Table 2. WMD Trials

Trial	Course	Participants	WMD	Social Software	Summary
Trial 1	Diploma of Landscape Design, Unitec	18 students, 2 Academic staff, researcher.	Palm TX with folding wireless keyboard for text entry	Moodle Splashblog.com Litefeeds.com Blogger.com Letmeparty.com AIM, MSN	Use of WiFi PDA to create reflective Blogs. Group members subscribe to each other’s blogs and to a central course blog using an RSS reading Java application. Deliver basic course content via Moodle, and encourage students to experiment with capabilities.
Trial 2	Year Two, Bachelor of Product Design, School of Design, Unitec	18 students, 2 Academic staff, researcher.	Palm TX paired with a bluetooth 3G mobile phone	Moodle Elgg Splashblog.com Blogger.com Litefeeds.com Letmeparty.com AIM, MSN	Use a combination of a WiFi PDA paired with a bluetooth enabled 3G-cell phone, for anywhere, anytime connectivity to social software tools. Students establish reflective blogs, subscribe to each others blog via RSS, and upload photos to splashblog.com.
Trial 3	Year Three, Bachelor of Product Design, School of Design, Unitec	18 students, 2 Academic staff, researcher.	WiFi & 3G enabled UMPC – e.g. Samsung Q1	Moodle Elgg Blogger.com Flickr.com Meebo, AIM, MSN Newsgator.com Pbwiki.com YouTube	Use a WiFi enabled UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC), with 3G data card for connectivity beyond WiFi access points, interacting with the full range of social software options – including online newsreading, video uploading via YouTube, and instant messaging options.
Trial 4	School of Sport, Unitec	18 students, 2 Academic staff, researcher.	WiFi & 3G enabled Palm Treo	Moodle Elgg Splashblog.com Blogger.com Litefeeds.com AIM, MSN	Use a WiFi/3G ‘smart phone’, for anywhere, anytime connectivity to social software tools – as in Trial 1, but with the flexibility of 3G roaming.