...and the tension grows, and this time it's Mobile...

I attended a very interesting symposium earlier today, led by Agnes Kukulska-Hulme with presentaions from John Cook, Tom Boyle and John Traxler. More tension.... The title was 'Tensions between personal space and social space in mobile learning'. Toward the end of the session, we were asked to get into small groups and think about the design issues if we were asked to create a mobile technology friendly site within a city centre. Several issues emerged, including cover from the inclement British weather (electronics and deluges do not mix - ask Noah.) We also thought that because some people didn't have access to mobile technologies (the so called digital divide) that we should make systems/access for them using kiosk based technology. By far the most important issue for our small group was the problem of finding somewhere to top up your battery when it goes flat. How could this be achieved...?

There is a blog related to this subject run by James Clay, which you can visit to contribute toward the discussion.