January 2012 – Mobile Learning Update

January 17, 2012 Leave a comment

Late last year, after I had developed initial app versions for iPhone/iPad/Android devices it started to become apparent that many students have their smartphone/tablet but don’t like the idea of installing apps on them.

Therefore I have started work on a slimmed-down version of my app, that has been developed using JQuery Mobile and allows a student to access Moodle from the browser of their device.

This variant is still in its infancy, but I have included a few screenshots of where it is at the moment:

As you can see from the images, this new online only version is well on the way and it will probably become the main stay of my work for the foreseeable future, with the app variants being put to one side for now.

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Neolithic Social Media

January 3, 2012 Leave a comment

I was watching an interesting documentary the other day regarding an ancient settlement unearthed in the eastern mediterranean. They used slate stone garnered from a nearby hill-side, which was in infinite supply, to communicate between friends and households.

On the numerous slates found people scribed about how they were feeling as well as carry out a full discussion on the gossip of the day. The slate would be passed around friends/housholds for people to continue with the discussion or alternatively put down how they were feeling.

These slates would also be kept and stored by individuals, like a diary.

So there we have it, Facebook, Twitter all in one, with much improved security as you would decide who you passed your slate to!

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