Learners have
access to the internet and social networks via these mobile devices so all the technologies required to gather information, create content and communicate with other people are
readily available and naturally create an environment conducive to
learning.
The introduction of the new VMware View ™ Clients for Mac and Linux will allow campus IT organizations to better support these end users and ensure that students have
readily - available
access to their applications and a consistent
learning experience across devices.
-- more frequent communication with my immediate family — more connectedness with colleagues across the country (and in some cases, around the world)-- becoming acquainted with colleagues from around the world — finding people who have similar experiences for the purpose of mutual moral support — sharing photos with a lot more people (before digital cameras I did not take photographs since it was too expensive)-- distance
learning via the web (courses)--
learning about subjects of interest in more depth, especially from papers by others —
learning from conferences I was unable to attend in person (through papers posted, blog posts, conference wikis, and photos on Flickr)-- more
readily available consumer information — more
readily available government information —
learning more about basic health issues — more creative cooking since I have more
access to recipes — feeling more connected to my favourite musical groups / musicians since they now have extensive websites, email notification services, and blogs — better organization of the various groups I belong to
Yet the comparative large effect sizes may be actually due to the mode of delivery, whereby those participants signing up to an online course of their own accord prefer to
access the mindfulness exercises from their homes or other familiar surroundings, enabling them to use the
learned skills in situations where they might be more
readily recalled and more effectively used.