I have been working on developing use cases for the Mature-IP project on the use of mobile devices for learning and knowledge maturing. And I had a lot of fun! Here is my use case:

“A researcher is at a project meeting. One issue at the meeting is how mobile devices might be used for learning and knowledge maturing. It is agreed to create develop use cases around the idea.

The researcher decides to consult with different experts and to record the results. He uses the AudioBoo application on his mobile iPod touch to interview one of his colleagues on the project, Johannes Magenheim. He adds a title “Mobile Learning” and two tags – ‘mobile’ and ‘learning’. The Boo is recording is instantly uploaded to the AudioBoo webs site. It is displayed along with a Google map showing where the recording took place (http://audioboo.fm/boos/59817).

The recording is also shown on the front page of the researchers won web site – based on an open API developed by Audio Boo and displayed in a widget in wordpress (http://www.pontydysgu.org/). It is also automatically posted to twitter – GrahamAttwell AudioBoo: Mobile Learning http://boo.fm/b59817. Ten minutes after the recording is made three people have commented on it on Twitter.”