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Benefits of mlearning
MoLeNET, a multi-year project in the UK to explore the role of mobile technologies on learners, teachers and institutions, has found the following benefits of mlearning: increased creativity and...
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Education for All in Africa
On Monday I gave a keynote presentation at the Nokia Open Innovation Africa Summit in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya. The presentation looks at the Education for All goals and how mobile phones can...
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2010: A year in review
This is my “brag pack” for 2010. Read the one for 2009. What I did As fellow for 21st century learning at the Shuttleworth Foundation I spent the year focusing on my m4Lit, or mobiles for literacy,...
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Presentation given at Girl Geek Dinner Cape Town
Below is the presentation that I gave at the Girl Geek Dinner in Cape Town, 4 May, about women, mobiles (mwomen) and exciting possibilities. In 2004 I attended a screening of Shake Hands with the...
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TEDx Stellenbosch presentation: People, Connectedness and Mobiles
People, Connectedness and Mobiles: How the streets of the mega city will innovate is a presentation I gave at TEDx Stellenbosch on 29 July. The theme of the day was imagining Africa as a vast mega...
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The glue of it all is cheap, reliable internet access
I was interviewed for the November edition of City Views – ”your free Cape Town central city newspaper” — about the importance of affordable connectivity for ideas to spread and innovation to flourish...
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2 mLearning articles worth reading (including an interview in Education Week)
I was recently interviewed by Education Week, the leading education newspaper in the USA. The article, Mobile Devices Address Technology Equity in Africa, is well written and provides an overview of...
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UNESCO Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning released
UNESCO has released the first set of papers in its Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning, for which I was a co-ordinating editor. The 12 papers of the initial launch make up almost 500 pages of...
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On mobiles for teacher development and edutainment: Interview by Russell...
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...
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The future of education in Africa is mobile (BBC article, UK version)
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 Over the coming months, A Matter of...
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Yoza Cellphone Stories wins NetExplo Award
Yoza Cellphone Stories won a Netexplo Award in Paris. More information about the award and the presentation I gave is on the Yoza Project site. Me receiving the NetExplo Award for Yoza Cellphone Stories
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Mobile learning at the Nigeria Summit
I was honored to sit on a panel at The Economist’s Nigeria Summit 2013 in Lagos. The panel was titled SKILLS AND EDUCATION – DEVELOPING NIGERIA’S PEOPLE POWER. Below are my speaking notes. Education...
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NMC Horizon Report > 2013 K-12 Education Edition
The New Media Consortium, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), have once again released their annual Horizon Report > 2013...
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Launch of UNICEF Child Friendly Technology Framework
UNICEF today launched the “Child Friendly Technology Framework – 52 worksheets for brainstorming and project planning”, also known as the CFT. Get full document at: Child_Friendly_Technology_Framework...
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Comments on Africa’s mobile phone e-learning transformation
I was recently interviewed by the Times Higher Education about mobile learning and higher education in Africa. The article, Africa’s mobile phone e-learning transformation, provides a good snapshot of...
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edWeb Webinar: Global Efforts to Understand the Potential of Mobile Learning:...
The potential of mobile learning continues to expand in the U.S. and around the world. As districts and schools work to implement technology that has become commonplace for many students outside of...
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Integrating mobile learning solutions for Syrian refugees in Iraq
Last week was the third annual mEducation Alliance Symposium in Washington, D.C., attended by over 175 participants from 20 countries with 40+ presentations about innovations for using technologies in...
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mReading to children: Leveraging mobile reading to promote and advance early...
At the recent mEducation Alliance Symposium in Washington, D.C., I presented, along with Elizabeth Wood, mReading to children: Leveraging mobile reading to promote and advance early childhood literacy....
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Advancing Literacy through Mobile Technologies: Empowering Women and Girls –...
At the recent mEducation Alliance Symposium in Washington, D.C., I presented, on behalf of my colleague, Diane Boulay, Advancing Literacy through Mobile Technologies: Empowering Women and Girls – Phase...
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“Closing Remarks”: Observations @ mEducation Alliance Symposium 2013
At the recent mEducation Alliance Symposium in Washington, D.C., I presented the closing remarks. Below are my key observations from the event.
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