UNESCO has come out firmly in favour of mobile learning, and published a series of very well researched guidelines on how to make use of it. To quote them: The Symposium allowed UNESCO to launch its most important mobile learning publication to date: The Policy Guidelines for Mobile Learning. the Guidelines provide practical advice to policy makers seeking to transform increasingly ubiquitous and affordable mobile devices into tools for learning. But as champions for "out of school learning" we felt that there was a large, and gaping hole. MORE >>

A strong case can be made that a revolution is underway in how computers are being perceived and used in schools across the world. Several recent reports have shown that Australia has just about the highest uptake of smartphones and ‘mobile’ computers in the world. This high uptake of mobile computers could mean that Australia is a key place to observe the move from computers being seen mainly as specialised machines that sit in their own category, to one where they are readily available at hand to enhance learning. capabilities but rather the devices other features. MORE >>

Those nice folks at UNESCO continue to champion mobile learning. Earlier this year we praised their grass-roots style Mobile Learning Series , and now they have taken that one step further by developing a set of guidelines for policy makers and learning leaders to help them benefit from m-learning. As they say in their report: This year the number of connected mobile devices, the vast majority of which are mobile phones, will surpass the world’s population for the first time in history. This represents a missed opportunity. enjoy! MORE >>

D Looking to the future of education: learning spaces and mobile devices April 28th, 2009 | Comments | Posted in Education , Technology Hi! Tomorrow, I’m off to a school - the one I attended as a teenager - that will form part of Northumberland Church of England Academy. It’s the first of a series of meetings looking at the ICT/E-Learning systems for the Academy and we’ll be looking at ‘Devices and Learning Spaces’ This post, therefore, is a result of my reading around this subject and interaction with colleagues on Twitter. New here? MORE >>

ABSTRACT: Since July 2007 there have been more mobile phones in operation in Australia than there are people ; and when you add in the other mobile, digital devices that ordinary Australians own – such as media players, digital cameras, and portable computing devices – it is apparent that there are tremendous tools for personal and lifelong learning in the pockets of our students.  Why aren’t students already using their mobile devices for personal and lifelong learning? Leonard Low. University of Canberra, November 2009. MORE >>