I’m starting to think about writing a course on mobile content – I think it would involve part theory, part practice. I might model it after the Network Literacies subject. I’d be interested in hearing from anyone else who currently offers a course like this, how you have set it up, was it successful, did students get into it etc.

Here are some ideas/questions I’ve started with: How does mobile telephony change our social lives and organisations, our sense of self and identity? How does it change our notion of presence and absence? Maybe a history of mobility in general too – from radios and Walkmans to mobile phones. Alongside this, I’m thinking students could be introduced to the basics of WAP. Perhaps learn practical skills in creating a mobile website and content for mobile devices, the issues and limitations of the medium.