He moves away from the main trend of depicting mLearning as successful simply because it brings education to people that did not use technology for education before and of the main narrative that mLearning is a sure benefit. Belief in technology, and thinking that the Western model will move Africa forward (as well) might not be the best basis to move ahead in a continent that has many challenges to tackle. Trojan horse: technology brought into Africa can be importing Western ideology into the African setting. John Traxler lives and breathes mobility. Is it real progress? MORE >>

It has fundamentally changed the way that people communicate, socialise, do business, bank and farm. My particular focus at UNESCO is mobile learning : how mobile technology can be used to improve teaching, learning and effective administration. I was honored to sit on a panel at The Economist’s Nigeria Summit 2013 in Lagos. The panel was titled SKILLS AND EDUCATION – DEVELOPING NIGERIA’S PEOPLE POWER. Below are my speaking notes. Education challenges. As we all know, the world faces major education challenges, including: Shortage of trained and motivated teachers. MORE >>

Now this search is done by computer data software), banking. We should use the web, the new world order to shift back to the central goal: humans - think Star Trek society, the technology serves humans, no money needed). During the Learning Day at the European Environmental Agency (EEA), an organisation filled with knowledge workers, I had the pleasure of hearing a keynote of Harold Jarche ( @hjarche and www.jarche.com ). These are my live blognotes. totally agree. Without pauzes, my brain would not be able to compute and emotionally process all the input absorbed by the day. MORE >>

The EDEN Annual Conference will approach the key questions of learning methodology and technology focusing on the 'Open learning generations', the contexts of socially significant target groups: junior and senior e-learners. We will explore their learning cultures, technology use patterns and discuss new approaches in the schools, universities, lifelong - informal - adult learning settings that respond to them. Happy New Year to all of you! All of which I will share as work progresses. But to start the year: the new call for papers! Topics: www.scirp.org/Journal/AimScope.aspx?JournalID=104 MORE >>

In fact, Tech Crunch 's Ten Technologies That Will Rock 2010 , over half of them are mobile. Following are a few of the blog predictions that I have noted (in no particular order): From the eLearning coach - 2009 Technology Trends That Impact Online Learning Mobile Technologies This year set the stage for a more robust mobile learning space, where limitations in access, power and speed had to be overcome. I intended to write a blog entry in late December with my predictions for mobile learning in 2010, but somehow never found the time. but "how?". mobile subscriptions. MORE >>