1. OU VLE Programme Mobile Learner Support Project Input Session Wed 14 th Feb 2007 Social and User Generated content on-the-move

2. Session Aims Explore industry trends Discuss possible synergies with Online Collaboration & Communication and ePortfolio projects Refine project strand Define requirements for development

3. ‘mLearn’ Project Overview Project strands ‘Offline Moodle’ Podcasting, Course News and Alerts Mobile Course Content Social and User Generated Content on-the-move Supporting Students and ALs using devices on the move, or working away from their regular environment underpinned by a ‘Mobile Learning Environment’ methodology

4. Social and User-generated content Industry trends Social Networking, User-Generated Content and Green Technology – DeloitteDeloitte User-generated content, mobile TV and location-based services – BBC on 3GSMBBC on 3GSM ‘Citizen Journalism’, ‘Moblogs’ BBC Have Your Say: Your news, your pictures http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2780295.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2780295.stm Scoopt http://www.scoopt.com/ http://www.scoopt.com/ YoSpace http://www.yospace.com http://www.yospace.com Partnerships e.g. Vodafone and MSN http://www.vodafone.com/flash/messenger/index.htmlhttp://www.vodafone.com/flash/messenger/index.html

5. Mobile Instant Messaging Options include using SMS as a means of messaging on mobiles, or using a full instant messaging client: MSN Mobile demo http://fdl.eu.msn.com/MSNMobileDemos/SMS/msn_mobile.asp?lang=en http://fdl.eu.msn.com/MSNMobileDemos/SMS/msn_mobile.asp?lang=en Yahoo Messenger http://messenger.yahoo.com/mobile.php http://messenger.yahoo.com/mobile.php Mabber http://www.mabber.com/ http://www.mabber.com/ Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP) protocol http://www.world-text.com/smpp/ http://www.world-text.com/smpp/ Combined solutions possible: Mobile surveys via IM http://msurveys.com/im.html http://msurveys.com/im.html Jabber compliant MSG system in OU - same basis as above solutions - aim to extend MSG to mobile devices

6. Mobile access to myStuff Providing an interface so users can upload, amend and share content Possible parsing of MMS (Multimedia Messaging) content to extract audiovisual material Enabling appropriate mobile web templates realistic option, alternatives include customised interface e.g. Vodafone and MySpace http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6337981.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6337981.stm

7. Ongoing consultation Keep updated via the project blog (and newsfeed): http://conclave.open.ac.uk/mLearn/ You can also join the mail list ouvle-mlearn-stakeholders-list@open.ac.uk via http://mail-lists.open.ac.uk/http://mail-lists.open.ac.uk/ Contact: Rhodri.Thomas@open.ac.uk – VLE Mobile Learner Support Project LeaderRhodri.Thomas@open.ac.uk