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What is the Potential Impact of the iPad, Kindle, and other Tablet Computers in Education?

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Tags: administrator, children, Classroom, Developing World, Education, ICT4E, ipad, kindle, Learning, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, nook, slide2learn, students, Teachermate, Teachers
Posted in Tablet Computers in Education | 32 Comments »

Yoza Excites African Teenagers to Love Reading Using Mobile Phones

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Tags: Kontax, literacy, m4Lit, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, MXit, Shuttleworth Foundation, Sisterz, South Africa, Steve Vosloo, StreetSkillz, Teen Literacy, Teenagers, Yoza
Posted in mEducation Initiatives | 3 Comments »

Let’s Get Informal: Mobile Phones for Adult Basic Education in West Africa

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Tags: Adult Literacy, Catholic Relief Service, Jenny C. Aker, literacy, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Niger, numeracy, Project ABC, Projet d'Alphabetisation a Base Cellulaire, SMS
Posted in mEducation Initiatives | 2 Comments »

mEducation: How Mobile Phones Can Empower Education in the Developing World

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Tags: BridgeIT, Classroom, Janala Project, Jokko Initiative, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, One Smartphone Per Teacher, Project ABC, Smartphones, SMS, Teachers
Posted in mEducation Initiatives | 15 Comments »

What is Your Vision for Developing World Education?

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Tags: Classroom, Edcuational Vision, Teacher
Posted in Educational Vision | 2 Comments »

Partners in Learning Network: Trials and Triumphs

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Tags: African Teaching Community, courseware, curricula guidelines, Microsoft, Partners in Learning Network, PiLN, Windows Live ID
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | Comments Off on Partners in Learning Network: Trials and Triumphs

UNESCO Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning: Africa and the Middle East

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Tags: Africa, BYOD, clean slate, Computers, eLearning, Illustrative Initiatives, Laptop, leapfrogging, Mark West, Middle East, mLearning, Mobile Learning, Mobile Phone, Mobile Technologies, Momath, Policy Implications, SEMA, SMS, South Africa, Student-Centric, Teacher Professional Development, Teacher Training, Teachers, Unesco, Working Papers, Yoza
Posted in Mobile Learning Initiatives | 6 Comments »

eTransform Africa Final Report

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Tags: Affordable technologies, Africa, African Development Bank, African Education, African Governments, African Union, Digital Learning Resources, Education, Education Management Information Systems, Educational Systems, eTransform Africa, Final Report, National Research and Education Network, Teacher Professional Development, World Bank Group
Posted in Digital Learning Resources | Comments Off on eTransform Africa Final Report

Worldreader is leading a reading revolution in the developing world

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Tags: Amazon, Amazon Kindle, David Risher, e-Books, e-reader, eBooks, Ghana, Kenya, kindle, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, Penguin, Random House, Reading, Roald Dahl, tablet devices, Textbooks, worldreader
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 4 Comments »

ICT and the Early Grade Reading Assessment: From Testing to Teaching

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Tags: Android, assessment software, Carmen Strigel, continuous assessment, Cost-Benefit Analysis, data collection, Early Grade Reading Assessment, EGRA, Ethiopia, ipad, iProSurveyor, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile ICT Device, Mobile Phones, RTI International, Tablet
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 5 Comments »