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From Agri-clinics to FarmerNet: applying mobile phone and internet to support rural farmers
Rural farmers are producers and also consumers in the food security equation. They are part of the 4 billion ‘bottom of the pyramid’ global community who earn less than 1500$US a year. Their actions - production, harvest and marketing - are critical determinants of the global food security. Information plays a critical role at every stage of this action chain.
In the modern world, information transfer to and from the rural farmer hinges upon the tools of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) where telecentres and mobile phone applications constitute major part.
The impact of mobile elarning: examining what it means for teaching and learning
Phase one of MoLeNET (2007/08) involved 75 colleges and 18 schools, approximately 10,000 learners and 2,000 staff, in 32mobile learning projects. The Learning and Skills Council provided funding for handheld technologies and supporting infrastructure. The LSN MoLeNET Support programme provided advice and guidance; systems and materials; face-to-face, on-line and on-site training and continuing professional development; on-line support including peer-to-peer support and knowledge and resource sharing. LSN research, and LSN supported practitioner-led action research, explored the impact of introducing mobile learning on learner retention and achievement, teaching and learning, learner experiences and participating institutions. The findings of the research are described in this publication.
Checking in with BridgeIT in Tanzania: Using mobile phones to support teachers | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education
Kate Place of the International Youth Foundation provided an update on activities and emerging lessons learned from the BridgeIT project in Tanzania (“Elimu kwa Teknolojia” in Kiswahili), which provides access to digital video content in classrooms ‘on demand’ via mobile phone technology.
MobileActive.org
MobileActive.org connects people, organizations, and resources using mobile technology for social change.
A special report on health care and technology: : A doctor in your pocket | The Economist
This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences of various countries, the authors demonstrate how new technologies help to tackle the health problems of the world’s poorest.
Going mobile – easy and powerful tools for development projects
One of the most exciting aspect in recent developments is the breakthrough in free, robust and multi-purpose mobile applications for development projects. A laptop and a mobile phone are enough to connect and coordinate geographical dispersed teams or to collect information nationwide. This, thanks to innovative people from the humanitarian and health sector, has paved the way to exploit new potentials for mobile collaboration.
The many uses of mobiles / Feature Articles / Home - ICT Update, a current awareness bulletin for ACP agriculture
Mobile phones can deliver information in many different ways
Over the years, ICT Update has covered the many ways in which mobile phones are used to promote agricultural and rural development. The technology has proven so useful that it is likely to remain a popular method of information delivery for some time to come.
Surveying the use of mobile phones in education worldwide | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools in India has just announced a mobile phone ban, echoing similar calls in many other places (from Sri Lanka to South Korea, from the UK to the Philippines to France) to restrict student access to what are often seen as 'devices of distraction'.
Why then will the World Bank will be kicking off a study next month looking at "The Use of Mobile Phones in Education in Developing Countries"
Mobile Telephony Access and Usage in Africa
This paper uses data from nationally representative household surveys conducted in 17 African countries to analyse
mobile adoption and usage. The paper shows that countries differ in their levels of ICT adoption and usage and also in factors that
influence adoption and usage. Income and education vastly enhance mobile adoption but gender, age and membership of social
networks have little impact. Income is the main explanatory variable for usage. In terms of mobile expenditure the study also finds
linkages to fixed-line, work and public phone usages. These linkages need, however, to be explored in more detail in future. Mobile
expenditure is inelastic with respect to income, ie the proportion of mobile expenditure to individual income increases less than 1%
for each 1% increase in income. This indicates that people with higher income spend a smaller proportion of their income on mobile
expenditure compared to those with less income.
New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education
While mobile technologies such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and digital music players (mp3 players) have permeated popular culture, they have not found widespread acceptance as pedagogical tools in higher education.
