David Metcalf, one of the pioneers of mobile learning, and Director of the METIL Lab at the University of Central Florida, recently presented a webinar on instructional design for mobile learning. The video embedded here requires Flash – sorry mobile users!) The acronym METIL stands for Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab, and signals the next move in mobile learning technologies – from mobile phones to a wide variety of devices with multiple form factors, operating systems and development platforms that all work together.

Mobile revolution. Africa is the second largest and fastest growing mobile phone region in the world. It has an estimated 735 million mobile phone subscriptions. Nigeria’s mobile phone subscription base is set to hit 120 million in 2013. Mobile learning. My particular focus at UNESCO is mobile learning : how mobile technology can be used to improve teaching, learning and effective administration. Mobile learning is not a saviour – but it can contribute in unique and new ways , not possible before. Education challenges.

PEW Internet and American Life Project has just published the results of their study on how teachers in grades 6-12 are using technology. few highlights of the study include. Just 18% feel they know more than their students

Mobile Learning has been on the horizon for a long time but has met with scepticism and technical constraints in its early days. Now, even though bandwidths have improved and devices have become more capable, mobile learning is still struggling to take off. The recently released Towards Maturity report ‘Mobile Learning at Work’ indicates that only 30% of organisations are incorporating mobile learning. So what ails mobile learning? Understanding Mobile. The term ‘mobile learning’ is its own biggest enemy. No escaping mobile learning.

Leslie Dodson from the University of Colorado on The mobile utitly gap and literacy challenges in oral-language communities: sms use by Berber women. These are my live blognotes coming from UNESCO's mobile learning week enriched with tweets from Ronda ( @glam_mobileleo ). The texting utility gap due to the complex literacy and language environment, women's mobile use is basic ( "What is literacy when u have 2 spoken dialects?") they are unable to benefit fro many phone features ( "My phone only speaks # French but I dont speak French.") this is it!

What exactly is mobile marketing – and why should you start a campaign today? In this webinar, our own Michael Sabat breaks down the stats and insights at the heart of mobile. Mobile Commons campaign can lead to 99% open rates and a 10x increase in conversion rates. It gives you access to all 300 million Americans with mobile phones – a broader reach than any other digital media. The webinar also explains exactly how to set up a mobile campaign. How do you send text messages from a web platform? Michael spells it out.

List of full paper topics: Mobile-Enabled Language Learning Eco-System 1-8 Agnieszka Palalas Mobile Assisted Language Learning: A Literature Review 9-16 Olga Viberg, Åke Grönlund Evaluating ThinknLearn: A Mobile Science Inquiry Based Learning Application in Practice 17-24 Sohaib Ahmed, David Parsons iSpot Mobile A Natural History Participatory Science Application 25-33 Will Woods, Eileen Scanlon Information Ecologies A Useful Approach for Observing Mobile Learning in the Wild? For all that want to get a peek into recent research, it is a blast!

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

A Pew report released last month shows that texting is one of the main functions that people perform on their cell phones, behind taking pictures (and actual phone calls). The data shows that 80% of cell phone users use their phones for text messaging. Mobile for Health Care. This report also had the interesting statistic that almost a third of mobile phone users seek out medical information on their phones. As mobile phones becomes people’s most personal device, people are using them to seek out the most personal information.

Here are a few simple ways you can use mobile to optimize your year-end campaign and make the most of this holiday season. Inspire your mobile subscribers with a story themed for theholiday season. Use mobile to cut through the clutter, and improve your year-end donations. Make it easy for your users to give, straight from their mobile phones. Use mobile as a distribution platform to spread your message. Last month, Mobile Commons got people to the polls using our mData feature. All Posts Mobile Resources and Research Newsletter nonprofit npo

An article in the American Journal of Public Health documents how mobile health campaigns can reach undeserved populations with vital healthcare information. Americans living in or near poverty are more likely to live in cell phone-only households (no fixed phone line), and those living in cell phone-only households are more likely to have experienced numerous barriers to health care,” the journal writes. Text4Baby shows just how powerful a mobile health campaign can be at reaching undeserved groups with health information. According to the Journal.

We have been working on individual professional development projects that have transformed our knowledge base in order to prepare for the increasing demand that we have from our clients for mobile learning projects. Developing Collective Intelligence with Mobile Technologies. Responsive Design for Multiple Mobile Device Form Factors. Mobile Application Management/Mobile Device Management. Learning Through Mobile Games. Blogging from Your Mobile Phone. Primer on Digital Learning. Tracking Informal Learning with Tappestry and Tin Can API.

A new study from Pew shows that cell phone donations are quickly becoming a significant factor in the presidential campaigns. The study found that 10% of all campaign donations to a presidential candidate have used text messaging or a cell phone app. 10% donated by sending a text message from their cell phone or using a cell phone app. The study also showed that Democrats are more than twice as likely to donate using their mobile phones than Republicans. All Posts Blog government Mobile Resources and Research50% donated online or via email.

am the General Manager at Mobile Commons, a mobile technology and strategy provider to multiple government agencies, companies, and nonprofits in New York City and around the country. Simply put, the MTA’s BusTime is the mobile service that provides commuters with real-time information on the nearest bus. Riders can access this information through web, mobile web or texting. Mobile Commons provides BusTime’s texting component. People take their phones with them everywhere, and every phone can text. Read her full testimony below. About BusTime.

