Today a 3-day leadership summit — titled Go Mobile! Using Mobile Learning to Teach 21st Century Skills — kicked off in Lusaka, Zambia. The event is one of four in Africa (other countries are Tanzania (done), South Africa and Angola (upcoming)) to introduce mlearning to summit delegates and to discuss with them local and content needs for future mobile-based learning and teaching projects. The summits are run by the Mobile Learning Institute , which is a partnership between the Pearson Foundation and Nokia. Mobiles are more pervasive than PCs. MORE >>

A couple of days ago someone asked me ‘how can I create quizzes and conduct them through mobile phones? ‘. There are a couple of ways to set up or conduct quizzes that are delivered to mobile phones. There are also a lot of different mobile phones out there, so it is no surprise that you need to get a couple of facts cleared out before you can even start to build your quizzes and share them with learners. Facts you need to know before building mobile quizzes: What type of mobile devices does your target audience use? MORE >>

Level 3 extends the mobile learning experience by providing users with anytime/anywhere access to audio-based content without needing a smartphone device or standard MP3/iPod-style media player. This makes it possible to deliver just-in-time information, training materials, data collection tools and performance support mechanisms to mobile workers using the tool virtually everyone already has in their pocket or purse – a voice-enabled mobile phone. Administrator training time to a level of proficiency is typically 1 to 2 days (depending on experience). MORE >>

The article I wrote for the BBC Future site (24 August 2012) is not available to users in the UK, so here it is below … The future of education in Africa is mobile. This week, United Nation’s mobile learning specialist Steve Vosloo argues phones could be the future of education on the continent. While education struggles to cope, mobile communication has grown exponentially. Africa is today the  fastest growing and second largest mobile phone market in the world. Recently, it has begun to publish the books via a mobile phone-based e-reader. MORE >>

I’ve spent an inordinately long time writing a whitepaper on mobile learning trying to expound our thoughts about it and how it might be used in the workplace. If you’re considering mobile learning in any shape or form, I’d suggest you give these a browse. Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training. Mobile Learning thinking: Get on your skateboard to keep up! The Revolution No One Noticed: Mobile Phones and Multimobile Services in Higher Education. Cell Phones in Learning. The Mobile Learning Engine (MLE) for Moodle. MORE >>