John Traxler ,Learning Lab ,UK gave the first presentation entitled Learning with ‘Appropriate ‘Technology : PC Labs or Mobile Phones. In his presentation, the speaker stated that It is important and urgent to debate and discuss the issue of ‘development’ in relation to e-learning and the issue of ‘appropriate’ technology in relation to e-learning, and especially to debate and discuss these issues in relation to each other. further stated that Africa has 5.4/100 PC internet users as compared to 28.49/100 mobile cellular subscribers (ITU,2007).Mobile MORE >>

UNESCO has released the first set of papers in its  Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning , for which I was a co-ordinating editor. Half of the papers focus on mobile learning initiatives and their relationship to policies, and the other half on how mobile technologies support teachers and their professional development. For each focus area there is a Global Themes paper that summarises the findings of the other papers. Uncategorized mobile phones mlearning teacher development teachers UNESCO MORE >>

As enthusiasm for m-learning grows around the world, and more mobile content gets developed, the problem of "re-use" keeps growing. What happens with that great learning content I optimised for an earlier platform that is no longer popular? The bad news: there is no specific set of standards for m-learning to solve this The good news: there are quite a few OTHER sets of standards that are very useful, if applied right. If you want to see this in action, download our Global MedAid app from your local app store. If I build for an iPhone, what about Android? MORE >>

As we reach the first anniversary of this blog’s introduction, we thought we’d take stock and figure out how things are going by revisiting our list of predictions for enterprise mobile learning in 2010. Traditional "e"-learning vendors will all jump into the "m"-learning and social networking spaces with "first generation" offerings they believe will address the mobile requirements of their customers and prospects; these early efforts will prove largely ineffective as evidenced by their many iterative and incremental updates, retries and course corrections. MORE >>

Friday, March 26, 2010 "Mobile Learning: Trends and Challenges" 1 10:21 Edweek Producer: Jennifer: Todays chat, "Mobile Learning: Trends and Challenges," sponsored by CDW-G is open for questions. Tuesday March 23, 2010 10:21 Edweek Producer: Jennifer 2:00 Moderator: Katie Ash: Hello everyone, and welcome to todays chat about mobile learning devices. Tuesday March 23, 2010 2:02 Moderator: Katie Ash 2:03 Moderator: Katie Ash: I think it might be good to start off with some general questions about mobile learning. Eastern. Infrastrucuture, 4. MORE >>