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Entries Tagged "SMS"

Technology in Education is Classist

Monday, May 27th, 2013

Tags: Affordable Private Schools, edtech tolerance, EduTech, ICT4E, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technologies, private schools, public schools, SMS, Technology
Posted in Public vs Private Schools | Comments Off on Technology in Education is Classist

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 »

ABCs and ICTs: Delivering Scale and Value with a Whole Class Learning Solution

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Tags: Columbia University, CyberSmart Africa, Earth Institute, ICT, infrared pen, Interactive White Board, national curriculum, netbook, Professional Development, Reading Delivery Systems, Reading Skills, SMS, Teacher Training, Total Cost of Ownership, USAID Senegal, video projector, whole-class learning
Posted in Reading Skills in Primary Schools | 10 Comments »

Mobile opportunity for learning in Africa

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Tags: Facebook Zero, Gustav Praekelt, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phone, Mobile Phones, MXit, Please Call ME, Project Masiluleke, SMS, Social platforms, South Africa, Steve Vosloo, USSD, Voice, YoungAfricaLive, Yoza
Posted in Affordable Technology | Comments Off on Mobile opportunity for learning in Africa

Opportunities and challenges for use of mobile phones for learning

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Tags: Bas Hoefman, Corporate Social Responsibility, ICT Policy, Legal Framework, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Coverage, Mobile Phones, SMS, Text Messaing, Text to Change
Posted in Affordable Technology | 12 Comments »

EMIS opportunities and challenges for mobile data collection and dissemination

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Tags: Broadband, EMIS, GATHER, Ghana, GIS, ITU, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phone, Mobile Phones, Mobiles4Dev, PDA, Shem Bodo, SMS, Text Message, Uganda
Posted in Education Management Information Systems | 11 Comments »

From Illiteracy to mCommunity, Jokko Initiative Empowers Women with mLearning

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Tags: Basic literacy, Community Forum, Jokko Initiative, mCommunity, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, numeracy, RapidSMS, SMS, Text Messaging, Totstan, Wolof
Posted in mEducation Initiatives | 2 Comments »

SMS4Learning: Supporting healthcare providers through FrontlineSMS:Learn

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Tags: Forgetting Curve, FrontlineSMS:Learn, Health Workers, Healthcare Education, Jhpiego, Learning Reinforcement, mEducation, mLearning, Mobile Phones, SMS, SMS4Learning, Text Messaging
Posted in mEducation Initiatives | 6 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 »