We’ve all seen the statistics about how ubiquitous mobile phones are. 91% of Americans have a cell phone within 24/7 reach. recent survey from the New York Times noted that Obama’s lead in election polls looked significantly stronger in those polls that included cell phones, as opposed to the polls that only included land lines. In polls without cell phones, Obama showed a slim 1.5% But in polls with cell phones, he had a much more significant 4.1% Check out chart below about how political ideology corresponds to cell phone ownership. Ideology.

It has been over one year since I last provided a list of recent articles/blog posts that I have read that have helped to develop my thinking on the topic of to mobile learning.  Mobile Devices for Learning: What you Need to Know : This publication by edutopia supports the successful use of mobile devices in classrooms by providing ideas and resources ranging from using the technology to getting parents involved.  Links to the other reading lists: Mobile Learning: A Brief Reading List. Mobile Learning: Another Brief Reading List.

Given that the iPad is intended to be a mobile device it is easy to call any learning happening on it to be mlearning. J Jacquez questioned whether elearning on tablets was mobile learning or not. The easiest way to answer this question would be to say Yes, after all the iPad as well as any other tablet, are mobile devices and mLearning is mostly about mobile devices. We could do much better by exploiting the potential of one of the most disruptive technologies of modern times – mobile. bet you are thinking mobile phones and not tablets. He says.

David Parsons from the Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand has developed a mobile business consulting game. The game is not yet fully finished, but he and his team offer us the means to go and install the game on our Android mobile phones and give it a try. The zip-file of the game and the configuration documentation can be found at this wikipage: https://mobimooc.wikispaces.com/Serious+mLearning+games The webinar is part of MobiMOOC2012 a free, open, online course on mobile learning that ran in September 2012.

Introducing the Mobile Commons Polling Place Locater. Mobile Commons is leveraging the ease and ubiquity of text messaging to help get millions of Americans to the voting booth this year. In collaboration with the Voting Information Project and Google , we are pleased to introduce the Mobile Commons Polling Place Locator , the easiest way to find out where to vote using your mobile phone. Mobile Commons software automatically responds with the address and hours of their polling place. In 2008, 1.9 How does it work? It’s easy! Try it! 2 [link].

In this 25 minute video Sean Abajian shares the journey of some educational activists that were able to ralley using mobile phone calls and community action to safeguard adult education in Los Angeles. With education being at the crossroads it says to be and with the crisis cutting educational initiatives around the world, this video can give us some strategies to see positive change happening thanks to grassroot action. Adult education has been thriving in the Los Angeles area from 1870's and last December 2011 it was said to be cut completely by the local government.

During the third week of MobiMOOC , Jacqueline Batchelor focused on the challenges and benefits of creating a train-the-trainer set up for teachers/tutors/trainers to use a mobile phone at the center of their training and teaching. The powerpoint of the presentation can be found here, and the youtube or audio presentation is also embedded more below. Train the trainer from Jacqueline Batchelor It is a great seminar, combining theory with practical implementations from her South-African context.

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!

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.

Texting for $$$: Obama campaign lets  you text donations via mobile phone. Yesterday the Obama campaign announced that they will accept political donations over text  – a landmark ruling that opens up the political process to millions. Now anybody can donate to the Obama campaign merely by texting GIVE to 62262. The announcement generated news in major media outlets around the country. We were excited to see a quote from our CEO, Jed Alpert, get picked up in many of the stories. Below are a few of the stories that featured that quote. Obama taking donations via texting.

That means anybody can now donate $10 to Obama straight from their mobile phones. The Washington Post reports : Officials said the service will be available almost immediately for Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and U.S. Now, anybody with a mobile phone can easily contribute to the candidates they support. Reply YES to confirm, and a $10 donation will be added to your phone bill. Today, the Obama campaign announced the huge news that they will be accepting political donations over text message – the first campaign in history to do so. campaign finance.”.

Mobile learning is a relatively new domain and is rapidly evolving as well, which makes its implementation a not so easy task. When implementing mobile learning in workplace, following 6 steps will help create an effective mlearning strategy. In fact, some early mobile learning initiatives have been taken up more for novelty value than for identified real needs. We believe that’s because of the lack of understanding of what mobile learning is and how to use it in the workplace. Are you finding it difficult to provide training to your mobile workforce ?

If you have a documentary or a movie you made on history that you can distribute on mobile devices, you can deliver it to your learners in advance of a field trip. During the last couple of months colleagues of mine (and family) have been asking to give them an easy way to rip and convert DVD movies to a format that works on their mobile device. Get the specifications of the screen of your mobile device (google the type of your mobile device and add ‘specifications’ or ‘specs’). Get the specifications of the audio and video files your mobile phone supports.

