A1: Mobile Fitness Apps as Coaching Tools
With the development of smartphones, many more people gained access to handy GPS systems. Shortly after, developers began to leverage these devices for tracking hikes, runs, rides and other activities. School coaches could be leveraging these increasingly sophisticated apps with their teams. Mobile Fitness Apps My journey with mobile fitness apps began in 2013 when, […]
A1: Facebook for Learning Foreign Writing
A1: FACEBOOK FOR LEARNING FOREIGN WRITING I apologize for this rather quickly built and simple project, but I thought about the value of asynchronous collaborative tools for English writing after I saw “Mobile collaboration” project (thank you, Vithu and Robyn!) a week ago, so I utilized what was available. My idea is that any asynchronous […]
Week 6 – Assignment 2 – DIY Learning
Hi everyone, and welcome to our presentation for Moveable Feast and our topic for week 6 is DIY “Do-it-Yourself” Learning. We have created a website about DIY and the influence of Mobile technology on this type of learning. Please read through our website. When you reach the Activities page, you are welcome to choose any […]
The Social Trend of Micro-Expressions
This trend of becoming an “influencer” seems to be affecting social interactions and the mental health of people who are aiming for it. This is like a popularity contest run amok, where the posts are desperate for more likes, and have actual mental breakdowns when they don’t get enough likes. This striving to be more […]
Can TikTok be used for education?
My name is Catriona Imray, and I teach math and science to 10-12th grades at North Peace Secondary School in Fort St. John, BC. Before becoming a teacher, I spent about 12 years as a field geologist, and now use that knowledge and experience to share with my students. I personally don’t use TikTok for […]
Body Images and Social Media
Inspired by Ritu’s post concerning our addictions to selfies and posting photos of everything around us, including ourselves, this article was posted on the BBC and accessed on my mobile BBC app. This is an issue that concerns me greatly as I have two young daughters who will both, sooner rather than later, be exposed […]
Week 5 (Feb. 6th – Feb. 12th, 2023): Mobile Collaboration
Welcome to Week 5 of Movable Feast! Please enjoy our OER (Open Educational Resource) on Mobile Collaboration by your colleagues, Robyn Oliver and Vithu Selvakumar. We focused on synchronous and asynchronous Mobile Collaboration, their benefits and challenges, how to enhance student participation via mobile collaboration, and a list of available mobile collaborative platforms. Please use […]
UDEMY- Online courses- Learn anything anywhere
A perfect online platform to learn something new or share what you already know. It serves as a global hub for online learning and strives to bring people together via information. Eren Bali, the creator of Udemy, had few educational options as a child growing up in a small Turkish village, until he acquired a […]
Higher Education: Mobility vs Stability
HIGHER EDUCATION: MOBILITY VS STABILITY I am wondering what I will do without this course – I got used to reading through a lot of diverse posts, and without this weekly entertainment, my life will be bleak, I am afraid. I cannot say that I have read everything in “Mobile Education”, but I am pretty […]
Moodle Apps and Themes for Mobile
For many years Moodle has been a standard LMS in the education industry. My own Moodle experience began with the delivery of online learning in 2020 with a custom implementation of Moodle called OpenLMS. For Mobile, Moodle provides apps on both the Apple and Google App Stores. The apps are an excellent way to interact […]