The purpose of this e-book is to explore the use of mobile devices in learning in higher education, and to provide examples of good pedagogy. We are sure that the rich variety of examples of mobile learning found in this book will provide the reader with the inspiration to teach their own subjects and courses in ways that employ mobile devices in authentic and creative ways. This book is made up of a collection of double blind peer-reviewed chapters written by participants in the project New technologies, new pedagogies: Using mobile technologies to develop new ways of teaching and learning.
International Association for Mobile Learning (IAMLearn)
IAMLearn is a membership organization to promote excellence in research, development and application of mobile and contextual learning. It organizes the annual mLearn international conference series and manages the website to collate and disseminate informaiton about new projects, emerging technologies, and teaching resources.
Mobile Phones: Better Learning Tools than Computers? « Educational Technology Debate
infoDev and UNESCO have teamed up to sponsor a series of monthly on-line discussions on low-cost ICT initiatives for educational systems in developing countries. The debate for June is titled Mobile Phones: Better Learning Tools than Computers?
Educational Technology & Society Jan - April 2009 Issue
"This issue discusses current research about new and emerging mobile learning technologies, and especially its usage in extreme situations. The issue introduces papers dealing with frameworks for mobile learning, practical learning technology solutions, and summaries of research about particular topics."
mobility
"mobility is a collaborative project which brings together some of the leading academics, technicians, educators and practitioners in the IT and mobile fields with the common goal of developing an exciting and empowering range of tools and resources to unlock the power of mobile applications development for users in the developing world"
FrontlineSMS
A lack of communication can be a major barrier for grassroots non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in developing countries. FrontlineSMS is the first text messaging system created exclusively with this problem in mind.
By leveraging basic tools already available to most NGOs — computers and mobile phones — FrontlineSMS enables instantaneous two-way communication on a large scale. It’s easy to implement, simple to operate, and best of all, the software is free.
Are Cell Phones Leading the mHealth Revolution?
Health workers are tapping into mobile phones in the developing world as use of the portable handhelds leapfrogs exponentionally over landlines and lagging Internet access.
In fact, cell phone use in developing countries is driving a whole new industry in health-related electronic applications for programs in the most remote areas that range from diagnosis and health worker education to social marketing and the flow of emergency food rations.
Mobile Learning: From single project status into the mainstream?
During recent years, many distance teaching as well as residential institutions have started to experiment with mobile learning through pilot projects as part of their e-learning and technology enhanced learning environments. The practical experience gained with the employment of strategies and approaches within distance education can assist with the conceptualisation of mobile learning as well as the development of applications for this new learning medium. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) – especially mobile devices – open up new paths for learning support and opportunities to reach a wider audience for (higher) education. However, will mobile learning bring about a paradigm shift in distance education? Or is it perhaps a new generation of distance education? Does it afford new opportunities for teaching and learning in terms of access and flexibility? This paper reports on an international survey that was conducted amongst distance educators in order to explore these questions.
What do we know about using mobile phones in education? (part 2) | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education
Recent posts to this blog about the use of mobile phones in education in developing countries have generated a *lot* of page views. News earlier this year that firms in the United States are beginning to make a pitch for greater use of mobile phones in the education sector highlights the increased attention that this topic is now receiving in OECD member countries as well.
Mobile phones for development and profit: a win-win scenario
Mobile phones for development and profit: a win-win scenario
As the number of mobile phone subscribers soars worldwide, this Opinion argues that increasing mobile penetration brings developmental benefits, but effective regulation is required to ensure fair competition and encourage roll-out to underserved areas.
The Opinion outlines three kinds of development benefits resulting from mobile phone technology. First, incremental -- improving what people already do. Second, transformational -offering people something new, such as m-banking. And third, production benefits that result from the creation of new livelihoods.
It outlines the key role of governments in creating an environment in which mobile phone technology results in genuine benefits for development. This requires the right combination of market liberalization policies and effective regulation.
kiwanja.net :: Mobile Applications Database
This website provides a mobile applications database that contains details of projects from around the world which make social and environmental use of mobile technology in fields such as human health, economic empowerment, conservation, education, human rights and poverty alleviation.
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