Interested in an iPhone and Mobile Device Development Lecture Series?

I am hoping to do something similar to the Stanford U lectures but instead target examples that would be of interest to solving issues in the U of T realm (and by association other Universities as well). I am also hoping it will fire up our students as well and would like to get them involved in this process. Having been a student and a TA for the University I know there are a lot of talented individuals out there who could create some pretty amazing things with technology when given the right tools to do so.

Just my 2.5 cents ;)

It's really great to have you aboard. I checked out the tacow site - it looks like something that we might attend to see what's going on in their world - do a little reconnaissance with some other members of the community. One approach to providing instruction is to create a curriculum with topics that showcase what is possible with Mobile computing by defining some areas where this technology could be leveraged within the University (we could even ask for the aid of faculty - I heard there is a lot of interesting research happening there).

For example, a mock University Phonebook application, a student guide that can be used to post and lookup user-relevant news & events, important updates, class locations, etc. (from where you are standing) that are happening around the University, leveraging existing technology that has already been put in place at the University. These are just some potential ideas, but you get the point. We could also evolve the implementation of these applications using an incremental process throughout the lecture series referencing what has been learned in a more cumulative fashion. In this way we could create an up-to-date, step-by-step illustration of the principals taught during the lecture series.

Please feel free to continue the brainstorming session...