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Administrators see them as an intensifying distraction — or, worse, a tax on students’ mental health. 
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The Education Minister Dan Tehan has said research shows mobile phone bans have a positive effect on academic performance. But this is not necessarily true.
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Teenagers today have never known a world without the internet, which may be why half of all adolescents say they’re addicted to their digital devices. In her new documentary “Screenagers,” Dr. Delaney Ruston explores why young people are so drawn to social media and video games and what effect it’s having on their brains. Ruston joins William Brangham to share what she’s learned. Via Peter Mellow
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This semester, biology students at Walters State Community College will be able to access all course materials in digital form.
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About three years ago, while I was teaching education at a local college, I was attempting to do an observation of one of my students at her student teaching assignment. It was my first time visiting
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Providing university students with access to useful mobile apps is certainly a good way to enhance their learning experience.
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Most schools are still living within and functioning through an Education 1.0 model. They are focusing on an essentialist-based curriculum with related ways of teaching and testing.
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Tennessee Board of Regents’ strategies for identifying and evaluating highly relevant mobile apps and technologies for education and workforce development. Via Learning Environments
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It's hard to gauge how students and parents feel about any one topic. When it comes to the influx of mobile technology, the question is even harder.
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The University of Youk (UK) foster a culture that welcomes mobile devices on campus, while setting realistic expectations.
By Sarah Kennedy Via Learning Environments
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The following 39 Mobile Learning Tools allow specific creation of learning modules for mobile devices and/or allow output to HTML5 and/or provide delivery of mobile learning. Most major LMS and LCMS vendors either have ...
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THE amount of data used by mobile devices has doubled in the past year, boosted by growth in video streaming services, according to a study from Swedish telecom group Ericsson.
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New research suggests nearly all Australian smartphone users experience "nomophobia" – or fear of being without their mobile phones - and more than one in eight have severe symptoms associated with illegal or dangerous behaviour.
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The NSW government introduced a ban on phones in primary schools after an independent review.
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UW Tacoma's mobile student support system.
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Think back 20 years. Pay phones still worked, and only doctors carried pagers. Laptops weighed as much as bowling balls, and few of us had Internet access. In fact, much of what we now consider commo
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In the competitive world of student recruitment, schools must recognize that today's students are finding--and judging--them on their mobile offerings.
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Mobile learning is not only on the rise, it’s inevitable.
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There has always been at least some sort of disconnect between how things like mobile learning are taught in a classroom and how things work in the 'real world'. Via John Evans, Josué Cardona, Ron Monin
Nicolas Reisini's curator insight,
June 1, 2013 10:29 AM
Everybody needs access to this wherever they live or work. 
Katherine McGehee's curator insight,
June 13, 2013 11:26 AM
Check out this infographic http://www.upsidelearning.com/infographics/why-mobile-learning-is-the-future-of-workplace-learning/
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It is possible to free yourself from the restrictions of the big three tech giants.
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Linda Alexander's insight: Great list!
Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class? How often have you used technology to engage your students and improve their learning ? These are some recurring questions we keep regurgitating each time our teaching skills are put to the test.
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Tablet computers, smartphones, e-readers, digital textbooks and the accessibility of digital video including YouTube are playing major roles in changing the way students are learning at both the K-12 and higher-education levels, Gates said during the keynote at the education arm of the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.
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Virginia’s Community College System will launch new campus apps to increase the connection between VCCS and its 400,000 students and their campus communities.
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Here are four ways to make sure your college is ready to host the many different mobile devices that are making their way onto campus.
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