The second part is about the power of interactive and “edutaining” content via mobile devices, for example through the Yoza Cellphone Stories project. Uncategorized mlearning mobile learning mobile phones mobile phones mlearning teacher development teachers yozaBelow is an interview by Russell Southwood of Balancing Act Africa on mobile learning in Africa. The interview has two parts: the first video is about how mobile learning can tackle the global teacher shortage and the impact of mobile learning on the education system. MORE >>

Dubbed “CurtinMobile,&# the service was developed in response to the growing use of, and demand for, supported mobile platforms and services: Chief information officer Peter Nikelotatos said 99 per cent of Curtin’s students had mobile phones and 75 per cent of those phones were web-enabled. Tags: General cellphone curtin education information learning m-learning mlearning Mobile services university An article in the respected Australian newspaper has showcased the new mobile student support website recently implemented by Curtin University of Technology. MORE >>

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Ideas for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Cell Phones Even in Districts that Ban Them Last week I had the opportunity to speak with colleagues interested in using cell phones to enhance teaching and learning in schools with a 21st century education focus. The next thing to acknowledge is that few teachers have ever used cell phones or other mobile technologies as instructional tools so they need to develop comfort and experience doing so before trying to do this with their students. Tags: education cellphones examples Almost Anything! MORE >>

Next Friday, there will be a brainstorm at my institute on possible projects for this Grand Challenge, for this is the second time that a call is launched which is also linked to low-cost cellphone solutions. In a second phase we will try and work out the WILD technological solution involving low-cost cellphones. In the past (and present) the Grand Challenges in Global Health from the Gates foundation have given rise to a great set of interesting projects. Interesting for these funds are only dedicated to really WILD projects that have a global impact. MORE >>

Dean’s ongoing experiences with learners using mobile phones as learning tools continue to demonstrate what’s possible when it comes to using the advanced capabilities of cellphones in learning contexts. In Dean’s latest installment, he suggested that classroom teacher Carla Dolman be invited to do a session on her use of cellphones at the recent TLT conference. How did students who didn’t have a cellphone feel? I’ve been following Dean Shareski’s blog posts on mobile learning this year. Was it just a novelty? Authored by Leonard Low. MORE >>