Mobile Learning SIG (formerly the Handheld Computing SIG)
SIGML is the interest group that is an advocate for mobile learning worldwide, and promotes meaningful integration of mobile devices in teaching and learning in formal and informal learning environments. Members of SIGML include teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, university faculty and researchers, and representatives from profit and non-profit entities, including government. We hope you will get involved and join us. Please direct any inquiries to SIGML's Chair, Mark van 't Hooft (mvanthoo@kent.edu).
The goal of the SIG is to foster a community of stakeholders in order to support the use of mobile learning and promote best practices in the area of mobile and wireless computing integration in education.
Learn more about your SIGML officers.
Goals and Objectives
SIGML's activities are specifically aimed at:
- Support for mobile device integration in different types of learning environments. Support includes access to SIG members via synchronous and asynchronous communication channels, and access to expertise and professional development in the area of mobile learning integration in education;
- Dissemination of best practices and best practices research in the area of mobile learning and computing;
- Creation of effective research tools and methodologies;
- Examination of issues related to mobile technology integration including (but not limited to) equity, the digital divide, acceptable use, safety, Special Needs students, and English-as-a-Second-Language user issues;
- Provide recommendations for the development of appropriate mobile learning tools (hardware and software and related curriculum for teaching and learning)
SIGML Professional Development Opportunities (NEW!!)
Picks from the App Store, (presented by Tony Vincent on April 29, 2009), was well attended. However, don't worry if you missed it, you can view the archived session (video only, chat was not archived). Links to the apps that Tony talked about in the session can be found on Tony's blog.
This is the first in a series of free online workshops for SIGML members and by SIGML members.
SIGML Elections
Elections are over and we will have the following new officers, starting their terms at NECC 2009. They will be officially introduced at the SIGML Business Meeting, so make sure you attend!! Congratulations to the following new SIGML officers:
- Chair-Elect (2009-2010, followed by a two-year term as Chair: 2010-2012): Elliot Soloway
- Communications Officer (2009-2011): Mischelle Grubbs
- Member at-large (2009-2011): Cathy Higgins
Info about our new officers is posted on the SIG Officer page. Congratulations and thank you for your willingness to serve SIGML!
Membership Survey 2009
To help us do our planning for 2009-2010, SIGML has once again created a membership survey. It is located here and will be available until Sunday, June 28, 2009. Please take a couple of minutes and provide us with some feedback. Thanks!
NECC 2009, Washington, DC
Information about the 2009 conference is available here. SIGML will host its annual business meeting, a sponsored session, and an exciting forum (sold out). The SIGML NECC page can be found here. The agenda for the business meeting is here.
Upcoming Handheld/Mobile Learning Conferences
2nd International M-LIBRARIES Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 23-24, 2009
http://m-libraries2009.ubc.ca/
Mobile Learning Summer School - Technology Enhanced Learning Summer School on Mobile Learning, Brest, France, July 4-9, 2009.
http://conferences.telecom-bretagne.eu/mlearning09/
Mobiquitous 2009, Toronto, Canada, July 13-16, 2009
http://www.mobiquitous.org/
MobileHCI 2009, Bonn, Germany, September 15-18, 2009.
http://www.mobilehci09.org/
Handheld Learning 2009, London, UK, October 5-7, 2009.
http://handheldlearning2009.com
mLearn 2009, Orlando, FL, October 26-28, 2009
http://www.mlearn2009.org
17th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2009), Hong Kong, November 30-December 4, 2009 (C4: ICCE Conference on Classroom, Ubiquitous, and Mobile Technologies Enhanced Learning (CUMTEL))
http://www.icce2009.ied.edu.hk
If you would like to have a mobile computing conference listed here, please send your information to SIGML's Chair, Mark van 't Hooft (mvanthoo@kent.edu).
SIGML Resources
Please contribute your knowledge and expertise about mobile devices to our SIGML wiki.
Want to network with other SIGML members? Then join our Ning group!
SIGML members, tell us where you are and add yourself to the SIGML frappr map!
SIGML Newsletters:
*Vol. 4, No. 5, June 2009 (PDF, 98 KB)
*Vol. 4, No. 4, May 2009 (PDF, 141 KB)
*Vol. 4, No. 3, April 2009 (PDF, 620 KB)
*Vol. 4, No. 2, March 2009 (PDF, 155 KB)
*Vol. 4, No. 1, February 2009 (PDF, 167 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 8, December 2008 (PDF, 210 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 7, October 2008 (PDF, 166 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 6, September 2008 (PDF, 648 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 5, June 2008 (PDF, 211 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 4, May 2008 (PDF, 359 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 3, April 2008 (PDF, 315 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 2, March 2008 (PDF, 146 KB)
*Vol. 3, No. 1, February 2008 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
*Vol. 2, No. 5, August 2007 (PDF, 154 KB)
*Vol. 2, No. 4, June 2007 (PDF, 87 KB)
*Vol. 2, No. 3, April 2007 (PDF, 802 KB)
*Vol. 2, No. 2, March 2007 (PDF, 256 KB)
*Vol. 2, No. 1, February 2007 (PDF, 605 KB)
*Vol. 1, No. 6, December 2006 (PDF, 103 KB)
*Vol. 1, No. 5, September 2006 (PDF, 306 KB)
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