaire,

Co Dublin,

Ireland

Date

7th September 2007

Agenda

(Click on the presentation titles to download the presentations)

9.00     Introduction                

Dr. Jim Devine, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland

9.10     Personalised Ambient Learning         

Fabrizio Cardinali, Giunti Labs, Italy

9.50     Learning Solutions for ARPU Growth          

Paul Landers, Ericsson

10.20   The book Mobile Learning: a practical guide

Dr. Desmond Keegan, Ericsson

10.40   Break

11.00  SMS Services: experiences from NKI Distance Education

Aleksander Dye, NKI, Norway

11.30  Podcasting as an Assistive Technology

Dr. Mark Riordan, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, (IADT) Ireland

12.00   The Introduction of Mobile Learning Into Corvinus University

Dr. Andras Gabor, Corvinus University, Hungary

Gabor Kismihok, ITF Hungary

12.30   The Incorporation of Mobile Learning into a Masters Programme

Renaud Ferly, SQLI LNET, France

13.00   Lunch

14.00   Mobile content on the IMS network

Brian O’Toole, Ericsson

Cracker Barrel Sessions

- Podcasting, J2ME, Flashlite, SMS Services, Deployment Strategies

4.00     Taking Learning Mobile

            Judy Nix, Ericsson    

4.45     Close