That iPads and smartphones have made their presence felt inside the classroom is a given now. Know how they will soon replace the classroom computers. Also get a sneak peak into the future of learning. Read it all here in our Weekly Digest – a collection of our top 8 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. Research: The Educational Value Of Serious Games Video games are exciting, challenging, and a vital part of life for many teens. The use of games as entertainment may be dwarfed by serious game applications as the value of serious games continues to increase. This is because today the learners, the teachers and the game designs are different.

2. 10 Surprising Truths About Video Games And Learning This blog post uncovers 10 truths (with research validated reasons) on how video games can assist learning.

3. Games And Smart Phones: The Future Of Education? While not a panacea for the educational system, games and smart phones could be one way to engage and motivate student learning. Know how.

4. BINARY – There’s An App To LEARN That! And Its A GAME! CISCO has an amazingly innovative culture that allows them to experiment with new technologies and ideas around learning. Their new FREE iPhone/iPad app called BINARY is a game that teaches players everything they need to know about the binary language without the boring techie bits.

5. Expert: Smart Phones Are the Next Classroom Computers An internationally known technology expert says smart phones will one day replace computers inside classrooms. Know if this prediction will be true.

6. What The Smartphone Market Will Look Like In 2015 [STUDY] IDC predicts that the smartphone market will grow 49.2% in 2011, due to an increasing number of users who will replace feature phones with smartphones.

7. How Educators Use iPads Since the iPad has entered the education filed, educators have used it in ways more than one to assist them in teaching. While some use it for classroom management and attendance tracking, some use it to take quick notes and check relevant websites. Find how more such ways in which academics use iPads.

8. The Future Of Learning We can’t state explicitly or emphatically what the future of learning will look like because things are moving so fast. But we can extrapolate some general characteristics from current trends. So what is the future of learning? Know it all here.

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So we thought it would be interesting to look back upon the Upside Learning blog for some of the most popular and noteworthy posts of 2010. We have pulled these up based on social signals (views, comments, twitter and more).  Essentially, these are the posts that have gained the popularity that they have because of ‘YOU’. We wish to thank you all for stopping by, reading, commenting, and sharing.

Here are Upside Learning’s Top 50 eLearning Posts of 2010.

January

1. The Advent of Mobile Learning Technology
2. General Considerations for Mobile Learning (mLearning)
3. Apple iPad Disappoints eLearning Industry

February

4. 7 Ways to Use the iPad for Workplace Learning
5. 8 Tips for LMS Implementation
6. SCORM Implementation For Mobile Devices

March

7. 5 Mobile Learning Implementation Tips
8. How to Use Microblogging in Workplace Learning
9. 5 Tips for Creating Graphics for Mobile Devices
10. Elements For Constructing Social Learning Environments
11. LMS: Strategy or Tool?

April

12. 5 Ways to Use an LMS for Effective Learning Measurement
13. 10 Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design
14. Top 13 LMS (and Learning Technology) Blogs
15. Top 25 Rapid eLearning Blog Posts
16. 5 Good TED Talks On Games
17. Tools for Developing Augmented Reality Applications

May

18. Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development?
19. Future of Learning Technology – 2015
20. The LMS – Will It Survive?
21. Does An LMS Actually Manage Learning?
22. 30 Top Online Resources For Instructional Designers To Keep Up With

June

23. Top 7 Things To Consider Before Implementing SCORM For Mobile Devices
24. 10 Must-Have Features In A Mobile-LMS
25. 3 Reasons To Focus On Media Design In Learning
26. LMS: A Quick SWOT Analysis
27. Rapid Authoring Tools For Creating mLearning

July

28. Media Design Training Plan for Instructional Designer: Need Your Thoughts
29. IPhone- User Interface Guidelines
30. 22 Books For Beginner Instructional Designers
31. SCORM Implementation Strategies For Mobile: mLearnCon
32. mLearning Demand Is Growing

August

33. Creating Successful m-Learning Strategy
34. Custom eLearning Development: How Long Does it Take?
35. Mobile Learning: An Upside Learning Point of View
36. Rapid Prototyping For Mobile Learning Applications
37. Work Is Changing; Is Training Changing Too?

September

38. Optimizing Web Media for Mobile Learning
39. Do People Really Like To Go On Training Courses?
40. Will Mobile Apps Change Training Forever?

October

41. Moving To eLearning
42. Digital Instructional Media Design 101- The Design Of Interaction
43. Top 100 Tools For Learning 2010 – C4LPT Survey

November

44. Mobile Learning Solutions – Infographic
45. The Future of Work: As Gartner Sees It
46. 5 Lessons From Learning Game Development
47. Digital Instructional Media Design 101 – Principles Of Gestalt Psychology

December

48. 3 Ways to Use Mobile Devices in Workplace Learning
49. 2 More Game Mechanics To Include In Learning Games
50. Training Companies and LMS

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