With mobile telephone access reaching over five billion of the world's
population, the United Nations educational agency today announced the launch
of an initiative to harness the technology and bring mobile phone use into
the classroom.
In a
<"http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_leads_
the_way_in_mobile_learning/">statement issued in Paris, the UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the opening of a
global summit and symposium gathering experts from around the world to
discuss the impact of the mobile telephone on education and learning.
Dubbed Mobile Learning Week, and organized in partnership with the
conglomerate Nokia, the meeting has brought together close to 200
policy-makers, educators, academics and researchers from across the globe in
an effort to provide insight on how mobile telephones can support teachers
and students alike.
Initiatives promoting mobile learning have already been spearheaded across a
wide range of countries - including Mozambique, Pakistan, South Africa,
Niger, Kenya, and Mongolia - where policies have already provided access to
distance education in far-flung communities and improved literacy among
girls and women.
According to recent data, 90 per cent of the world's population now has
access to mobile networks, prompting growing enthusiasm for the potential of
mobile devices to improve education access and quality.
Dec 12 2011 4:10PM
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