Facilitation Meeting: WSIS Action Line C7 (e-Learning)
UNESCO
20 May 2009, 14:30 - 16:00
ITU Headquarters, Room B1

Mobile Learning : Effective Learning on Portable devices.

• While the mobile phone is the most widely distributed information device available to citizens around the world, challenges remain: technical (e.g screen and key size, multiple standards), socio-economic (e.g. privacy, cost barriers) and educational (e.g. m-learning theory, repurposing e-learning materials).

• The e-learning Action Line meeting will build on the prior discussion of the High-Level Panel with a particular focus on mobile or m-learning. It will also be a continuation of the 2008 low-cost ICT devices session.

• Many educational mobile learning uses have been explored: from low-cost mass learning opportunities through SMS, to edutainment, to data gathering (surveys, exams, questionnaires) to administrative and learning support, with very different mobile devices.

• The session will combine a mix of presentation and discussion in the usual multistakeholder and open setting. UNESCO’s contact for this session is Cédric Wachholz (wsis@unesco.org).

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