m-learning Forum News - Archive
April 2001
27 April 2001
M.kids: the future is mobile
Research conducted by NOP during January 2001 shows that nearly half of all 7-16-year-olds in Britain now have their own mobile phone. (see press release)
26 April 2001
Industry Leaders Join Forces to Build the Wireless Village initiative
Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia have announced they have established Wireless
Village, the Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence (IMPS) initiative, to define
and promote a set of universal specifications for mobile instant messaging and
presence services and create a community of supporters. The specifications will
be used for exchanging messages and presence information between mobile devices,
mobile services and Internet-based instant messaging services. The protocol will
be optimized for the requirements of mobile devices and wireless networks. The
Wireless Village initiative is open to participation from industry supporters
interested in providing early comments on and building interoperable
implementations of these specifications. (see
press release)
23 April 2001
Virage Demonstrates On-Demand Streaming Video Delivery to Wireless Devices
Virage a provider of software and services that enable video for strategic online applications has recently demonstrated wireless delivery of on-demand streaming video to handheld devices. (see press release)
20 April 2001
Free WAP-enabled mobile phone for Dutch university
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal the University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands, is piloting a project called M-poort that "will create the first common wireless standard in Europe designed to support educational applications. Unlike many European academic institutions, the University of Twente is willing to work closely with businesses, particularly high-tech concerns such as KPN, Ericsson, and Lucent Technologies, to have cutting-edge technology. KPN has distributed free WAP-enabled mobile phones to the university's 10,000 students, who are able to contact teachers and fellow students and access such information as exam grades. Services are presently provided by WAP-5, a company founded by four students with seed money from the university, as the larger companies wait for newer technologies that will allow mobile phones to offer e-learning systems available for laptops and personal computers. This could include the university's Web-based e-learning software, Teletop, which is built on IBM's Lotus Learning Space program. The university's departments are working to make all classes available through the Teletop software."
6 April 2001
Piloting the wireless classroom
Motorola, WorldCom and APTE are sponsoring a new pilot programme designed to introduce wireless technology to the classroom. It involves students and teachers in two US states. As part of the programme, Motorola presented students, teachers and a select group of parents from two schools with its Timeport P935 two-way devices embedded with APTE's Internet Coach Learn Together applications and wireless service from SkyTel, a WorldCom company. (see article)
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