The #LearnX conference was on this week (June 9th – 10th) in Sydney at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre and was keynoted/opened by Lrnchat‘s very own Jane Bozarth, which was a real treat. I only attended the first day but found it to be action-packed with keynotes, breakout sessions and... more
It’s demo time again! Today we have been testing the mobile version of Litmos using a puzzle that we put together using Raptivity. As with the our recent Articulate test this one is using Flash content which is running on the Google Nexus One phone. All of the results from... more
This post is part of a mobile learning series by Litmos Founder Rich Chetwynd (@richchetwynd) The sure fire fastest way to make a mess of your mobile learning project is plan for a full featured large scale program with all the bells and whistles that might come in handy one... more
This post is the introduction to a mobile learning guest post series by Litmos Founder Rich Chetwynd (@richchetwynd) According to Gartner, mobile usage is set to explode in 2010 with over 1.2 billion getting hands on with web capable handsets. The implications for mobile based learning are huge and there... more
This is a preview of the new mobile version of the Litmos LMS running some Articulate QuizMaker Flash content on the Google NexusOne phone. What makes this video so special is not only that we are starting to reveal the new mobile interface for Litmos but we think we’re one... more
There was an interesting article in the New York Times this week called ‘Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls‘. It reinforces the idea that due to usage demands, many phones are no longer being designed for phone calls but instead for web browsing, emailing, apps, games and... more
‘By 2020 over 50% of all courses will be delivered online’ – Dr. Cathy Mincberg This was the statistic that Dr Cathy Mincberg, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at KC Distance Learning, ended her presentation with at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation event “Creating a Literacy Spine by... more
Today I’ve been checking out iTunes U for the first time. It’s been around a few years so I’m not sure why I hadn’t looked at it before. But if you haven’t checked it out either it is a specialized area of the Apple iTunes store that enables Higher Ed... more
A recent report conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation has some surprising statistics on youth media usage (well, for me anyway). The report which is the 3rd in a series conducted every five years, shows youth media use is still increasing despite experts in the second report (2005) believing that... more
The Guardian.co.uk recently posted an interesting article called “Mobile learning for schools: a class without walls“. The article focuses on a Sheffield (UK) secondary school who, in line with the UK Government’s Manifesto for Learning Outside the Classroom (instigated three years ago), have made significant changes to the way their... more
