Portable Applications in Mobile Education

Authors

  • Jon Baggaley Athabasca University - Canada's Open University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v7i2.369

Keywords:

portable software applications, USB, open source, document editing, email maintenance, Internet browsing, instant messaging, file transfer, multimedia presentation, anti-virus protection

Abstract

Portable software applications can be carried on a convenient storage medium such as a USB drive, and offer numerous benefits to mobile teachers and learner. The article illustrates the growing field of ‘portable apps’ in reviews of seven contrasting products. These represent the major categories of document editing, email maintenance, Internet browsing, instant messaging, file transfer, multimedia presentation, and anti-virus protection. Emphasis is placed on ways to use ‘portable apps’ to overcome the common problems of Internet usage during travel.

Author Biography

Jon Baggaley, Athabasca University - Canada's Open University

Jon Baggaley is a psychologist specializing in the educational effects of communications media. He has taught previously at universities in Liverpool, Newfoundland, and Montreal, and is author/editor of 10 books/ volumes including Dynamics of Television (with Steven Duck), Psychology of the TV Image, and Evaluation of Educational Television; also over 100 articles on media research and evaluation. Prof. Baggaley was founding editor of the Journal of Educational Media (formerly J. E. TV). He has consulted on the design of educational media campaigns for government and broadcasting organizations in Canada and the US, Bangladesh, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and a dozen countries in Asia. He is Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a member of the New York Academy of Sciences. As Chair and Director of Educational Technology at Athabasca University, Baggaley has been responsible for the development of new media technologies, and of policy for the distance-based delivery of the University's programmes. From 2006-07, Prof. Baggaley will be travelling in Asia, advising the distance education projects of the International Research Development Centre.

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Published

2006-09-28

How to Cite

Baggaley, J. (2006). Portable Applications in Mobile Education. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v7i2.369

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Technical Notes

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