Category Archives: mLearning Resources
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Handshake – IFC’s quarterly journal on public-private partnerships
February 5, 2013 | | GlobalFeaturing an article, ‘M is for Mobile,’ by Head of mLearning Lauren Dawes. Download here
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UNESCO Mobile Learning Newsletter – October 2012
October 24, 2012 | | GlobalDownload here
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The eLearning Africa 2012 Report
May 30, 2012 | | Sub-Saharan AfricaThe collective eLearning experience in Africa, premised on the voices of Africans, covering 41 African countries, has never been documented before. The richness of our divergent views, aspirations, critiques and insights have not yet been shared in this way. Download … Continue reading
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Shaping The Future – Realising the potential of informal learning through mobile
May 24, 2012 | | GlobalIn 2011, GSMA and The MasterCard Foundation began a research study to understand how mobile technology can help young people achieve their future aspirations. With a focus on Ghana, Morocco, Uganda and Maharashtra in India, GSMA researchers listened to more … Continue reading
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mLearning: A Powerful Tool for Addressing MDGs
May 10, 2012 | | GlobalFrom Alcatel-Lucent, and written by Florence Gaudry-Perkins & Lauren Dawes (Contributing Editor). mLearning could have a profound effect on tackling many MDGs. It could have a clear impact, of course, helping achieve universal primary education (MDG2) and promoting gender equality … Continue reading
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Ambient Insight 2010-2015 Worldwide Mobile Learning Market Forecast Executive Overview
September 22, 2011 | | GlobalThe worldwide market for Mobile Learning products and services reached $3.2 Billion in 2010. The five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is 22.7% and revenues will reach $9.1 billion by 2015. The country-by-country dynamics of the worldwide market are changing … Continue reading
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mLearning – eLearning Africa Presentation
May 1, 2011 | | Sub-Saharan AfricaAs of 2007, there were more mobile users in the developing than the developed world. How can we leverage this opportunity? The Mobile for Development accelerates economic, environmental and social evolution through mobile technology. The provision of relevant, scalable mobile … Continue reading
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mLearning A Platform for Educational Opportunities at the Base of the Pyramid
November 1, 2010 | | GlobalWe have seen over the past years how mobile is playing an increasing role in addressing development issues – such as providing access to banking, to health information, to agricultural services reaching rural farmers. Download here
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Mobile Learning Objects Deployment and Utilization in Developing Countries
October 1, 2010 | | GlobalBy Paul B. Muyinda, Jude T. Lubega, and Kathy Lynch, from the International Journal of Computing and ICT Research Special Issue. The increasing ability to access Internet via mobile devices means that learning objects can be deployed and utilized on … Continue reading
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Ambient Insight Mobile Learning Market 2009-2014
June 19, 2010 | | GlobalKey findings from Ambient Insight Research Download here
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An Exploratory Study of Unsupervised Mobile Learning in Rural India
April 5, 2010 | | South AsiaCellphones have the potential to improve education for the millions of underprivileged users in the developing world. However, mobile learning in developing countries remains under-studied. In this paper, we argue that cellphones are a perfect vehicle for making educational opportunities … Continue reading
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m4Lit – A Teen m-Novel Project in South Africa
August 1, 2009 | | Sub-Saharan AfricaBy Steve Vosloo, Marion Walton & Ana Deumert. The m4Lit (mobile phones for literacy) pilot project will create a mobile novel (m-novel), published on a mobisite in English and in isiXhosa, to explore ways of supporting teen leisure reading and writing … Continue reading
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Environmental Factors Influence on Mobile Learning Business
April 1, 2009 | | GlobalBy Alireza Nasiri and Guishi Deng, from the American Journal of Applied Sciences. Recently, there has been growing interest in m-learning consequently emerging m-learning technology is promising technological and educational business. Nevertheless, m-learning is a new business and the different … Continue reading
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Improving Cross-Cultural Awareness and Communication through Mobile Phones
April 1, 2009 | | GlobalBy Adele Botha, Steve Vosloo, John Kuner, and Madelein van den Berg, from International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning. Increasingly, technology is mediating the way in which the youth around the world communicate, consume content and create meaning. As … Continue reading
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Math on MXit: Using MXit as a Medium for Mathematics Education
December 11, 2007 | | Sub-Saharan AfricaIt is common cause that the average mathematics mark among high school learners in South Africa has declined. Traditional “math clubs” and “math extra lessons” often do not work because of a number of reasons. Download here
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Low key mlearning – a realistic introduction of mlearning to developing
January 1, 2005 | | Sub-Saharan AfricaBy Ken Masters, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. In August 2004, the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, recognised a need to communicate with students in ways not accommodated … Continue reading