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Handheld Learning 2006

Don’t miss Handheld Learning 2006. This annual conference is all about teaching and learning using handheld and mobile technology and is being held 12 - 13th October in London.

Geoff Stead and Jo Colley will be presenting a “make your own resources” workshop on the 13th and will be part of the panel discussion on the 12th. As a participating organisation, Tribal CTAD can offer all of our contacts a special promotional rate (£185 instead of £225). If you'd like to book, please follow the link below and quote the code ' tribalhl06' (Please note this is a first-come first-served offer as places are limited). www.handheldlearning.co.uk/hl2006.

MLEARN 2006

MLEARN 2006, the 5th World Conference on Mobile Learning, has just been announced. This will be held at the Fairmont Banff Springs Resort and Conference Centre in Banff, Alberta, Canada, during 20-26 October 2006. The conference website can be found at www.mlearn2006.org.

IADIS 2006 Mobile Learning Conference

IADIS (The International Association for Development of the Information Society) has announced its second mobile learning conference, Mobile Learning 2006. This will be held at Trinity College, University of Dublin, during 14-16 July 2006. The conference website can be found at www.iadis.org.

Invitation to mlearning

You are invited to attend the ‘Getting to grips with M-learning’ seminar – an introduction to m-learning in education and training. CTAD are holding the event on 18 November 2005, from 10.00 to 15.30 at Tower Hamlets College. This is your opportunity to discover more about this exciting and engaging new learning medium. Brought to you by Tribal Education: CTAD, seminar includes guest speakers from leaders in the field of mlearning development, case stories from a range of users, and practical hands-on workshops letting you have a go at mlearning yourself, and providing a forum for discussion of how you can incorporate mlearning. For more information and a copy of the registration form, click on the link below or contact sales@ctad.co.uk Tel. +44+(0)1223+470480.

Invitation to mlearning

New professional development resource

The seminar coincides with the launch of a new professional development resource: the Get Mobile CD, which presents a comprehensive overview and a collection of useful information for organisations and tutors who are planning to use the exciting new medium of m-learning with their students. It also includes a large number of real learning materials to download on to your learners’ mobile devices.

Research Findings

The LSDA (Learning and Skills development Agency) have just published a book of conference papers on the MLEARN 2004 conference. Please go to our Research reports page to obtain a copy.

Test drive our materials

CTAD are pleased to announce that we will be developing m-learning materials for a leading UK driving skills agency. Watch this space…

European partnerships

As well as national projects, CTAD has been successful in securing another pan European project, in which mlearning features as a key learning medium to bridge the digital divide and help bring about a more inclusive, skilled Europe. The project, UNITE, is an evolutionary concept, based on the results of three successful IST and Telematics projects, UNITE will develop a very comprehensive eLearning platform for schools, enabling cross communication within the learning community, supporting the development, management and re-use of learning objects, activities and experiences, and appropriately linking up mobile phone technology for learning purposes It will take learning beyond the traditional teacher-pupil dynamic to more learner-centered, personalized learning approaches, in conjunction with collaborative learning.

We are likely to be involved in more European projects in the near future.