At the time of composing this, I was only a few hours from hearing that Judy Breck (Golden Swamp, Handschooling, and various contributions to Smart Mobs had passed away in October. She was a huge encouragement to myself and the activities here at MMM and always did an impressive job of presenting mobile and web technologies as the best tools yet to close the (race, class, access) gaps that exist in educational activities here in the USA (for example, her video interview with We Magazine).
To that end, I’ve gone through her works and started pulling out some of the many resources she’d linked to. Of note, work by ACU and St. Mary’s City Schools which aren’t too dissimilar to work I (Antoine) did in 2002-04 with PDAs and high school students (man, I wish I could find that documentation). Highlighted below are links to some of their case studies on mobile learning worth adding to your resource library.
Abilene Christian University (ACU) Mobile Learning Reports
- 2008-09 Report (PDF)
- 2009-10 Report (PDF)
- 2010-11 Report (PDF)
St. Mary’s City Schools Mobile Learning Technology
- Verizon Case Study (PDF)
- GoKnow Case Study (PDF)
- Inkster/Michigan Public Schools Case Study (PDF)
I know of other projects happening in this space such as foundational work happening at Taylor University, and the pionnering work by Cru’s mLearning Project. What else should we be highlighting here? Or better, what have been your challenges and successes towards mobile learning/mlearning initatives?