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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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iPad for eLearning

eFront

iPad was not created for supporting eLearning and (or) mLearning instead it was created as a media device that supports books, magazines, newspapers, games, music, video and web access. Synchronous eLearning iPad is not have an integrated camera but it supports video calls with FaceTime video calling. Why iPad was created?

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How I Improved My Videos

TechSmith Camtasia

So, don’t wait to buy that fancy camera or audio equipment before you put yourself out there. The more you practice talking about a topic, the easier it is to teach or speak more fluently on camera. First, he didn’t have the high-grade DSLR camera he uses today, so he started out using his iPhone to shoot videos.

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How to Record a Mobile Device Using a Camera – TechSmith Tips

TechSmith Camtasia

This week’s TechSmith Tip focuses on using a camera to record a mobile device. “Why would you use a camera to record a mobile device at a screen recording company!?” It can be jarring for viewers to cut from a “real world” camera video with actors right into a screen video. “Blasphemy!”

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eLearning: Interesting Weekly Finds #6

Upside Learning

Instead of just looking at an augmented view of the world through the phone’s camera, you get to see the world through the drone’s camera. The iPhone takes the view of the camera (via Wi-Fi) and replaces markers with anything from walls to dinosaurs. AR.Drone [Remote controlled AR helicopter].

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Seven Ways to Use the iPad for Workplace Learning

Upside Learning

I considered several other ways too, including augmented reality applications, but the lack of a camera puts a damper on a lot of cool learning possibilities. Games – the iPhone has shown great potential as a handheld game platform, the same would apply to the iPad. The Semantic Web Cometh – 2.

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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 value of simulations and games does not diminish on a smart-phone, they are still effective learning tools. Every now and again, I’m blown away by the imaginative apps I see in the iOS App Store, as did this one: Ghost Guitar.