A REVIEW OF E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES - Opportunities for Teaching and Learning <s> Photo Sharing <s> The convergence of mobile technologies into student-centered learning environments requires academic institutions to design new and more effective learning, teaching, and user experience strategies. In this article we share results from an mLearning design experiment and analysis from a student survey conducted at the National College of Ireland. Quantitative data support our hypothesis that mLearning technologies can provide a platform for active learning, collaboration, and innovation in higher education. In addition, we review mobile interface and user-experience design considerations, and mLearning theory. Finally, we provide an overview of mLearning applications being developed in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland including, Virtual Graffiti, BuddyBuzz, Flickr, and RAMBLE. <s> BIB001 </s> A REVIEW OF E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES - Opportunities for Teaching and Learning <s> Photo Sharing <s> ABSTRACT Web 2.0 has the potential to dramatically affect educational practices in a variety of ways. Within the field of art education, students and teachers can utilize Web 2.0 to further student understanding and art-making. The potential for students to create the Web is an aspect of Web 2.0 that is particularly well suited for an art classroom. Through examples from teachers and from the author's own practice, this article details potential uses of delicious, flickr, blogs, podcasts, and wiki. Through these technologies, students may collaboratively build knowledge, develop a deeper understanding of their own artworks and those of other artists, and interact with artworks in new ways. <s> BIB002
The use of photosharing websites has the potential to "open lines of dialogue, communication, and learning" BIB001 Baird, 2006 -2007, p. 22) . Flickr is an example of a website which enables the publishing of photos online so that they can be shared with others either publicly or privately. Users can make annotations, leave comments and have ongoing discussions about the images. The discussion generated by the group remains visible in Flickr for future reference. BIB002 explains that such sites can be used to compare and contrast images in fashion or art courses. Students on a field trip, who take photos with their mobile phones, can instantly post them online. Later the students can reflect and discuss, through the photosharing tool, their experiences and observation with the rest of their learning community BIB001 BIB001 . Godwin (2007) describes how a group of nearly 2000 librarians has formed on Flickr. They have accumulated over 13,000 pictures and images accessible to all members. Another example of an educational use is the group of photography students who have collaborated across universities to create and comment on virtual photo albums using Gallery2  .