Best Practices in Instructional Design & Use of Learning Technologies

QR codes are gaining momentum in todays technology. They are popping up everywhere and across all the business and social landscape. QR stands for quick response. They have been around for more than 15 yeras now and are found mainly on billboards, magazines, on TV, and even textbooks. You might probably be asking yourself " what these codes have to do with education ? "Well that is what this article is trying to answer.

Gust MEES: Be aware when using QR-Codes and install protection against malware on your computer and on your smartphones; my selection here:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/qr-code-and-its-applications?tag=Norton-QR-Reader-Security

- http://www.scoop.it/t/ict-security-tools

- http://www.scoop.it/t/qr-code-and-its-applications?

Read more:

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/qr-codes-are-gaining-momentum-in-todays.html?goback=.gde_108447_member_127558592#

So you may have heard of this term: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). If you haven’t come across it, it simply refers to individuals taking their own smartphones, laptops and tablets to work to connect and ‘sync’ them with the company network.

Read more: http://blogs.avg.com/business/developing-bring-device-policy/?utm_source=AVG+Blogs&utm_medium=twitter

Last week we told you how to protect yourself from mobile malware http://safeandsavvy.f-secure.com/2012/05/08/5-ways-to-keep-your-mobile-phone-safe/

 For people who want to go a step further and understand the threats your smartphone faces, we’re going to take a quick look inside the F-Secure Mobile Threat Report Q1 2012. What you’ll find is a Android landscape where threats are quickly maturing.

Read more:

http://safeandsavvy.f-secure.com/2012/05/18/what-you-need-to-know-about-mobile-malware/