According to this article, the most significant factor is not the scaling of online instruction (which isn't a new thing already) _but_ the ability for educators to study how people learn in various environments. Timely and accurate feedback is an essential component, not only for students, but also for educators, in improving the quality and relevancy of education for smaller groups. Personally, I think that the rise of massively open online courses (MOOCs) will ironically lead to a huge increase in the number of customized and localized courses tailored for niche sub-groups. Instead of seeing a huge dissemination of one-size-fits-all education, we will see an increasing diversity of different educational strategies, similiar to how the diversity of an ecosystem increases when its geographic size increases. It's a very exciting time for educators out there indeed...

One of the greatest (and most untapped) powers of e-learning is its ability to offer relevant and immediate _feedback_ on the go while you do your daily tasks e.g. web-surfing. This tool is a perfect example of such learning.

This looks like a very promising Google app... basically, it's like your very own "Facebook" wall for any topic that you have in mind. And best of all, it can be embedded into Google Sites too! https://sites.google.com/site/moderatorhelpcenter/getting-started/guide Affordances: Similar to that of a forum, except that you also get to vote on the topic at hand or a solution too.

MDs, you might be interested in this for creating mobile apps, esp games. Basically, it uses Lua, a popular scripting language for professional game studios, which can be converted into native Obj-C or Android code using its SDK. And oh, it's open-source! :)

This article was written 5 years ago. Now, we have the benefit of ubiqutious mobile chat platforms e.g. Whatsapp, which can create small focus groups to talk about a particular topic. Not only so, besides the usual text, Whatsapp also allows participants to share mobile videos taken on the spot, share their geolocations with one another, share audio recordings and of course, images. A personal example of how I use Whatsapp for personal learning: I use Whatsapp regularly to practice reading and writing my Japanese with a few other friends, and when I make mistakes, they can quickly give me feedback in real-time. We also exchange photos of Japanese culture, food items and even on-the-spot videos from those who are in Japan. Some of us go for Japanese classes, some don't. But those who go for the classes share what they have learnt with those who haven't.  I'm not sure if this can be classified as a type of "flipped learning", but I realized that mobile chat makes an excellent real-time, yet highly personalized tool for e-learning in small group discussions. Perhaps this is one area we can consider next time as a way to do mobile learning that harnesses the social nature of us learners.

Common Craft videos have helped teachers and trainers delight millions by making complex ideas easy to understand.

A great site that we can browse through for e-learning projects that explores emerging technologies, including mobile tech.

An innovative app that allow you to draw virtual "graffiti" at any location. The natural touch-based interface of the iPhone affords easy scribbling on the go.

A great resource that could be used for customized e-learning tours... wonder how this can be used to enhance learning and understanding?

Very interesting! How can we apply this to other kinds of topics?

An interesting piece about how the unique affordances of mobile devices enable newer forms of learning.

Reccommended by Sally to me. Freeware, and only 267KB in size.

GitHub is a popular open-source code repository that makes it easier for multiple developers in a team to work on the same code without clashing. Think the MD team may find this useful?

Eveleen, Bernard, FYI... this looks extremely interesting. Allows us to create real-time apps very easily, according to the website. Great for RAD.

Good tips on how to design effective survey forms for interviews and training feedback

Recommended by MP Denise Phua on her FB page. Singapore's own free online education portal inspired by Khan Academy.

Eveleen, Bernard, you guys might be interested in this...

I came across this ePortfolio iPhone app. It's content-rich and I think could be a good resource for our students to use. 

A handy reference. There are other eportfolio iphone apps that do the creating of mobile eportfolios, such as Curtin University's iphone app. However, the problem is that those apps are specific to their eportfolio systems, so they are generally closed to non-university users. If I find one that is open (and uses open systems), I'll share here ASAP.