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How we spend our time in the UK

Clive on Learning

The statistics suggest people in the UK spend seven hours a day – almost half their waking lives - "engaging in media and communications activities" The article goes on: “However, the average person actually squeezes in the equivalent of nearly nine hours of media and communications by multi-tasking on several devices.

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eLearning, mLearning, Tech Terms, Google, & iPods

Big Dog, Little Dog

Today, video-game brain, Internet addiction, and other technology side effects appear to be suppressing frontal-lobe executive skills and our ability to communicate face-to-face. Instead, our brains are developing circuitry for online social networking and are adapting to a new multitasking technology culture. iPods for Learning.

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10Q: Cathy N. Davidson

Learning with e's

When I read the summary, I remembered that Cathy had been the prime mover in one of the first large scale iPod education projects at Duke University several years before. We made national news with our iPod experiment where we gave students iPods the year they came out and challenged them to come up with educational uses.

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Mobile Learning in India

Upside Learning

In India, the mobile phone has revolutionized communication and India is now one of the fastest growing markets for mobile phone services, with growing usage and increasing penetration. Like all communication and computing devices, mobile phones can be used to learn. Viewed simply; phones are capable of : 1.

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How To Start a Successful Podcast To Promote Your Online Business

learnWorlds

Podcasts are growing in popularity both in education and as a social media marketing communication channel. As a social media communication tool, podcasts are a great way to build an online community for your online school. They can listen to your podcast and multitask simultaneously (e.g., Why do you need a podcast?