Jon Trinder presentation at Handheld Learning 2008 Conference, London

1. Mobiles in and out of the real
world
Jon Trinder
www.ninelocks.com jont@ninelocks.com
University of Glasgow j.trinder@elec.gla.ac.uk
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2. Outline
• About linking physical and virtual
• Specific project at Glasgow University
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3. Why?
• Work at Glasgow Caledonian
• Useful means of visualising status
– Eg Server Rooms, Network Loading, Flooding
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4. Existing Bridges
• Twitter
• Email
• Streaming Video
• RSS
• ?
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5. “Every era of technology has, to
some extent,formed education
in its own image”
(Sharples,Taylor,Vavoula)
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6. Barriers
Innovation Prevention Department
(aka IT Services etc)
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7. New Technology
Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary
and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is
new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a
career in it.
Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of
things.
[Douglas Adams, Peter Guzzardi, Terry Jones, The Salmon of Doubt]
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8. Physical to Virtual
www
sedgley
Follow sedgley on twitter
Dohcross Worbridge
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9. Inter-life
Where Second Life meets Real Life
www.inter-life.org
Victor Lally (University of Glasgow)
Brian Canavan (University of Glasgow)
Jane Magill (University of Glasgow)
Jon Trinder (University of Glasgow)
Steve Brindley (University of Glasgow)
Evan Magill (University of Stirling)
Mario Kolberg (University of Stirling)
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10. What Is Inter-life?
The project is investigating the use of Information
and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to
support skills development by young people to
enhance their management of life transitions.
Funded by TLRP and ESRC
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11. What Is Inter-life?
Inter-Life offers the opportunity for participants to
work together on transition activities in the
community, whether they are logged in, or using
their mobile device away from the desktop.
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12. Final Thoughts
“Manifestly it is better to use simple
tools expertly than to possess a
bewildering assortment of complicated
gadgets and either neglect or use them
incompetently”
LTC Rolt, 1947
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13. Mobiles in and out of the real
world
Jon Trinder
www.ninelocks.com jont@ninelocks.com
University of Glasgow j.trinder@elec.gla.ac.uk
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