Thursday, 22 January 2009

iPhone and Learning

The iTouch and iPhone both have the traditional iPod functionality to listen to audio (music/podcasts/audiobooks/MP3 files), view photos, and watch videos (MPEG-4 files), but they also have on-board Internet applications, which include:

  • Safari web browser - to search the web
  • Mail reader - to read HTML, Word, Excel and PDF attachments
  • YouTube player - to locate and view YouTube videos
  • Google maps - to get directions and check traffic

The iPhone is a perfect m-learning device for the following reasons:

  1. Size of the screen
  2. Quality of the video
  3. Always-on functionality of the iPhone and wi-fi connectedness of iPod Touch
  4. Safari web browser provides access to great range of web apps
  5. Valuable device for listening to instructional and informational podcasts
  6. Ideal for the delivery of short bites of JIT content
  7. Well designed; good to look at and great to hold

Cisco WebEx is one of the leading enterprise web conferencing systems, and now you can attend a web meeting on your iPhone.

i-Clickr allows you to view and give PowerPoint presentations using your iPhone as a remote clicker.

Ref: Jane Hart - iTouch Learning

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