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Handshake – IFC’s quarterly journal on public-private partnerships

Mobile for Development — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:10:20 +0000

Featuring an article, ‘M is for Mobile,’ by Head of mLearning Lauren Dawes.

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UNESCO Mobile Learning Newsletter – October 2012

Mobile for Development — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:49:07 +0000

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The eLearning Africa 2012 Report

Various — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:37:19 +0000

The 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 →

Shaping The Future – Realising the potential of informal learning through mobile

Mobile for Development — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:12:03 +0000

In 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 than 1,200 young people, whose experiences and perspectives shared in this report can help guide the future of the fast growing, but still nascent area of mLearning.

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mLearning: A Powerful Tool for Addressing MDGs

Mobile for Development — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:38:15 +0000

From 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 (MDG3) by enabling
further access to education by all children and eliminating gender
discrimination in education.

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Ambient Insight 2010-2015 Worldwide Mobile Learning Market Forecast Executive Overview

Mobile for Development — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:35:21 +0000

The 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 fast. In the 2010 market, the US was the top Mobile Learning buying country, followed by Japan, South Korea, the UK, China, and Taiwan.

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mLearning – eLearning Africa Presentation

Mobile for Development — Sun, 01 May 2011 11:44:49 +0000

As 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 services to those in the developing world tangibly improves lives. We are proof that doing good is good business.

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mLearning A Platform for Educational Opportunities at the Base of the Pyramid

Mobile for Development — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:36:52 +0000

We 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.

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Mobile Learning Objects Deployment and Utilization in Developing Countries

Various — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:23:32 +0000

By 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 those devices. Increasing research attention has been accorded to the design and development of reusable learning objects for tethered and mobile based learning management systems.

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Ambient Insight Mobile Learning Market 2009-2014

Mobile for Development — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:32:57 +0000

Key findings from Ambient Insight Research

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