Mark Pentleton

Now this looks very interesting indeed, and I wonder if it will answer some of the questions I posted on the announcement of the iPad. Inkling claims to be “the world’s first end-to-end platform for mobile learning content [...] making it easy to bring rich, interactive learning content to tablet devices like iPad”.

It appears to allow you to create learning content including audio, video and interaction with objects. If you’re a student reading a ‘textbook’ created through Inkling you can share the notes you’ve made on your textbook with others learning the same content at that time – a social network for learning. It also appears to allow you to sync your learning content across all your devices. Teachers can see who has completed the reading assignment and the aspects of the lessons which students are finding difficult.

Arguably much of this could be found within an average VLE, but the difference is that Inkling makes this content entirely mobile and accessible on iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad. Looks very interesting, and understandably early days, but I want to know more! Follow @inkling on Twitter or find out more on their site.