Past events

2005

Febuary 2005

Announcing the mLearn 2005 conference

The fourth international mobile learning conference, mLearn 2005, will take place from 25 to 28 October 2005, in Cape Town, South Africa. Click here for a link to the conference website http://www.mLearn.org.za. The first call for papers has been announced, with abstracts required by 11 March 2005.

Presenting to the European Parliament!

We have been invited to present the results of our work on m-learning to the European Parliament in the October 2004!

m-learning the project draws to a close. m-learning the vision lives on!

By the end of September, the EU-funded m-learning project comes to an end. As one thing finishes, another starts and CTAD have already been involved in several other mobile learning initiatives and developments. If you are interesting in trying out some mobile learning, contact as at www.ctad.co.uk

Phase 2 learner research and learning materials and systems trials

The 15 collaborating organisations have existing support relationships with groups of adults in our target audience. These adults are aged 16-24, and have literacy and numeracy needs. The organisations are busy collaborating with us in our phase 2 research and trials of learning materials and systems. There are 11 collaborating organisations in the UK, including English, Scottish and Welsh organisations, two in Sweden and two in Italy.

This work will continue until July 04 and anaylsis and reporting of the findings will take place between July and September 04.

Our research activities are exploring aspects of how these young adults use mobile technologies to improve their literacy,numeracy skills and life skills. This includes how they interact with, and experience, the learning materials and systems designed by the project; whether their enthusiasm for learning appears to be improved by their mobile learning experiences; whether learning gains are made, including young adults' perceptions of their progress; and different models of learning and support, e.g. collaborative learning, individual learning (with or without peer support), online tutoring, blended learning and standalone units of learning.

In the news ...

m-Learning gets a 3-page spread in the May 2004 issue of the LCCN newsletter. It is a hefty 3Mb download, but if you have the bandwidth we are on page 10.

Geoff pops up again! See if you can spot him in the video clips section of the The Learning Citizen. Our Scottish collaborators are very excited about their involvment in the project - http://www.highland.gov.uk/cx/pressreleases/2004/may04/m-learning.html.

2004

9 - 11 September 2004

ICET International Conference, Singapore.

Geoff Stead (CTAD) was invited to present the project results at ICET2004, a leading educational technology conference in South East Asia. Our work was very well recieved by the 600 or so teachers who attended his session.

5 - 6 July 2004

MLEARN 2004 Conference

The m-learning and MOBIlearn projects collaborated to organise the third MLEARN conference, MLEARN 2004, in Rome (at the Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano).

Jill Attewell of LSDA Co-Chaired the conference and m-learning colleagues presented the following papers:

Mobile learning the ethical and legal challenges, John Traxler (Wolverhampton University)
m-learning via the web: the challenge of size, Geoff Stead (CTAD) and Kris Popat (Ultralab)
Mobile learning = collaboration, Geoff Stead and Jo Colley (CTAD)
Engaging and supporting mobile learners, Jill Attewell (LSDA)
A system for adaptive platform-independent mobile learning Laura Pappacena (CRMPA)

See our edited book of 27 peer reviewed papers based on presentations at MLEARN2003

25 March 2004

NRDC International Conference 2004, Loughborough.

The NRDC conference looked at researching effective practise in basic skills teaching. Geoff Stead (CTAD) and Jill Attewell (LSDA) presented early findings from the project

9 January 2004

BETT 2004, London.

Both CTAD and Ultralab had stands at BETT, and presented the m-Learning project informally to great interest

2003

23-24 October 2003

e-culture fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The m-learning project gave two presentations at this large-scale international event showcasing the state-of-the-art in the field of new media. Geoff Stead and Jo Colley (CTAD) presented.

19-21 September 2003

International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jo Colley, CTAD, had her submission to the workshop on "Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing for Educational Communities: Enriching and Enlarging Community Spaces" accepted and presented it with Jo Dixon-Trifonov, CTAD.

