M-Learning: Mobile E-Learning

M-Learning: Mobile E-Learning, 9780874259063 (0874259061), HRD Press, 2006

Imagine yourself stuck in a busy airport chock full of business commuters, watching delay after delay post to the digital screen that announces incoming and departing flights. You have your e-ticket confirmation in one hand and a handheld device in the other. Rather than allowing your time to be completely wasted by circumstances beyond your control, you are absorbing some continuing education—with posted learning materials, or better yet a live instructor from hundreds if not thousands of miles away.

What if, in the not-too-distant future, you could gain back hours of such useful time each day. How can this be possible?

Considering the growing trends of mobility in our society, it’s easy to see that gaining back some of the time we spend on the road, in airports, and even waiting in lines could be a great source of productivity. According to a 2002 study by Texas A&M University’s Transportation Institute, the average U.S. commute to work is more than 25 minutes. Multiply that by two, and you have a significant amount of time that people commute and travel to work every single day (Schrank & Lomax, 2002).

Comments

Amazing Books

Sphinx Search Beginner's Guide

Packt Publishing, 2011

This book will serve as a guide to everything that you need to know about running a Sphinx Search Engine. In today's world, search is an integral part of any application; a reliable search engine like Sphinx Search can be the difference between running a successful and unsuccessful business. What good is being on the web if no one knows...

Beginning Mac OS X Snow Leopard Programming

Wrox Press, 2010

A solid introduction to programming on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard platform

The Mac OS X Snow Leopard system comes with everything you need in its complete set of development tools and resources. However, finding where to begin can be challenging. This book serves as an ideal starting point for programming on the Mac OS X Snow...

XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations

Prentice Hall, 2001

Mastering XSLT and XPath gives you unprecedented control over your information-and helps you leverage virtually every new XML technology, from XLink to schemas. Discover XSLT's powerful vocabulary of programming-like features and learn how to build custom solutions that resist obsolesence. By the end of the first...

The Harvest of a Century: Discoveries in Modern Physics in 100 Episodes

Oxford University Press, 2009

Physics was the leading science of the twentieth century and the book retraces important discoveries, made between 1895 and 2001, in 100 self-contained Episodes. Each is a short story of the scientists involved, their time and their work. Together, they formed a mosaic of modern physics: formulating relativity and quantum mechanics, finding the...

The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

Simon & Schuster, 2005

What do the music of J. S. Bach, the basic forces of nature, Rubik's Cube, and the selection of mates have in common? They are all characterized by certain symmetries. Symmetry is the concept that bridges the gap between science and art, between the world of theoretical physics and the everyday world we see around us. Yet the "language"...

Top 10 Washington DC (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE)

DK Travel, 2011

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Guides make any destination accessible by offering dozens of lists of the 10 best restaurants, bars, neighborhoods, hotels, local attractions, and much more. With insider tips for every visitor, the Top 10 series offers inside knowledge, and now contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps of city...