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No, Education Minister, we don't have enough evidence to support banning mobile phones in schools

No, Education Minister, we don't have enough evidence to support banning mobile phones in schools | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
The Education Minister Dan Tehan has said research shows mobile phone bans have a positive effect on academic performance. But this is not necessarily true.
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School technology bans won't solve online safety fears: commissioner

School technology bans won't solve online safety fears: commissioner | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
The eSafety commissioner will release a toolkit to help schools have difficult but age-appropriate conversations with school-aged children, and have them often.
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Digital Devices in the Classroom Can Hinder Long-Term Retention

Digital Devices in the Classroom Can Hinder Long-Term Retention | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
The question of whether or not to allow students to use smartphones, laptops and other technology in the classroom has been long-debated, and at times
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The Use of StudyTXT as a form of mobile learning in an accounting decision-making course —

The Use of StudyTXT as a form of mobile learning in an accounting decision-making course — | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
This paper describes the implementation of a mobile learning teaching resource - StudyTXT – in an introductory accounting decision-making course. The paper explains the philosophy of the course and how the educational rationale underlying the use of StudyTXT might facilitate the attainment of the course objectives. The paper further illustrates how StudyTXT is developed, implemented and used in the course, with references to appropriate literature. A questionnaire-based evaluation of StudyTXT by students reports on their perceptions about the impact of the teaching resource, as well as about the factors that either encouraged students to, or discouraged them from, using StudyTXT. The paper concludes with suggestions for the further utilisation of the resource.
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The truth about mobile tech benefits in classrooms

The truth about mobile tech benefits in classrooms | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
In a recent survey of college instructors, over half said they used mobile to access e-books and digital course materials. So why are there still doubters?
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Now Is the Time to Embrace Mobile Learning

Now Is the Time to Embrace Mobile Learning | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it

The circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the opportunities and benefits that mobile technologies can provide to students and instructors as they learn and teach in unusual times.

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'Now everyone’s looking up': Less text, more talk as mobile phone ban kicks in

'Now everyone’s looking up': Less text, more talk as mobile phone ban kicks in | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
At one school in Melbourne's south-east, students have accepted Victoria’s new mobile phone ban but pushback has come from an unexpected quarter: parents.
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Mobile phones banned in Australian schools in 2020?!

Mobile phones banned in Australian schools in 2020?! | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
I'm disappointed to see that we are still making bad decisions like this. While inappropriate use of phones at school can be counterproductive to good learning, if teachers are educated in how to integrate mobile devices into their classes, they can be powerful teaching assistants. If phones are as bad for doing your job (learning at school, running a country) then perhaps our pollies should consider a phone ban at parliament? One poor polly even has a phone that looks like a lump of coal!
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StudyTXT - an early mLearning solution

StudyTXT - an early mLearning solution | Mobile Learning | Scoop.it
StudyTXT was a way to review key facts and concepts using the flexibility of your cellphone. Use the downtime you have in your day (waiting for a bus, on the train, sitting around campus, etc.) to view one StudyTXT message many times a day, until you know it and can apply it in your subject area.

StudyTXT was created in 2004 by Peter Mellow, Senior Lecturer at AUT. Peter has been working on the StudyTXT project since then, developing the concept and then setting up the working service for its first operational trials in October 2005.

The StudyTXT service is now not operational. We have decided to shut the service down and focus on other mobile delivery methods for learning. The StudyTXT project was an important landmark in the development of mLearning within New Zealand and this site is left up for information on the project. Peter Mellow. March 19, 2008
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This was my baby for a few years. Dead and buried now, but was fun at the time.
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