In honour of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it seems fitting that one explores how mobile technology is responding to the Calls to…
Year: 2021
We learn in different ways and at different rates, yet most educational institutions are still expecting everyone to learn from an individual’s teaching style, at…
The model of Webinars is based on attendance to a seminar but online; that’s why they are also called Web-based seminars. Simple research on the…
CK-12: Textbook 2.0?
Posted in Mobile Education
A textbook is an educational resource most students of the 20th century would be familiar with, but in the 21st, it seems to be falling…
It’s a ZOO out there!
Posted in Mobile Education
Mackenzie Moyer shared a post on the MET FB group at the JoeZoo app. If you’re not part of the group or skipped over, I…
The Portable LMS
Posted in Mobile Education
The concept of the most popular LMS’s having a smartphone app is not new. However, as online and remote learning has increased in popularity (by…
Microlearning in Education
Posted in Mobile Education
I guess I’ve been living under a rock for the past decade, as I’ve just discovered the term “microlearning” when looking at trends in mobile…
Thinking about how online communication and culture has changed, I remember seeing a family member comment on a politician’s photo on Facebook. It was meant…
Bird Call Field Guide
Posted in Mobile Culture
Along the same vein, as the apps Seek and iNaturalist, that have been previously reviewed, is the app Merlin bird ID app by Cornell University.…
Rise of the Remote Workforce
Posted in Mobile Culture
Mobile devices and technology have enabled many of us to work through a pandemic. During this time, many of us moved from our offices/classrooms to…