An introduction to the use of moblogs in education.

1. Moblogs! “Create & Share, Anytime & Anywhere!” Leonard Low Canberra Institute of Technology http://mlearning.edublogs.org [email_address]

20. Are you getting the picture ? (and there’s more than just pictures: you can also moblog with videos and sounds .) mb-etoolsntips-mb@moblg.net > http://moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

21. Create & Share, Anytime & Anywhere. Moblogging is a way to make students reflect on how their area of study is part of their life generally. It can also be used as a means of documenting a specific activity, such as a creative process or an assessment. Pedagogically speaking, moblogging favours situated and exploratory learning in a social constructivist framework. mb-etoolsntips-mb@moblg.net > http://moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

23. In this moblog, a class of 13-year olds is documenting their development and production of a video on “Managing and Respecting Intellectual Property”. Wow. A group moblog: http://ICJYS1.campusmoblog.com.sg mb-etoolsntips-mb@moblg.net > http://moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

24. Each photo represents a file uploaded instantly from a mobile phone. These “posts” are organised with the most recent addition first. Videos as well as photos are supported. On this moblogging site, there is also a mobile-enabled chat facility. Group members can chat using either their web browsers or their mobile phones. A group moblog: http://ICJYS1.campusmoblog.com.sg mb-etoolsntips-mb@moblg.net > http://moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

29. Then there’s “Locoblogging”: moblogging combined with a record of the location that each photo, sound, or video was created. The media can be recalled chronologically (as for normal moblog) or by geographic position. This is great for subjects like forestry, biology, or even forensics (to name just a few)… Advanced Moblogging. mb-etoolsntips-mb@moblg.net > http://moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips

30. If you have a GPS device, you can try locoblogging at: http://locoblog.com Advanced Moblogging. mb-etoolsntips-mb@moblg.net > http://moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips If you don’t, you can still manually geotag your images in flick r ! Locoblogging is useful if location adds relevant context to the media.

31. Moblogging: amazing tools in the palm of your hand… mb-etoolsntips-mb@moblg.net > http://moblog.co.uk/blog/etoolsntips “ Phenomenal cosmic power! Itty bitty living space.” – Genie, “Aladdin” (1992) Old way New way Any questions?