This is one of the video case studies. It’s easy to watch with broadband, and a pain without, so I’m doing it at the OU. The transcripts are very useful to download, partly because they include quotes and small images that could be used in a flier.

I can’t see that a flier is going to be very useful to people who want to introduce a university-wide policy – it’s going to be more useful to people who want to see how these projects could work on the ground, so I think the projects with PDAs, pen drives, and that voting device they’re using up at Strathclyde will be the most useful.

Hmm: better put in some sentences that Gill could quote if she wanted.

The video shows clearly how PDAs are used in college, in workplaces, in outreach centres and during field work. Students use the PDAs in groups, individually and with their tutors. Students can access a huge range of learning materials, including video clips and websites. As at Southampton, hand-held technology is used to support and encourage students who are learning English.