Below 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. 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 yoza

Now New Yorkers can get precise logistical information about music, dance, theater, visual art, and film – straight to their mobile phones. By sending precise event information, straight to your mobile phone, WNYC ensures that you have the relevant logistical information in a way that’s convenient for you. In a city where there’s so much to do, sometimes it can be hard to keep on top of all the exciting cultural events. Text SUMMER to 30644, and you’ll be given the option to sign up for a variety of event updates. Or a recent Summer Stage alert wrote that.

The MTA’s revolutionary Bus Time™ initiative – the mobile service that provides customers with real-time information on the nearest bus – has just passed a major milestone. The text messaging capability of Bus Time is powered by Mobile Commons, a Brooklyn-based software and mobile strategy company. When riders text in, Mobile Commons software queries the MTA’s GPS system to find out how far away the next bus is. Nearly all cell phones have the ability to support SMS text messaging and 91 percent of Americans carry a cell phone. Lhota. Battery Pl.

Regular readers of this blog will be aware that we recently supported ASTD research on Mobile Learning , a report around that was released in May 2012. Here’s the slide deck/video from that webinar: Tablets as part of mobile learning mix : although not the same as mobile phones, tablets are included in the study as part of mobile learning devices. Kevin believes it’s the tablets that have really got mobile learning started. Is mobile learning really happening? Not many organizations are looking to deliver full courses on mobile devices.  .

Choosing the best (smart)phone or tablet for mobile learning can be quite a challenge. The amount of features you want to use will also allow you to purchase a low or high cost smartphone or mobile device. Let's say you want to explore mobile learning, these are some of your options. Smartphones First of all if you are a tech savvy person you could go for a less expensive device which has all the options of the iPhone and more, for the iPhone costs a lot, yet is similar to many other mobile phones that are cheaper. Or is it of interest to you?

Today I found an interesting read (56 pages): a book on mobile learning covering some theoretical and practical considerations, but most interestingly: 7 mLearning scenario’s for adult education. mobile mLearning education booksThe book can be downloaded here [link] The book was written for the European supported Lifelong Learning strand.

On Halloween, they send out a link to a mobile web page that lists union-made candy. Because people take their mobile phones with them everywhere, a text message can become a permanent resource that helps you make informed decisions no matter where you are. Buying union is a point of pride with many Americans – and particularly with union members. So Union Privilege has created a text resource to help union members make sure they’re buying union-made goods on national holidays. It’s not just beer that Union Privilege promotes.

When it comes to mobile learning myths and misconceptions abound. These myths are holding back widespread adoption of mobile learning in the workplace. It’s just elearning on the phone. This is the most common misconception about mlearning which leads you to evaluate how to implement elearning on mobile devices. In reality, mlearning is different from elearning in terms of size of courses that can (or should) be delivered on mobiles; the context in which mlearning is accessed. Mobile learning is much more than just learning on the move.

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?

The second was the phenomenal incursion of mobile phones, it seems everyone carried one and many individuals were absorbed in its use through their commute. These days, I see more and more smart-phones – Android, BlackBerry, even the occasional iOS device (a rarity in India because of their relatively prohibitive cost; plus the typical iOS user in India is not one who takes public transport). Things change somewhat with smart-phones contrasted with the feature phones and media players being used by commuters earlier.

Fitness guru Jillian Michaels is jump-squatting out of the pages of magazines and right into your mobile phone. She’s helping people stay fit with a series of daily motivating text messages. The program began with an ad in the pages of Health magazine, which encouraged readers to text JILLIAN to 69866 or scan a QR code. After that easy signup, users receive a motivating message each morning suggesting exercises and health tips for the day. Text reminders have been proven to have health benefits – making people likelier to quit smoking or get vaccinated.

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. It is certainly hoped that this first contribution in an ongoing series will help to stimulate the growth of mobile learning and lead to more governments actively embracing it.

Mobile learning (or mlearning) is probably a hot topic of discussion in your organization right now. Understanding how mobile devices are different from conventional computers used for elearning and the different avenues they open up is a great starting point to build a business case for mlearning in your organization. In my opinion, there are six fundamental drivers of mobile learning in the workplace. ” Mobile technologies bring efficiencies in businesses and are beginning to impact operational strategy. Growing Mobile Workforce. Doing More With Less.

This piece, by Mobile Commons’ VP of Business Development Michael Sabat, was originally posted on the Netroots Foundation blog. Michael will be offering a training in mobile strategy as part of Netroots Nation, from June 7-10, 2012. . They have their phones with them at all times – on the dinner table when they’re eating, and by their bedside when they’re asleep. More and more groups are realizing that a mobile campaign can be a simple and effective way to build a list of supporters and reach them with targeted, relevant information. Click here to register now.

