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eLearning Africa: Envisioning our global learning future

May 27, 2010

Yesterday eLearning Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia, kicked off with a pre-conference workshop titled Envisioning Our Global Learning Future. I sat on a panel with Prof John Traxler (UK) and…

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Prizes for excellence in children’s media, especially mobile learning

November 2, 2009

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop is offering prizes for excellence in children’s media — challenging innovators to push the current boundaries of mobile learning. Five…

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m4Lit: a teen m-novel project in South Africa

October 16, 2009

This is a draft paper to be presented at mLearn 2009, Florida, USA, about the m4Lit project. Abstract: The m4Lit (mobile phones for literacy) pilot project will create a mobile novel (m-novel),…

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Kontax, a teen m-novel in a local African language

October 16, 2009

(Source: Shuttleworth Foundation, CC-BY) On 30 September 2009, the world’s first mobile novel – or m-novel – published in both English and isiXhosa was launched. Kontax, a teen mystery…

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We are no longer the gatekeepers

October 2, 2009

(Source: DanieVDM, CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0) The internet presents enormous opportunities for teaching and learning, playing and socialising. On the other hand, it also brings risks. As adults, we have a duty…

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Maths and Science mobisite for “SmartLearners”

August 19, 2009

Vanesh Gokal is Principal at Burnwood Secondary School in Durban, and a Maths and Physical Science teacher. He is also passionate about mlearning. In his own words: “Our learners are mostly…

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