e-learning Technologies

Emerging Technologies in the Infrastructure for e-learning

Successful e-learning begins with understanding and planning for the basic network infrastructure that is required to deliver e-learning to students and employees. 

• Technology: hardware advances coming
  • some thoughts on mobile and "wearable" technologies
• Emerging technology: innovation and products in the vanguard
  • An interesting article about digital paper and where it's headed
• TechTV
  • A good resource for keeping up to date with emerging technologies
• Closing the gap
  • This article takes a look at some technologies for bringing people together
• Another look at leading edge e-learning technologies
  • A comprehensive look at some of the hardware and digital technologies that will have an impact in e-learning

Bandwidth, Broadband and Hosting

• E-Learning strategy equals infrastructure
  • A comprehensive article that shows the importance of an e-learning strategy that considers infrastructure
• Funding the "infostructure": A guide to financing technology infrastructure in Higher Education
  • This report makes recommendations that can help campus officials  develop regular funding policies for information technology.
• E-Learning evolves to ASP model
  • This article highlights the continuing trend towards hosted e-learning solutions
• Hosting the e-learning party
  • A good summary of the pros and cons of hosting
• Managing the E in E-Learning
  • "The two most common technical issues that discourage e-learners are low bandwidth and incorrect configurations."

Mobile learning

Being tied to your PC on the desktop for learning is just as inflexible as being tied to the traditional classroom.  PDAs and mobile phones open up the potential to learn on the move. 

• Wireless e-learning
  • Lists the advantages of wireless e-learning as well as stats on the number of people using wireless devices
• Case study: combining Web and WAP to deliver e-learning
  • A good introduction to the potential of m-learning with this case study.
• Pocket sized lessons
• some more examples of how companies are using PDAs to deliver learning to their employees and what industry analysts think about it.
• When e-learning becomes m-learning
  • A very good article on m-learning which shows examples as well as talks about the theory
• K12 and university success stories
  • Some examples of the use of mobile devices in schools and colleges
• Going mobile
  • This article takes a look at the reality of mobile learning
• Learning on the go
  • A short but succinct piece on m-learning
• Distance learning through wireless devices
  • Some examples of mobile learning and some of the barriers to its introduction 
• Wireless Learning/Mobile Learning/M-Learning
  • An article that pulls together lots of other articles about m-learning, and even references this page for more information!
• The brave new world of wireless technologies: a primer for educators
  • A good overview of wireless and wireless standards - and the advantages of a wireless campus
• Introduction to Mobile Learning (M Learning)
  • Includes some examples of projects in education using mobile devices
• Learning goes mobile
  • "Organizations need to align their targeted mobile learning initiatives to support their business priorities, as well as understand job roles and employee needs."