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research category imageDate: August 29, 2012
By: Adam Bockler
Tags: mAgriculture mobile agriculture mobile app research mobile learning research
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Mobile Agriculture Research Explores Benefits for Mobile Technology in North America

A majority of mobile agriculture apps on the market today for North America are classified as farm management apps, according to new research from...Read More...
press category imageDate: August 29, 2012
By: The Float Team
Tags: mAgriculture mobile agriculture mobile learning research mobile research
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Float’s Report Shows Mobile Agriculture Has Arrived in North America

Morton, Ill. – August 29, 2012 – Float Mobile Learning, a consulting firm that develops mobile strategies and apps for major agricultural...Read More...
mobile-apps category imageDate: August 21, 2012
By: Adam Bockler
Tags: geolocation location data location research location services Shark Net
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Shark Net Leverages Location Data to Make Connections

If you’re bummed that Shark Week has come and gone for this year, don’t worry. Shark Net’s got you covered. We came across this while fishing...Read More...
pedagogy-and-learning category imageDate: August 20, 2012
By: Gary Woodill
Tags: "The medium is the message" Marshall McLuhan media theory The Gutenberg Galaxy Understanding Media
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Mobile McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan, the 1960s media guru from the University of Toronto, had a lot to say about the impact of new media on both learning and culture....Read More...
comic category imageDate: August 15, 2012
By: Adam Bockler
Tags: Ask Ziggy interactive voice recognition Siri voice control
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Siri, Meet Ask Ziggy

Siri may have its first top contender for voice recognition dominance as soon as this fall. Ask Ziggy, a virtual voice-powered assistant available...Read More...
pedagogy-and-learning category imageDate: August 8, 2012
By: Jeff Tillett
Tags: iBird Sunriver Nature Center
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iBird App Demonstrates Mobile Learning in the Field

Recently while on vacation in central Oregon, my family and I spent some time at the Sunriver Nature Center and the Oregon Observatory. Sunriver is...Read More...
mobile-apps category imageDate: August 6, 2012
By: The Float Team
Tags: ASTD certificate ASTD Essentials of Mobile Learning eLearning Technology Showcase Employee Benefits Symposium Float Mobile Learning Symposium 2012
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The Olympic Evolution of Mobile

We don’t need to tell you mobile has exploded over the last several years. But we’re still shocked when we look at some of these stats comparing...Read More...
mobile-apps category imageDate: August 3, 2012
By: The Float Team
Tags: informal learning social learning Tappestry
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Tappestry 1.1 is Live in the App Store

The latest version of Tappestry is now live in the Apple App Store. Tappestry is a social network for learning built specifically for mobile...Read More...
mobile-development category imageDate: July 26, 2012
By: Adam Bockler
Tags: Learning Everywhere mobile learning book review
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Learning Everywhere Is Full of Details for Mobile Learning Implementation

Learning happens everywhere. Even on trains. Such is the crux of Chad Udell’s latest book, Learning Everywhere, which was released last month by...Read More...
conferences category imageDate: July 17, 2012
By: Adam Bockler
Tags: 1871 Chicago Float Mobile Learning Symposium 2012 informal learning social learning
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Jim Ferolo: The Importance of Informal and Social Learning

You don’t need the type of big, formal system you’d typically find in a university in order to learn, according to an academic. “What you...Read More...
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