Colleagues/ Yet Another May Day Event ! /Gerry Mobile Learning: A Symposium / May 1, 2009 / St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba Globally, mobile phones now outnumber computers by a ratio of 3:1. Recent innovations with smart phones - the Blackberry and iPhone - suggest the revolution has only just begun. Mobile devices now marry the power of the personal computer with the convenience and mobility of the cellphone. Emailing, web browsing, multimedia data gathering, social networking, location awareness, text messaging, and gaming are all possible on a mobile device. Other devices, such as netbooks, ipods and Amazon's Kindle, provide new opportunities for mobile computing. How do mobile technologies impact education? What can educators do to take advantage of the powerful computing devices most students carry in their pockets? This symposium will explore the educational impact of mobile devices, drawing on examples of successful educational implementations and case studies. Partial Schedule

Keynote: The Diminishing Relevance of Place

George Siemens, Associate Director, Research and Development with the Learning Technologies Centre at University of Manitoba ; Founder and President of Complexive Systems Inc.

From the Ultimate Mobile Device to Ultimately Mobile: Libraries and Mobile Services

Karen Hunt and Richard Jones

The Evolution of Wireless

Mansell Nelson, VP Business Product Management, Rogers Wireless / Bruce Dagge, Apple Inc.

Hands on session: Explore an array of mobile devices: netbooks, Kindle, iPhones, and others

Are We Ready for Mobile Technologies and Their Impact on Pedagogy, Tool Development, and Assessment?

Thomas C. Laughner, Director, Educational Technology Services, Smith College / J. Scott Payne, Director of Academic Technology Services, Amherst College

Location Awareness and Data Gathering

Dr. Shirley Thompson, Sonesinh Keobouasone, and Larry Laliberty

Introduction of Cell Phone Technology in Open and Distance Learning of English: a Case Study

Irene Parvin, Assistant Professor of English, School of Education, Bangladesh Open University

Theme: Future Trends: A multi-institutional panel

George Siemens (Moderator) Paul Little, Dean, School of Learning Technologies, RRC / John Anchan, Executive Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology, University of Winnipeg Registration $75 / $ 40 (Student) [includes breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks]

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