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Book Review: Mobile Learning: Pilot Projects and Initiatives
Mobile Learning: Pilot Projects And Initiatives by Dr. Retta Guy My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book tackles the subject of mobile learning from a variety of angles. The basic structure is to use different authors for each chapter, … Continue reading
Book Review: The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education
The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education by Clark N. Quinn My rating: 1 of 5 stars This book, with a publication date of 2012, is I suppose an updated version of the author’s other book “Designing mLearning” which I … Continue reading
Book Review: Designing mLearning by Quinn
Designing mLearning: Tapping Into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance by Clark N. Quinn My rating: 1 of 5 stars This really isn’t a useful reference if you are try to learn more about designing mobile learning. It is a … Continue reading
Book Review: The World is Open by Bonk
The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education by Curtis J. Bonk My rating: 2 of 5 stars Overall I don’t really care for this book. Not that I disagree with the basic premise of the book which … Continue reading
Book Review: APA Publication Manual 6th Edition
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book certainly must rank as one of the most “ironic” publications in recent history. The whole point of this book is to … Continue reading
Book Review: Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology by Reiser & Dempsey
Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology by Robert Reiser My rating: 5 of 5 stars With the 3rd edition for 2012 this text continues the tradition of providing a cross-section view of the various aspects of instructional design … Continue reading
Book Review: Multimedia for Learning: Methods and Development by Alessi & Trollip
Multimedia for Learning: Methods and Development by Stephen M. Alessi My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an excellent overview of the topic and can be the primary go-to reference for developing instructional design projects. At the time of … Continue reading
Hey I’m blogging about blogging again – comments are now disabled due to excess spam
On a bit of a painful note I am writing another blog post in my blog about blogging. This is to confirm that I have disabled all comments in my blog posts, due to spam. My blogs are primarily intended … Continue reading
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“Wi-Fi Ready” does NOT really mean it is ready to run wireless Wi-Fi
I have seen it happen so many times that I will just write a quick summary here so I don’t have to keep explaining it. If you are shopping for a Blu-Ray player or other consumer device, you must know … Continue reading
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Using the iPad in the Workplace Part 5: Final Conclusions
The primary goal at the beginning of this project was to determine if the iPad tablet has a viable place in the workplace environment. Based upon everything that can be done on the iPad, the basic answer is yes, it … Continue reading
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