Several recent reports have shown that Australia has just about the highest uptake of smartphones and ‘mobile’ computers in the world. In Queensland, Optus reported that by October 2011, 55% of regional phone owners (traditionally a sector that lags behind in gadget adoption) had a smartphone ([link]. 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. phone? link].

It’s easy to schedule in advance, cheap to send, and you can be sure everybody has a mobile phone to receive them. What’s more, the study notes, “mobile technology can provide treatment to patients in real time and in their natural environments.” All Posts Blog health Mobile Resources and Research Success Stories Successes Use CasesA new study out of Howard Brown Health Center shows that daily text message reminders helps HIV+ patients adhere to their medications. Every day, the patients received a personalized SMS reminder to take their medications.

Lublin is working to launch a service where teens can text in their urgent issues and receive immediate help from a counselor – and it’s all powered by Mobile Commons. I think [a mobile phone] might be a lifeline. All Posts Blog Customer News Inspirations Press Why Mobile CommonsIn a new TED Talk, DoSomething.org CEO Nancy Lublin unveils a world-changing idea: a text crisis hotline for teens. think it might be able to save more lives than penicillin,” Lublin says. She notes that texting is the primary way teenagers communicate.  Texting has a 100% open rate.”.

IDC projects the mobile workforce to reach 1.3 75% of North America’s workforce will be mobile by 2010. few months ago Mashable posted this interesting infographic on the mobile workforce. think this adoption of mobile technologies by the workforce  will have a profound impact on the skills needed by the employees and employers. Organizations need systems, processes, and managers who can manage the growing mobile workforce effectively. Mobile Learning mLearningbillion, up from 1 billion in 2010, which is a staggering 37.2% of the workforce worldwide.

A mobile messaging campaign is conversational by its very nature. In some cases, an organization might want to have its staff members send direct messages to their mobile community. For those customers, Mobile Commons lets you create real-time text chat, by integrating with LivePerson. Mobile Commons has integrated their software into our system, so you can chat with people on their mobile phones. You text out information to a wide number of people; they respond; then you send them further information based on their responses. LivePerson over SMS.

The Obama campaign has just debuted what Time is calling “a new cellular weapon” – “one-click” campaign donations over mobile phones. Obama 4 America has always been one of our most innovative customers; their mobile outreach is unparalleled when it comes to engaging their base, reaching out to undecided voters, and raising money. Now, with streamlined donations, they’re poised to unlock the true potential of mobile giving. All potential donors had to do to give more money was to type a number into their phone. Write “25,” or “10?

The service also provides immigration information direct to the user’s mobile phone, including alerts about workshops and events where they can learn more. For millions of people around the world, becoming a United States citizen is a long-held dream, the doorway to opportunity. But many immigrants find that, once they arrive on American soil, the actual process of becoming a citizen is a confusing legal morass. Many can’t afford the costly price of lawyers. Many more don’t know where to turn for help at all. SMS for Citizenship. Read the full press release here.

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Expectant and new mothers can now receive health information on their mobile phones. And it’s yet another way in which mobile communications is changing the landscape of medicine. From vaccine reminders to quitting smoking , more and more people are using mobile to share information, and to help people make real changes in their behavior. One of the great advantages of a mobile campaign is its flexibility. All Posts Blog Customer News health Use Cases Why Mobile CommonsHealth Information – Over SMS. There are three phases to the campaign.

Mobile Commons works with some of the most inspiring Hispanic organizations in the country, including Reform Immigration 4 America , Presente.org , the National Alliance for Hispanic Health , the National Hispanic Media Coalition , and many others. But if you join the Spanish-language version of any of their mobile lists, you’ll notice something surprising. You see, there are two competing mobile phone technologies in the United States: GSM and CDMA. AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM, while Verizon and Sprint use CDMA. Accents in International Text Messages.

The article, Mobile Devices Address Technology Equity in Africa , is well written and provides an overview of some of the interesting mobile learning projects in Africa. For a good roundup, also check out Mobile learning in developing countries in 2012: What’s Happening? Uncategorized africa mlearning mobile phonesI was recently interviewed by Education Week, the leading education newspaper in the USA. by Mike Trucano of the World Bank (follow @WBedutech ).

But last night, only a handful of the night’s many commercials engaged users on their mobile phones. That’s in spite of the fact that mobile calls-to-action are an extremely cost-effective way to engage an audience of millions of supporters. Mobile Commons paid particularly close attention to the commercials, and here’s what we learned: The only true mobile “call to action” came from the NFL itself, which asked fans to text in to join their fantasy football league. Companies spend millions of dollars on their ads for the Super Bowl.

When you start a mobile campaign, the first step to success is to get people to sign up for your alerts. In this series of posts, we’ll be discussing a few ways to use the resources you already have to build your mobile list.  . One great way to build your list is to add a mobile “field” or “check box” to your web forms. Just put a place for users to enter their mobile phone number and agree that they want to sign up for mobile alerts.  With the Mobile Commons integration, we’re already talking directly to your CRM.

