I've written about how we are entering the age of mobile learning these days. I think CPod already has one foot in the door. Feel free to check it out.
Posted by kencarroll July 16, 2008.
To comment, please login.
Not sure if your comment is appropriate? Check our Commenting Policy first.
New lesson idea? Please let us know on our contact page.
How do I use the "Community" section?
This feature is only available to paid subscribers. ChinesePod offers 5 paid subscription types.
| Basic | Starting from $14 per month |
| Premium | Starting from $29 per month |
| Praxis | Starting from $39 per month |
| Guided | Starting from $49 per month |
| Executive | Starting from $199 per month |
To find out more about these subscription types, please click here.
To upgrade your account, please click here.
This feature is only available to Premium, Praxis, Guided and Executive subscribers.
| Premium | Starting from $29 per month |
| Praxis | Starting from $39 per month |
| Guided | Starting from $49 per month |
| Executive | Starting from $199 per month |
To find out more about these subscription types, please click here.
To upgrade your account, please click here.
Hi Ken,
Great post, I sincerely believe that you and the rest of the people behind Praxis are visionaries.
I hope that I'm not pulling the discussion initiated in your blog post too far away from its overall message, but I want to discuss a specific statement you make in the post, and how it relates to using ChinesePod. You say: "Clearly, electronic devices that allow access (at least intermittently) to the information-cloud are essential to mobile learning."
Currently to take advantage of the expansion sentences and other premium content, we need constant access. I'm not an expert, but I don't think mobile internet access is a commodity. Without an expensive cell phone or internet device and wifi access or an expensive data plan, to study the expansion sentences, we have to be sitting in front of a computer. This is not mobile learning and greatly constrains the mobility of ChinesePod. I think that you guys could do more to enable mobile learning via ChinesePod, in particular by including all of the expansion sentences in a PDF file and also an Audio Review mp3 file.
Nearly a month ago, I was really frustrated with this situation, and with the ideas of other cpoddies made a program called WeLoveChinesePod. This program enables us to study the premium content even with only an intermittent internet connection. However, this program is really a temporary workaround and shouldn't be necessary. In my opinion, it would be better if you guys provided this content directly.
Andrew