Continuing the mLearning thread, it would also be of benefit for you to know the possible reasons why your well thought mLearning strategy could fail. Furthermore, you can learn some tips, techniques and best practices for developing mobile web apps. On the eLearning front, learn how you can overcome the cultural barriers to the adoption of eLearning, how DSLRs can help you in making engaging eLearning videos and how you too can attain the balance between formal and informal learning. Find all this and more in our Weekly Digest – a collection of top 10 links from the week gone by, each accompanied by a quick brief.

Need to quench your thirst for the latest in learning, technology and media links further? You can dig into our previous lists here.

1. How To Teach Using Mobile Phones Mobiles are commonplace in secondary schools, but can they be used for teaching? Find out on the Guardian Teacher Network this week.
2. The Top 10 Reasons Your Mobile Learning Strategy Will Fail Find top 10 repeat offenders that could deliver a devastating blow to your mLearning strategy.
3. The Desktop Is Turning Mobile The rapid rise of mobile operating systems is changing the traditional desktop and laptop OS. As the operating systems that power these mobile devices become the new norm, we can expect certain aspects of desktop and laptop operating systems to imitate the little upstarts that had initially imitated them. Read on to know how.,/li>
4. Building Mobile Web Apps the Right Way: Tips and Techniques Mobile web apps provide advantages over native mobile apps. This article shares tips, techniques, and best practices for developing mobile web apps.
5. HOW TO: Build a Mobile App for Better Customer Support Most digital natives would rather fire up an app than get on the phone with customer care. Here’s why you should be investing your support dollars into mobile solutions.
6. eLearning’s Benefits Are Obvious: Why Don’t They Like It? Despite the obvious benefits of eLearning, its acceptance is not universally guaranteed. This article examines how we might overcome the cultural barriers to the adoption of eLearning.
7. Learning Formally or Informally…? Why not Both! Frederic Domon reconsiders the great paradox of training: higher budgets being allocated to classical training and major chunk of learning taking place through social learning. And further suggests that a holistic approach integrating both formal and informal learning should be thought of as the cornerstone of organizational development. Know more.
8. Is This the Future of Books? What is a Book? Is this the future of Books? Is the convenience of the eBook enough? What is a Book worth? Find answers to all these questions.
9. 10 Gaming Genres To Adapt In Class Here is a brief description of ten gaming genres and some tips on how they can be used in the classroom. All these games were chosen because they are popular with young language learners, engaging and fun.
10. How to Make eLearning Video with Digital SLR Cameras (and Why) There are many reasons to use DSLRs to make video for eLearning, not the least of which are the stylish quality of the video they can shoot, the range of lenses, and, of course, the additional control of composition you can gain. Know what DSLRs can do, their benefits and more.

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This year, the predict mainstream adoption of electronic books and mobiles. This in their opinion will be followed by game-based learning and augmented reality within two to three years. Further on the time horizon are learning analytics and gesture based computing.

I’d recommend designers of learning download this report for a view on how learning technology will change in the next few years.

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1. 100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration
Collaboration tools let you create, edit, share, discuss, engage, communicate and collaborate with others in a meaningful way that helps us learn from each other. Here’s a list of 100 web tools to enhance collaboration amongst us.

2. From e-Learning to iPad: How to Adjust the User Interface
This article focuses on one of the most important criteria for online instruction effectiveness – the interface. Lists 5 questions you should consider before designing an UI for your iPhone or iPad.

3. How can e-Learning, or computer based training, be more effective?
Discusses how eLearning, something that has been touted as a saviour, can be really made somewhat and/or more effective.

4. Seven Technologies That Will Rock 2011
Lists 7 technologies that will continue to engage (and enthrall) us in 2011.

5. Internet Surpasses Television as Main News Source for Young Adults
This article talks about Pew Center Research study reports, which states that the Internet is now the main national and international news source for people ages 18-29.

6. Where to Find Free eBooks for Children Online
Lists free ebooks for children which you can view online.

7. Math That Moves: Schools Embrace the iPad
Spending money on tablet computers may seem an extravagance. Read this article to know why some educators say they are more than just a cool new toy.

8. Will’s Learning Landscape Model
Will Thalheimer has developed the Learning Landscape Model. Here’s a 13 minute video explaining it.

9. The Benefits of Blended Learning Explained
Blended learning — a strategy that combines online and classroom learning activities and resources to reduce in-class seat time for students in a face-to-face environment — can be a tremendous boon for a university. This article states and explains ways to convince administrators, faculty, and students of the value of blended learning.

10. 15 Fabulous Blogs Should Follow By Game Addictive
These days games are sprouting up everywhere just like animated movies. This article mentions some of the best online destinations to know about the hot happenings of the video games industry.

11. 11 Ways to Learn in 2011
The opportunities for online learning have grown tremendously this past year. Interestingly, there seem to be more ways to participate in active learning. Here is the official list of eleven exciting ways you can learn online in the coming year.

12. 100+ Google Tricks for Teachers
From super-effective search tricks to Google tools specifically for education, to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, this article lists over 100 tricks that will surely save you some precious time.

13. Looking Back, Looking Forward
Lists some notable events and developments (among many others) in 2010, and based on them makes some predictions for the coming 12 months.

14. Turning a Tablet Into a Board Game
This article talks about a game that successfully marries digital and analog games, by using the first physical device to digitally interact with the Apple iPad.

15. Galaxy Tab Review: Android Hitchhiking its Way to Tablet Success
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first major tablet to ship with Android. This article reviews the tab to learn if Android is ready for prime time on tablets.

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