Below you will find the contents of the new issue of IRRODL, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. The issue contains 12 research articles and one field note, research note, and article reaction note. The winners of last years Best Articles of the year in IRRODL for 2011, have also been selected by the Editorial Board. This is a new reward the IRRODL people launched and it comes with it the opportunity to have the work translated and published in a number of our partner educational journals that publish in languages other than English (great initiative!). Garrison.

MOBILE COMMONS POWERS TEXT MESSAGES FOR NEW MTA BUS TRACKER IN NEW YORK CITY. New York, NY – January 26, 2012 – Mobile Commons has partnered with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to provide the text messaging capability of MTA Bus Time — the MTA’s new public bus tracking system that allows riders on more than 50 New York City bus routes to track real-time bus locations on the Internet, via smart phones and by text message. Mobile Commons’ innovative platform allows commuters to receive live GPS data regarding the location of their bus via text message. 

Mobile Commons Empowers Citizens To Fight Anti-Piracy Bills With More Than 200,000 Calls To Congress In 24 Hours. Tumblr, Reddit, Engine Advocacy, and NY Tech Meetup utilized Mobile Commons’ click-to-call technology to gain immediate access to elected officials in fastest campaign to date. Hundreds of thousands of websites participated in a recent blackout to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), many of them using a click-to-call technology powered by  Mobile Commons , a New York-based software company. Heather Resnicoff.

It’s time once again to take stock of what happened in enterprise mobile learning and see if any of my 2011 predictions hit their intended targets. One year ago today, I offered nine predictions running the gamut of hardware, software, industry players and general market movements based on trends we were experiencing in the commercial mobile learning marketplace; here’s my analysis of where these predictions landed twelve months later. 2011 proved to be another year more focused on the pilot project rather than the production deployment for enterprise mobile learning solutions.

Appropriate pedagogy and learning with mobile phones. He gave an overview of different learning models for mobile learning. We need to look at education that could not be done in traditional education before, that is the strength of learning with mobile devices. One important remark: the public empowerment potential of mobile devices is an incredible strong point for learning (formal and informal). For instance landscape learning with 3D models, mobile devices with augmented reality capacities. This was a successful mLearning project in Chili.

Panel: Mario Deriquito, Jill Attewell, Don Knezek, Jonghwi Park on mobile tech development benefits Mario Deriquito, beliefs in mobile technology for improving the educational system (works in Philipines). But the mobile solution will not be immediate, nor will it be a total solution. Not all knowledge that young kids can learn, can be delivered through mobile phones. So there are barriers in harnessing mobile technologies for education. Maybe mobiles can help in getting back in touch with school dropouts. Staff development is essential.

He focuses on success stories from his projects with children around the world while using mobile devices. He speaks with such enthusiasm, that he sounds like a promotional movie for mobile learning created at Stanford. In the next 15 years, we will no longer have mobile phones, innovations evolve towards embedded technologies. Now we see electronic pads, mobile devices. He got into a project: programmable open mobile internet 2020. So he is involved in creating mobile technology to be used in 2020 (thought: what is the audience he has in mind?).

Straight from UNESCO's first mLearning symposium : panel: Jan Hylen, Hyo Jeong So, Shafika Isaacs, Maria Teresa Lugo, Keith Kruger Focus: Learning with mobile phones: the implications for national policy - drawing on the regional review on mobile learning There seems to be a lot of one person talking, most listening, so I was looking forward to the first panel of the day (liveblogging what is said, so these are my words paraphrazing the speakers). The phenomenal rise in mobile devices and mobile subscriptions, bigger then than textbooks, toilets.

Came across this really interesting presentation about the growth of mobile internet in India by Mashable here – Mostly Mobile: How the Internet Is Consumed in India [INFOGRAPHIC]. 71% of India’s population uses mobile phones – that is 858,370,000 individuals! While there are so many mobile phones, internet penetration is still very low – as low as 8%. 59% of India’s internet users only ever access the internet via mobile devices. Three factoids that strike me as being interesting: 1.

Geoff Stead presents mobile learning as a tool for empowerment at TEDxLondon – a TED event dedicated to shaking up education Original slides available on slideshare Presentations by the other (amazing!) Mobile phones have become part of our lives. There are more phones in the developed world than people. Mobile connectivity is transforming how we communicate. This is already happening - it is called mobile learning. Bringing mobile devices and phones into the class to enhance learning. Discuss mobile learning with them. Ubuntu.

Gloria Fong is one of Mobile Commons’ Account Managers, dedicated to helping our customers get the most out of mobile. Earlier this month, at Salsa’s Community Conference in Washington, DC, I was fortunate to sit on a panel with Sarah Alexander from Food & Water Watch ( a Mobile Commons customer ) and Craig Zingerline from New Signature (the guys who designed the Mobile Commons website ). Maybe it’s getting people to volunteer at your events or to make phone calls. Mobile can, and should, play a large role in your engagement strategy.

