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© GSM Association 2011 mEducation has the power to transform lives Aruna Srinivasan, Director of mEducation, GSMA

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© GSM Association 2011

mEducation has the power to transform lives

Aruna Srinivasan, Director of mEducation, GSMA

© GSM Association 2011

Setting the scene

What do we mean by mEducation and where does it take place?

What is the transformational power of mEducation?

Some examples of mEducation innovations are already happening

What challenges exist in expanding mEducation so more people

can benefit?

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mLearning and mEducation

Learners

Portable devices

Learning materials, information, systems

mLearning

mEducation

Enhance teaching

Assessment

Administration

Portfolios and records

Planning and management

Collaboration and socialisation

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Where does mEducation happen?

Formal

Preschool

K-12

Further Education

Higher Education

Work place on-the-job

training

Professional qualifications

Vocational certification

Lifelong learning

Self directed revision for

key assessments

Edutainment

Informal

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The transformational power of mobile

Sources: ITU, On Device Research

Mobile Subscribers

Mobile Web Users

5.9 Billion 87% world

population 17% have landline telephones

9% have fixed broadband

1.2 Billion Many of these only access the Web through

a mobile device

E.g. 70% in Egypt, 59% in India

Mobile broadband subscribers outnumber

fixed broadband 2:1

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The transformational power of mEducation

mEducation can overcome constraints that currently limit access and quality of

education.

Access

Content

Personalisation

Collaboration

Geographic reach of mobile networks

Anytime, anywhere

Latest up-to-date content

Range from basic to the

latest apps

Time and place

View of learners’ progress

Peer to peer Teacher networks

Family and society

Re-access / replay Disabilities

Learner created

Tailor learning

Discreet

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Some examples of mEducation innovations that

are already happening

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Project K-Nect

High-school students in North

Carolina learning algebra

Smartphones with digital content

and lesson plans

Collaboration tools

Phase 1 saw increased proficiency

rates of 30% on the State of North

Carolina’s End of Course exam

85% of students feel more

successful in math and more than

50% now thinking of a career in

the math field

Project K-Nect has expanded to

Virginia and Ohio with

approximately 4,500 students

United States

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Learning with Vodafone

Math, Science and English content

State School Syllabus

Delivered via a WebBox/Tablet

For use in Classroom

SMS interactivity with students

Content aligned with official curriculum

Enables teachers /students to access

related text, images & video from the

Internet

Facilitates teacher student parent

school interactions

Now rolling out to 1000 schools with

500,000 underprivileged children

India

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University of Botswana School of

Medicine

Specialist physician trainees work

on-site at hospitals and clinics, in

cities and remote areas

Internet unreliable and limited

computer resources

Residents in Medicine and

Paediatrics training provided with

Android smartphones with medical

information apps and built-in

camera

Point of care applications

Email, web-access and

telemedicine app allowing for

submission of cases to mentors

Botswana

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Essa Academy, Bolton

90% of students come from most

deprived areas

Each student given an iPod

Touch or iPad

Pedagogy strategy shifted, more

facilitation

Failing school to 100% of

students reached the benchmark

of 5 x A* to C passes at GCSE

– From 26% in 2006

Cost savings have paid for

investment in technology

United Kingdom

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Project Yoza

Pilot phase in 2009 involved publishing

episodic stories on social network Mxit in

English and Xhosa

Interactivity – discussion of plot, vote in

polls, leave comments, competition for

sequel ideas

In seven months the first two stories

were read over 34,000 times

Over 4,000 entries in writing

competitions and over 4,000 comments

Yoza launched in 2010 and a year later

has 28 novels, 5 Shakespeare plays and

11 poems

In first year, complete reads of stories

and poems reached 300,000

South Africa

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What challenges still exist?

Pockets of

innovation

Working

independently

Grants and pilots

Scale

Partnerships and

collaboration

Commercial

sustainability

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Thank you!

The GSMA represents over 800 mobile

operators and 200 associate members globally.

Our mEducation initiative seeks to reduce the

barriers and accelerate the adoption of

mEducation around the world.

Aruna Srinivasan

Director of mEducation

[email protected]

www.gsma.com/meducation

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Key GSMA Publications

Mobile Proposition for Education

– Highlights key scenarios where mEducation can have significant benefits

– Illustrated with real examples of mEducation in practise

– http://www.gsma.com/connectedliving/gsma-mobile-proposition-for-

education-report/

Further reports and case studies can be found at: www.gsma.com/meducation

Market Sizing Report: Transforming learning through mEducation (joint

paper with McKinsey & Co)

– mEducation will be a USD $70 Billion opportunity by 2020

– Looks at regional and product /service opportunities

– http://www.gsma.com/connectedliving/gsma-and-mckinsey-transforming-

learning-through-meducation/

Security, Privacy & Safeguarding Report

– Discusses areas of concern, gives recommendations and directs readers to

further information

– http://www.gsma.com/connectedliving/gsma-safeguarding-security-and-

privacy-in-mobile-education-whitepaper-2/

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

Pyramid

– Discusses areas of opportunity and several case studies focused on the base

of the pyramid

– http://www.gsma.com/developmentfund/mlearning-a-platform-for-educational-

opportunities-at-the-base-of-the-pyramid/