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introductions - interest in mobile devices driven by a sense that they're popular with students and wondering where they might be used in instruction; using a common technology everyone already has

Andrea - leading effort in Duke Digital Initiative around mobile devices - led conference ([]) on mobile learning; how mobile devices more popular in other countries; mix of ages interested in mobile technologies (many and engineering or science background) - using it to get answers and research online or simulations; language program using smart phones

problem of different platforms -basic html web pages -different capabilities of platforms

Question about Duke mobile iPhone app not using much for instruction; has library's digital collections, campus maps, course schedules

[|Poll Everywhere] use at Duke have faculty member at Duke trying it has website and students can text in to poll or use web another on the Med side for a distance course - 40% had iPhones in the course

at conference - faculty intrigued by the idea of designing for learner - designing for learning outcomes

mobile devices - in science class, can use for finding facts and concentrate more on solving problems and higher level critical learning skills

interest in gps - cameras, mobile phones - geotagging photos, etc

apple's tablet that may be coming early in 2010

faculty - worried about cheating? distractions? depends on person teaching; same concerns that faculty have had for some time 1st and 2nd year classes - larger - more prone to cheating, but also the ones where polling more useful

faculty - thinking about twitter in conjunction with mobile devices discussion of how twitter is used (sharing links, using it for conference/event updates and what's interesting)

do faculty want that kind of "back channel" conversation in class? use it for feedback about the class? andrea - noting class taught by multiple faculty with one facuty always in audience monitoring twitter feed for feedback and questions

faculty wanting phone to present - using microproject for presentations using iPhone or iPod for presentations, with slides as images (no interactivity or animations)

prototype cell phones that project - good for small group work?

platform issues what people are doing depends on interactivity needed

student access some don't have data plans rural areas without access _______________________________________ Added later: Blog about Mobile Libraries, aggregates news: []