The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has issued several new videos on their view of the future of mobile devices. Following the footsteps of Apple, their concept are highly stylized designs that use the entire mobile device as an interactive display. The HumanForm is a tear shaped phone that is flexible. Future of Mobile Learning Haptics mobile phonesHere is a video of what they have in mind: Jarkko Saunamaki, Senior Design Manager at Nokia, has his own channel on YouTube with other videos showing prototypes of other big ideas.

According to one recent article in the Huffington Post, more and more campaigns are answering that question with “mobile.” Not only does everybody have a cell phone, but more and more people are accessing email and the web straight from their phones. The article quotes cites our CEO, Jed Alpert, and Mobile Commons’ work with mobile donations: [Jed] said that the strongest response rates came when the campaign would …sen[d] a text message that linked to a website that triggered an “auto-populated” credit card form. It makes perfect sense.

new service from the nonprofit Capital Area Foreclosure Network (CAFN) seeks to help as many families as possible with a bilingual text messaging campaign, created in partnership with Mobile Commons. The press release states, “The service will provide those in or worried about foreclosure with access to advice, reminders, and alerts through their mobile phones in either Spanish or English. With the mortgage crisis continuing to affect thousands of families across America, banks and nonprofits alike are looking for effective ways to help people stay out of foreclosure.

LimbanazoKapindula ( Twitter: @Limkapin ) has come to ITM to help us out in setting up a mobile diabetic project (willreport on this later) in Cambodia, the Philippines and the Democratic Republicof Congo. Limbanazois an IT expert, and he gave the mobile phone training to people who had neverused mobile phones before. These distinctions in the mobile communication could be recordedbecause they used keywords for specific communications. mobile mLearning ITM health ICT4DThis is a short synopsis of his presentation.

It is all the rave for mobile developers and newbies. In fact, like Brian Fling (expert in mobile design, so connect to his media to stay updated) mentioned on his blogpost on html5 anatomy : "if you know HTML , then chances are you’ll understand what’s new in HTML5 in under an hour." of course html5 enables designers to come up with cross device designs, even allowing a variety of mobile phones to access material in a pleasing way (well, it is not that standardized yet, but we are getting there). And one focuses on mobile html (great tool!),

It also provides easy and powerful ways for fans to take action – right from their mobile phones. Green Day and the National Resources Defense Council have teamed up for a major campaign called Move America Beyond Oil. The campaign highlights America’s dependence on oil – and ways we can reduce that dependence. But the campaign doesn’t stop at just presenting the facts. By texting “GD” to 30644, fans can get involved in an activist campaign to motivate lawmakers and corporate leaders to take action. Read more about the campaign here ! All Posts Calls to Action Use Cases

Here are 10 of the more recent articles and blog posts that I have read concerning mobile learning. 1) 10 Reasons to Ban Pens and Pencils in the Class – A blog post that turns the criticisms applied to mobile devices on their heads by applying them to the ageless tools of the traditional classroom – Pens and Pencils. Mobile Technologies and Young Children – An article on the use of mobile technologies by very young children.  3) Important Terms in Mobile Learning – Every new idea comes with it’s set of terms and subset of ideas. 

Here are 10 of the more recent articles and blog posts that I have read concerning mobile learning. 1) 10 Reasons to Ban Pens and Pencils in the Class – A blog post that turns the criticisms applied to mobile devices on their heads by applying them to the ageless tools of the traditional classroom – Pens and Pencils. Mobile Technologies and Young Children – An article on the use of mobile technologies by very young children.  3) Important Terms in Mobile Learning – Every new idea comes with it’s set of terms and subset of ideas. 

And to celebrate, they’ve created a mobile scavenger hunt that allows even the most frequent museum-goers to discover new things about the museums: Members, charge your cell phones! Just visit the four museums now ‘til Labor Day, cell phone in hand, and participate in a mobile-phone scavenger hunt that will take you through the halls, galleries, and exhibition spaces of Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum. That’s when Mobile Commons’ Multiple Choice feature comes into play. Use Cases

The social media blog Mashable.com yesterday featured a post by Holly Ross , executive director of NTEN , discussing the way that nonprofits are innovating with mobile. Holly writes: Even before that first cup of coffee, an increasing number of us are reaching for our mobile phones in the morning. That makes mobile the perfect fit for non-profits that want to capitalize on every and any moment an individual is inspired to act on behalf of a cause. If the supporter doesn’t use the mobile web, they receive a phone number in their text. Company News Pres

On June 3rd, in New York, we will be partnering with Organizing 2.0 , Democracy in Action and the Metro New York Labor Communications Council for a full day training on using of mobile for organizing, with a special focus on the labor movement and unions. We will have experienced practitioners join us for sessions where they’ll share their expertise, experience and tips for using mobile strategically to advance organizing goals. Managing your mobile data in coordination with other databases/CRM’s. Targeting, Pingbacks, Link Shortening, mobile web optimization.

