JISC

Mobile learning changes what is possible in education: it allows learners to communicate more easily with tutors and peers and improves access to learning resources. But with over 200,000 apps for mobile education, where do you start?

Here's a selection of just some of the apps and mobile websites on offer that JISC have funded.

Teaching and learning

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  Walking through time

  A historical satnav where users can see a map of where they are now and where they would have been in the past.
  iPhone

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  LearnMore

  Currently in development, this app will provide mobile access to the rich variety of law resources available on City University's LearnMore website. 

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  PhoneBooth

  A mobile-enabled version of the digitised Booth Poverty Maps of London overlaid with maps of London today.
  Mobile site

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  HealthCARe

  Funded via elevator, the app explores the potential of augmented reality in the teaching of healthcare students. 
  iPhone and iPad | Android

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  Hairdressing Training

  Open to everyone, this mobile site provides a range of videos, guides and resources mapped to the NVQ Hairdressing curriculum.
  Mobile site

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  GeoSciTeach

  The GeoSciTeach app has been developed to support a geospatial approach to science learning.
  Android

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  Synote

  A mobile site which allows learners and teachers to access, manage and exploit a range of multimedia resources.
  Mobile site

Student support

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  MyMobileBristol

  A mobile site for students to discover information about the University of Bristol and the city as they’re out and about.
  Mobile site

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  Mobile Oxford

  A mobile site developed by the University to help students with everything from finding a library book to checking the bus times.
  Mobile site

Research/citizen science

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  Leaf Watch

  This app allows the public to help the universities of Bristol and Hull to identify UK horse-chesnut trees damaged by an invasive moth.
  iPhone