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Wednesday 7th Oct, 09:30 - 16:00

9:30 - 9:40 - Introduction to the Research Strand - Mark van ‘t Hooft, Researcher/Technologist, Kent State University.

9:40 - 11:00 - Long Papers (20 minutes eac).
- John Traxler, Director, Learning Lab, Priorslee Campus, Telford, UK - Learner Devices: Inclusion with Innovation
- Robin Deegan, Postgrad Research Student, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland - Survey of Issues and Challenges in the Usability of m-Learning Applications
- Nicola Beddall-Hill, PhD Student, City University London, UK & Jonathan Raper - Mobile Devices as ‘Boundary Objects’ on Field Trips
- Lucianne Brown, Governors State University / Capella University / GaGa Technologies Inc - Using Mobile Learning in Reading

11:00 - 11:30 - Refreshment Break.

11:30 - 12:10 - Long Papers (20 minutes each).
- Scott Perkins, Director of Research, Abilene Christian University & George Saltsman, Director of the Adams Center for Teaching and Learning, Abilene Christian University - Mobile Learning at Abilene Christian University: Successes, Challenges, and Results from Year One
- Jane Lunsford, Instructional Designer, The Open University - Mobile learning for student support - a model

12:10 - 12:20 - Break for Transition.

12:20 - 13:00 - Roundtable 1 (6 short papers; 2 20-minute rounds @ 12:20 and 12:40).
- Phil Marston, Learning Technologist, University of Aberdeen, UK - Further Development of the Context Categories of a Mobile Learning Framework
- Karl Royle, Principal Lecturer, Centre for Development and Applied Research in Education, University of Wolverhampton - Teaching Kids How to Hold Productive Learning Conversations Using Pictochat on the Nintendo DS
- Marco Arrigo, CNR Institute for Educational Technologies, Palermo, Italy - Mobile Learning for All
- Rhodri Thomas, Senior Project Manager, The Open University, UK - Mobilising the Open University
- Domizio Baldini, I.C Cecco Aniolieri, ICT Tutor, Italy - Mobile Science Laboratory: A Project

13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch

14:30 - 15:10 - Roundtable 2 (6 short papers; 3 20-minute rounds @ 14:30, 14:50).

- Andy Pulman, HSC Web Team Leader, Bournemouth University, UK - Mobile Technology as a Mechanism for Delivering Improved Quality of Life
- David Wray, Professor of Literacy Education, University of Warwick, UK - Mobile Learning Devices: The View from the Users
- Peter van Ooijen, Head Group Medical Informatics and Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands - A Novel, Image-Based Voting Tool Based on Handheld Devices
- Arturo Serrano, Researcher, Instituto de Investigacion y Desarrollo Educativo, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico - Implications on the Evolution of 4G to m-Learning
- Rowena Blair, Teaching Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Scotland - Fun, Fizzy and Formative Approaches to Assessment: Using Rapid Digital Feedback to Aid Learners' Progression
- Lyn Pemberton, Reader, University of Brighton, UK - Language Learning with Mobile Peers

15:10 - 15:50 - Roundtable 3 (6 short papers; 2 20-minute rounds @ 15:10, and 15:30)

- David Avery - Digital Mythography: Towards A New Mythology For Our Times
- Divya Viswanathan, User Experience Designer, Nokia India Pvt. Ltd., India & Jan Blom - New Metaphors from Old Practices. Mobile Learning Technologies That Could Revitalize Education.
- Marco Arrigo, CNR Institute for Educational Technologies, Palermo, Italy - Integrating Handheld Devices in Secondary School Curricula: A Two Years Experience
- Keren Mills, Innovations Officer, The Open University, UK - The OU Library in Your Pocket
- Judith Seipold, University of Kassel / WLE at the IoE - Mo-LeaP – The Mobile Learning Projects Database
- Steve Bunce, Educational Consultant, Northumberland County Council - Nintendo DS Consoles as a Tool for Enquiry

15:50 - 16:00 - Wrap Up - Mark van ‘t Hooft, Researcher/Technologist, Kent State University.

 

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