Below is the presentation that I gave at the Girl Geek Dinner in Cape Town , 4 May, about women, mobiles ( mwomen ) and exciting possibilities. Well, in the context of what I’ve been speaking about, an interesting initiative was started last year called mWomen , which is about increasing mobile access to women in the developing world for their socio-economic advancement. It is a relatively new focus area within the mobile for development (M4D) space, inspired by a report Mobile & Women: A Global Opportunity , and driven by the GSMA Development Fund.

Today Net Wits Think Tank confirmed what we’ve all be thinking: mobile is taking over the world. This phenomenon is not just occurring in the US – According to a  report by International Telecommunications Union (ITU) mobile subscription growth was strong in developing countries (which have 3.8 billion subscriptions), from 53 per cent of total mobile subscriptions at the end of 2005 to an estimated 73 per cent at the end of 2010. Allow me to repeat: by next year there will be as many connected mobile phones as people in the world. via NWTT ).

Mobile learning (mLearning) is all the rage at the moment, but how do you get started and how do you maximize the mLearning plans you have? Simple, follow this free online course facilitated by 7 mobile experts and turn your mLearning knowledge into a practical project. Grab your mobile and optimize its use The MobiMOOC course will run for 6 weeks (2 April – 14 May). If you have a mobile phone or device, than grab it or go and buy one, it will make your learning much more authentic. As the course is focusing on mobile learning, it is called Mobi MOOC.

Five social networking and social media infographics that have application to mobile learning: both within an organization and between a company and it’s clients from CreativeFan’s list of 60 great infographics for social media. Presentations Social Media executives infographic mobile phones mobile technology SFNCR social mediaEven more interesting is that 76 percent of executives check these social sites at least once per day. Mark Horton, Socialcast ). via  60 Informative Social Networking and Social Media Infographics | CreativeFan. elliance.com.

There is a new free resource called Study Boost that connects with mobile phones. You can subscribe to the study questions via cell phone (you can also view them on the mobile web). You create an account on Study Boost, then you can create your own "batches" of study questions. In addition you can share your study questions with friends, teachers, and others so they can also review on the go. Study Boost would be a great project for extending learning and allowing students to study at their own pace (and on the go!). studyboost

There is a new free resource called Study Boost that connects with mobile phones. You can subscribe to the study questions via cell phone (you can also view them on the mobile web). You create an account on Study Boost, then you can create your own "batches" of study questions. In addition you can share your study questions with friends, teachers, and others so they can also review on the go. Study Boost would be a great project for extending learning and allowing students to study at their own pace (and on the go!). studyboost

At Upside Learning, we believe that this is the right time to leverage mobile learning at the workplace. Upside2Go – our mobile learning solution, is the culmination of our innovation process. Upside2Go is a novel platform for mobile learning. It is a solution that will not only help your training department reach out to your mobile workforce easily, but would also enable a mobile-based approach to real-time sharing and collaborating, within and outside a team. Key Features Of Upside2Go. Upside Learning’s representatives will be present at Booth No.

There is a lot of talk of mobile, social, and informal learning at the vendor stalls this year. The most confused, if not misused, term seems to be mobile learning. One large learning systems provider says mobile learning is what’s done on your laptop. The mobile part is that the solution lets you complete your courses even when you are not connected to the Internet. To be fair it does help your mobile workforce learn through your LMS. But instead of calling it mobile learning, I’d rather call that an offline-LMS. Mobile Learning mLearningAgree?

The company has a mobile learning program that links the LMS with mobile phones, called Blackboard Mobile Learn , which is a mini version of the Blackboard platform. of Blackboard Mobile Learn has significant improvements. Blackboard Mobile Learn 2.0 Learning Technologies Angel Blackboard Colleges Mobile Learn 2.0 Blackboard is the leading learning management system (LMS) in the college and university market, with installations in over 500 institutions. It also now supports Angel and WebCT customers, LMSs that are owned by Blackboard.

Freelance Writing Jobs | Todays Articles | Sign In Browse Sections Home Technology Mobile Technology Mobile Learning Jan 17, 2011 Antonia Sidgwick mobile phone - Niklas Bildhauer A brief look into the positives and negatives of mobile learning and how this technology could advance learning techniques. Mobile learning is a new method being introduced into learning environments to further the reach of education and to connect with hard to reach learners. Due to the fast turnover of mobile phones and electronic devices, models fast become out of date.

Harris Interactive recently did a poll for Ask.com (article provided by Mobile Marketer ) to reveal answers to questions about how mobile users really use their devices to find information. Some interesting facts from the poll: “66 percent of mobile users said they are more likely to ask timely questions when they are not in front of their computer&#. “30 percent—of smartphone users leverage their mobile phones to access the Web more than they use their computer to access the same information&#. Toyota: [link].

Below are excerpts from three of my favourites; the list includes discussion of increased informal learning, gaming and less resistance to mobile-based education. Embedded in the individual predictions is the continued tension between the economic value of mobile learning, along with negative perception of personal social media tools in play at work, and the value of immediate and quality support for an evolving workforce. We’ll see a flood of enterprise-level mobile apps developed. Yesterday, eLearn Magazine published its annual list of predictions for 2011. Roger C.

