have blogged about m-uBuntu before – a growing family of schools in South Africa who are using “cell phones” to transform how they teach. We have been out there a few times, and were very excited to hear it being reported on by “The Word”, a US radio channel who spent a while in Cape Town visiting two great mobile literacy projects there: M4Lit – Mobile Phones for Literacy. Young people writing mobile stories. Our m-Ubuntu project in South Africa hits the news in USA! You can here the recording here: Well done the the m-uBuntu team! MORE >>

Back in 2006, I made some predictions about where mobile learning might be heading, including the use of augmented reality or “Heads Up&# data displays to provide information on a learner’s environment and allow learning “in situ,&#.  Augmented reality has recently really taken off during 2009, with a number of apps on various GPS-enabled mobile phones (notably the iPhone) providing information layered over a camera view of the world; one example of this is the Layar application. Want to know more information on that bridge over there?  No worries!  MORE >>

CompareMobiles.com Impartial Mobile Phone Reviews, News, Deals, Info & Consumer Comments. think it’s pointless not to allow children to have their phones in school. Phones are banned in our school for the pupils but some of the teachers are on their mobiles 24/7. think everyone should have their phones out on the desk, then teachers can see if people are texting and wasting their education. Phones aren’t just used for texting but for finding things out. If you haven’t got a computer, then you use your phone to google things. MORE >>

You are Never Alone communicate and collaborate in an online world Skip navigation About « Digital Diversity: ACEC2010 in Melbourne Blog Action Day 09 - Climate Change » Mobile phones - powerful learning aids? In 2008 education researchers at The University of Nottingham said they believe it is time that phone bans were reassessed — because mobile phones can be a powerful learning aid. It encourages teachers to allow students to use their phones in classes for educational purposes. course in mobile phone use, integrated into the curriculum? MORE >>

In the last years my focus was moving more towards mobile content then mobile design. But indeed as Ronda Zelezny-Green mentioned in her blogpost , the user design can make the difference in getting people, and specifically women increasingly into mobile use for learning. But indeed, there are other groups that might benefit from simplified, design specific mobile phones. Nevertheless, I am all in favor of being able to tweak a phone in such a way that specific learner groups can be addressed in an improved way. mobile gender design ICT4D MORE >>