If you have a documentary or a movie you made on history that you can distribute on mobile devices, you can deliver it to your learners in advance of a field trip. During the last couple of months colleagues of mine (and family) have been asking to give them an easy way to rip and convert DVD movies to a format that works on their mobile device. Knowing what type of screen you have will allow the best possible format for your movies. To avoid this from happening: Take the same rates as the movie. video multimedia mobile tools mLearning howto tutorial mobile learnin MORE >>

While she doesn’t text, IM, tweet, or blog, her iPad is her go-to tool for web surfing, reading books, playing games, shopping, watching movies, and writing email. In this post, I’ve assembled a quick tutorial on how to create your own custom iPad/iPhone app icons in PowerPoint using nothing more than drawing tools and free Microsoft clip art icons. Once you’ve watched the tutorial,  download the PowerPoint file here to leverage my work as a jumping-off point for creating your own designs. Case in point: my mother-in-law. Feeling a little inspired? MORE >>

Recently my colleagues and I have begun a project to train ourselves in the pedagogy and technology of how to make effective video tutorials. Second, I don’t advocate video for video’s sake: be sure a video tutorial is the right medium for your intended goals before jumping into the recording process. When beginning a new video tutorial, the most critical elements are the most basic ones: (i) identifying the audience, (ii) determining the goal or goals, and (ii) breaking down the task into its most basic elements. video tutorials on how to use the software. Suspects? MORE >>

There are many software's on the market for building your own animated movie, but someone suggested Moviestorm and indeed it works magnificently! Short description of the software Moviestorm is an animation movie software that has a free version which is fully functional, but you can also purchase extra features if you want to in the ‘marketplace’ of the software website. The software enables its users to build animated movies featuring virtual characters in a self-designed decor. This is where the Moviestorm tutorials really came in handy. Really easy. MORE >>

After the editing you can produce the movie into a format of your preference (mp4, mp3 are most common and cross-device mobile standards). You do have to take into account getting used to Camtasia, but it is an intermediately easy software (btw I am only an eLearning developer, not a Camtasia person :-D There is a useful tutorial here on how to use Camtasia (14 minutes) [link] After I have produced my virtual classroom session into mobile formats (e.g. In preparation of my courses I am reformatting some multimedia sessions to fit mobile delivery. MORE >>