In a few days, I get to present at a massive educational conference – Ulearn09 in Christchurch, New Zealand. This year there will be over 1700 educators present. publish it here now ( and at Scribd ) so attendees, but also the wider blogosphere and twitterverse can appreciate the great thoughts contributed by several distinguished educators from George Siemens and Stephen Heppell, to practicing classroom teachers. the joy of educating during a time of rapid technological change. Former teacher, now trainer and education consultant. Enjoy! link]. link]. MORE >>

I’ve been thinking what’s in it for educators – not much this time. iOS 5 however has many great new free features – like wireless syncing and the notifications upgrade – more than enough to be totally thrilled by I should point out to those who were banking on the iPhone five rumours. Just reading thru some of the details about the announcements overnight – now 500,000 apps – oops, I mean 500,000 potential learning resources. No updated iPod touch, and seemingly no price drop either to compensate. Posted via email from Jonathan Nalder. MORE >>

Already, telecom providers in India bank hugely on selling content in varied forms to their users. In a country that values education and where families spend large amounts on education, a VAS offering around academics would do well; in fact, there are already several companies that are doing just that in conjunction with the telecom providers. While doing some research, I came across this interesting article ‘Can India lead the mobile-internet revolution?’ registration required) that McKinsey published in February of this year. In fact, they consume an average of 4.5 MORE >>

The panel was titled SKILLS AND EDUCATION – DEVELOPING NIGERIA’S PEOPLE POWER. Education challenges. As we all know, the world faces major education challenges, including: Shortage of trained and motivated teachers. New recruits are needed to cover both the 2 million additional posts required to reach universal primary education and the 3.4 Global Partnership for Education ( Every Child Needs a Teacher report ). ” Global Partnership for Education ( Every Child Needs a Teacher report ). Below are my speaking notes. UNESCO focus on teachers. MORE >>

The immigrant population is making use of their mobile devices in specific ways than the general population: playing games, recording videos and photo's, using mobile banking, posting to social media. The target user groups are people that come into the EU from outside the EU, low education (less 8 years of scholing), speakers of Turkish, Arabic and Spanish. Title of her presentation is: Aligning migration with mobility: female immigrants using smart technologies for informal learning show the way What follows are my live blogging notes, based on the slides shared by Agnes. MORE >>