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Apple iPad Disappoints eLearning Industry

Upside Learning

I have great respect for Apple as an organization particularly because I use an iPhone and I think the iPhone has definitely become one of those game-changers in the smartphone world and by a large margin. The iPad was supposed to be better and bigger than the iPhone, closer to a computer and much more than just a phone.

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An Augmented Reality Future

Upside Learning

The app utilizes the iPhone or iPad 2’s front-facing camera to track your hands. The use of augmented reality as an interface has mostly been gimmicky. Perhaps the only other AR based apps that have made equal sense are the augmented reality browsers.

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5 Ways to Take Advantage of Mobile Learning Functionality

LearnDash

Mobile learning isn’t just a way to make courses more accessible—it’s a way to deliver better learning content. In fact, many users— especially younger users —are more comfortable with mobile content. However, by treating mobile learning as an afterthought, many are overlooking the distinct advantages mobile learning has to offer.

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Tools For Mobile Learning Development

Upside Learning

Upside is doing a fair bit of mobile learning development and we blog about it regularly. I want to share some tools which may assist you in developing mobile learning applications. Augmented Reality. Tools to develop Native applications: SDK provided for mobile device. It requires MIDP/JVM on mobile device.

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eLearning Glossary 2017 Edition

Association eLearning

AR (Augmented Reality)- Augmented reality is the integration of digital information with the user’s environment in real time. Unlike virtual reality, which creates a totally artificial environment, augmented reality uses the existing environment and overlays new information on top of it.

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Augmented reality in e-learning – just virtual reality?

Saffron Interactive

The manner of the defeat is not relevant to augmented reality technology in any sense, but I’d like to think that it provides anecdotal evidence that I’d been planning this blog well before this article appeared on the BBC website. Augmented reality for mobile devices isn’t anything new. See for yourself.

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Augmented Reality and M-Learning

eLearning 24-7

Augmented Reality and it is happening as we speak. Augmented Reality – what is it? iPhone and Android) have been hitting the market. Works with various smartphones including iPhone 3, any Android, iPhone4, Symbian OS. If yes, what would it be called? You simply look at your screen. M-Learning Value.