19-20 May

MLEARN2003 Conference, London.

m-Learning and MOBIlearn collaborated to organise the annual international mobile learning conference, MLEARN 2003. The conference brought together people interested in developing opportunities, systems and materials for learning with mobile and wireless handheld devices.

Contributions by the m-learning partners were:

Developers´ sessions: Geoff Stead and Jo Colley (CTAD) Combined session on content and technology
Research Papers: John Traxler (National ICT Research Centre) Evaluating the effectiveness and cost
Alice Mitchell and Kris Popat (Ultralab) Exploring the potential of games
Jill Attewell and Carol Savill-Smith (LSDA) m-learning and social inclusion – focusing on the learners and learning

28 April

Mobile session at Margam Professional Development Centre, Wales.

Members of the m-learning team took part in an activity organised by ITWales using a range of mobile technologies including camera phones and iPAQs. CTAD developed a special application to run the iPAQs for the event.

2002

27-29 November

On-line Educa, Berlin.

Alice Mitchell of Ultralab presented a paper

4-6 November

IST 2002: Partnerships for the Future, Copenhagen.

The m-learning project contributed to the EC Information Society Technologies projects Learning Citizen Village

12-14 September

British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, Exeter

LSDA and Ultralab have had papers accepted.

9-12 September

ICALT 2002: IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Kazan, Russia.

CRMPA have had a paper accepted. Sergio Miranda is expected to speak.

29–30 August

IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, Sweden

Lecando has submitted a paper. It was presented by Mikael Gustafsson.

30 May

ICT and Basic Skills Springboard, Birmingham, UK.

CTAD–Geoff Stead and Mike Collett - presented a paper and there were poster sessions by LSDA and Ultralab.

13-15 May

Flexmoten 2002 (Conference about Flexible Learning 2002), Harnosand, Sweden

Mikael Gustafsson, Lecando, gave a presentation about the m-learning project at the Trade Fair.

25-28 April

The 2nd Canarie Canadian National e-learning workshop, Montreal.

Jill Attewell, LSDA, spoke about the m-learning project in an EU plenary session.

13-15 May

Flexmoten 2002 (Conference about Flexible Learning 2002), Harnosand, Sweden.

Mikael Gustafsson, Lecando, gave a presentation about the m-learning project at the Trade Fair.

25-28 April

Intimate Technologies/Dangerous Zones Workshop, Banff New Media Institute, Canada

Jill Attewell, LSDA, attended and spoke about the m-learning project in response to an invitation from the Banff New Media Institute made on the recommendation of a staff member who had heard Jill speak at the Canarie conference in Montreal.

26 April

m-Learning Forum meeting, Helsinki.

Mikael Gustafsson, Lecando, Delivered a short presentation about the m-learning project.

25-26 February

The 2nd Canarie Canadian National e-learning workshop, Montreal.

Jill Attewell, LSDA, spoke about the m-learning project in an EU plenary session.

9–12 January

The BETT Educational Technology Show, London.

Jill Attewell, LSDA spoke about the concept of m-learning and the m-learning project

2001

29th November

Online Educa Berlin 2001.

Geoff Stead from CTAD and Jill Attewell from LSDA with an audience of approximately 50. Supported by presentations using PowerPoint and website. Very positive feedback from audience.

7th November

Network Training plc Event, UK.

A Speaker from CTAD described the m-learning project to the delegates.

7 November

UK Learning and Skills Council.

Young People's Programme: Engaging with Young People Workshop.

September

IST Concertation Conference, Luxemborg.

Jill Attewell, LSDA attended

20 June

Learning Lab Annual Conference and launch of DfES UK National Research Centre for ICT in Education and Training.

Jill Attewell, LSDA. Presentation on the ICT research agenda, the work of LSDA plus the m-learning project. Part of a 3 day conference well attended by academic and commercial delegates.

May/June

e-mobility 2001, Goteborg, Sweden.

Jill Attewell, LSDA & Alice Mitchell, Ultralab presented

January

IST Concertation Conference, Luxembourg,

Jill Attewell, LSDA & Geoff Stead, CTAD presented