What to take into account when choosing a mobile phone. And the absolute top post was on the joint Mobile Moodle for iPhone project that we started in 2010 together with a wide variety of Moodle'rs. But, as you could read earlier this week : moodle is going mobile for a much wider variety of mobile devices. iphone moodle connectivism pedagogy mobile learning theory mLearning eLearningThese where the top 10 posts (= most visited posts) in 2010: Blooms taxonomy for a digital world : an overview of how you can fit new media into Blooms taxonomy.

Cast your votes using standard rate SMS or Skype SMS Votes are charged at your standard network rate and votes sent via mobile from outside the UK may attract an additional network charge. To make it fair each mobile vote from outside of the UK will count as 2 votes. If you’re still concerned about voting with your mobile phone then please visit this site. www.jnxyz.net | [link] | Twitter: @jnxyz | Principal Project Officer, Education Queensland – Mobile, Transformational Learning & One Laptop per Child Australia |. link]. Many many thanks.

It is time once again to ponder the research, extrapolate on recent experience, and attempt to read the tea leaves so we can predict the future of enterprise mobile learning in 2011. After such an exciting and rewarding 2010, my predictions for the coming year seem broader and more varied given the fast changing dynamics of the marketplace and accelerated adoption of mobile learning by organizations of all sizes. Mobile Apps Become Essential to Enterprise mLearning. mLearning Engagements Expand. examples the industry has waited for over the past many years. Buyer, beware!

The Neilsen Company, the well-known advertising and market research company published an interesting report recently about mobile phone usage amongst youth in certain countries. Some critical insights from the report: Young adults choose their own devices ; only 16% of the sample reported that parents selected the phones for them. Europe, mainly Italy and Spain leads in smart-phone penetration. India on the other hand has very low smart-phone penetration. Also, the sample is skewed heavily toward male usage of smart-phones. registration required).

Nearly two years ago, I closed down my Google top ten Mobile Learning blog after 3 years and over 10,000 hits. felt that the time of calling from the roof tops that mobile learning existed was over. People had started paying attention to the rise of mobile phones etc as the preferred computing platform of those who education should be centered around, ie. Reports like New Media Consortiums ‘Horizon Report’ were including mobile learning as one of the top educational trends. 1 Future mobile/miniaturisation uLearning Australia iPad iPod Touch mlearning OLPC XO

As fellow for 21st century learning at the Shuttleworth Foundation I spent the year focusing on my m4Lit , or mobiles for literacy, project. It was launched in 2009 as a pilot initiative to explore whether teens in South Africa will read stories on their mobile phones. Our stories have also been published on Young Africa Live on the Vodafone Live portal, as well as on MYMsta.mobi , loveLife’s mobile social network. 1) Yoza is not producing enough content to feed the mobile monster. Uncategorized m4Lit mobile phones mlearning shuttleworth foundation yoz

The presentation looks at the Education for All goals and how mobile phones can support their achievement. On Monday I gave a keynote presentation at the Nokia Open Innovation Africa Summit in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. Questions were asked in order to get the delegates into problem solving mode! Education for All mLearning presentation, Open Innovation Africa Summit [link]. View more presentations from Steve Vosloo. Uncategorized education for all efa m4Lit mlearning yoza

Below is an example of a QR code for anyone who may not know what a QR code is The code can be decoded by QR code readers that are usually found on mobile phones and are read using an image of the code taken by the mobile phone’s camera.  The code above is a link to Wikipedia’s English mobile website found at [link] While QR codes have been in existence for quite some time in business (used initially to track product parts), I have only recently come across the concept.  A QR code is a 2-dimensional image with information encoded in it.

PEW has some interesting research on what teenagers think about mobile phone safety. Below is a PowerPoint presentation from senior research specialist at PEW Amanda Lenhart that show some recent statistics. mobilesafety

PEW has some interesting research on what teenagers think about mobile phone safety. Below is a PowerPoint presentation from senior research specialist at PEW Amanda Lenhart that show some recent statistics.

Best of Mobile Learning October 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010 Featured Sources The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. October 10, 2010 Find Out Where to Vote via Text Message , October 27, 2010 #mlearn2010 Andy Goff on Augmented reality for Learning , October 20, 2010 #mLearn2010 Sustainable, scalable and affordable mobile learning service for formal education in South Africa / Finland by Riitta Vanska , October 22, 2010. PLENK2010 the future of education, my vision of the future - Ignatia Webs , October 15, 2010 Sad News.Drop.io

While I was very interested in their potential when they were almost unheard of in the western hemisphere, I now believe they provide an interesting technology for situated mobile learning in the present day, but I increasingly think will be supplanted by visual searching (e.g. Google Goggles ) and mobile text recognition (both typeface and handwritten) within about five years. The former technology, visual searching, allows mobile devices to visually “recognise&# shapes of objects, logos, etc. taken with a mobile phone camera, and use that to retrieve information.