Overview

This session will be looking at different small devices and what can and cannot be done with them. Small devices being considered will be: mobile phones, personal digital assistants, portable games consoles and ultra mobile portable computers (for those lucky enough to have one!).

If anyone has these devices they should bring them along and also there favourite 'mobile' resource - it doesn't have to be educational. During the session we will be trying out accessing different objects with the devices and seeing what is working and addressing some of the issues.

So this is definately a case of leave your mobile on!!

Hints

We will be using bluetooth, so it will be useful to find out if your device has it and how to use it.
We will be using Wifi (which I am told should be available nearby)

Light Reading

Here is a link to some notes on a previous presentation about creating mobile learing objects. This workshop will be broader but the links on the write up will provide useful background for those new to the subject

Object to download and links to try

If you are bringing a portable device to the workshop then these are the links to various objects to try out. Some are online, some are downloadable. Please note depending on how you connect to the Internet with your portable device you may incurr a charge from your service provider.

Please note not everything works on every device, a few notes are supplied with each link for guidance.

The following objects are prototypes produced by Stuart Smith.
Mobile video (should work on most mobile phones with video viewing)
http://hairdressing.mimas.ac.uk/stuart/hairdressing/ClassicBobCut.3gp

Ipod video (will only work on Ipods)
http://hairdressing.mimas.ac.uk/stuart/hairdressing/ClassicBobCut.m4v

Java Mobile objects (should work on most mobile phone with J2ME, appearance will vary)
http://hairdressing.mimas.ac.uk/stuart/hairdressing/project.jad

XHTML-MP (web based single learning object, should work on any device with a web browser)
http://hairdressing.mimas.ac.uk/stuart/hairdressing/mobile-mp-xhtml/index.html


If you have a flickr account you might like to try the mobile version.
http://m.flickr.com/


Download the presentation slide (PDF) format (so it should be viewable on compatible portable devices) here.