What is Ubiquitous Learning? - EduTech Associates

Mark Weiser from the Xerox PARC Lab ‘fathered’ UL more the twenty years ago. He envisioned three computer waves: mainframes which were prevalent at the time, personal desktop computers which were just appearing, and ‘Ubiquitous’ computing (also known as ‘ubicomp’), as the future. This third step is often referred to as reaching a point where the user is not aware of the computer, whatever form it has taken, but focuses only on learning and the related materials. Weiser identified three types of computer devices: Wearable Handheld Interactive Boards And their main characteristics would be: Helpers/Servants Quite and Invisible User not necessarily aware of their presence, just the interaction Should not demand attention http://edutechassociates.net/2012/09/20/what-is-ubiquitous-learning/