Innovative and Sustainable Mobile Learning in Africa

Authors:
John Traxler;Jenny Leach
Affiliations:
University of Wolverhampton, UK;Open University, UK
Venue:
WMTE '06 Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Mobile learning is gaining ground in the developed countries of Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. In the dramatically different affordances of sub Saharan Africa, mobile learning is developing in a different direction. This paper brings together accounts of two contrasting initiatives, both of which support in-service teacher training and novel but appropriate blended learning formats, in the region in order to illustrate the differences and the difficulties of mobile learning and in order to explore their potential synergy.