Key events in 2011

Invited Speaker: ED-MEDIA 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2011. 'Changing cultures, changing practices: Using mobile tools, the cloud and ePortfolios for authentic assessment'.

Keynote Speaker and workshop/seminar: Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, September 2011. 'Engaging students and staff: Using all of the tools' 

Key events in 2010 

Invited Workshop: The Seventh Salalah Educational Forum, Oman, August 2010. 'Using 21st Century Tools for 21st Century Assessment'

Keynote Speaker: The University of Maryland, April 2010. 'mLearning, mobility and change: Broadening the conversation'

Invited Speaker: Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, April 2010. 'mLearning: Is 2010 the year we are finally ready?'

Invited Workshop: Singapore Institute of Management University, June 2010. 'Working smarter, not harder: Designing blended learning environments to engage adult learners'

Keynote Speaker: 5th International Conference on eLearning, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, July 2010. 'Using mobile devices to contextualize, personalize and promote student-centred learning'

Key events in 2009     
 

Invited Speaker: UNESCO, Paris, December 2009. 'Expert meeting on mobille media'

Invited Speaker: Association for Learning Technologies annual Conference (ALT-C), September 2009. ntegration of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 applications using an outcomes-based approach to learning design (Manchester, UK). The presentation was videoed and the link may be found HERE.

Invited Speaker: The Macau Inter-University Institute (IIUM), September 2009. 'Mobile technologies for teaching and learning

 Invited Speaker: World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR), August 2009). 'Use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning (Hanoi, Vietnam). 

Invited Panalist: eLearning Forum Asia (May 2009), the City University of Hong Kong

Keynote Speaker: Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University in Southern Russia. April 2009. 'Outcomes-based approaches to teaching and learning: Implications for integrating technology. More details HERE. (also two seminars on the use of Web 2.0 applications in language teaching and learning, and getting started with blended and distance learning).

Ongoing activities

Project development
A study of ubiquitous technologies in higher education in Hong Kong.
Funded by the General Research Fund (formerly CERG). The grant has been transferred to Lingnan University. The project focus is on the use of small mobile devices (smart phones) for personalising learning in higher education.

 Project development
A pilot study: Investigating the use of mobile devices with mobile servers.
The project website where the software and source code has been released under a Creative Commons Licence may be found HERE.

Recent publications

  Guest Editor: Special Issue
International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-long Learning
Title of special issue:Mobility: Adding Flexibility to Web-based Communities (published 2010).