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Commonwealth of Learning (2010) LIVES: Mobile phones for learning Connections February, Vol. 15, No. 1 In a blog posting in December (2009), I wrote that a priority for e-learning for 2010 was the development of educational applications for mobile learning, particularly for developing countries. Well, the Commonwealth of Learning and the University of British Columbia were [...] Commonwealth of Learning (2010) Lifelong learning for farmers: Sri Lanka Connections, February, Vol. 15, No. 1 The Commonwealth of Learning has expanded its lifelong learning for farmers program into Sri Lanka, to support mushroom farming. Computer facilities are being provided by the University of Ruhuna and the Vidatha Centre. Future plans include expanding marketing efforts beyond the [...] macherukaruku (2009) Electronic Agriculture in Kenya’s Arid and Semi–Arid Lands (ASAL) Schools Africa Rural Connect Sustainable Environment and Agriculture Network (Seanet) International is a Kenyan registered NGO and a partner of One Dollar For Life (www odgl.org), a Silicon Valley (USA) high school students’ organization that collects one dollar per student per year in order to [...] Arnquist, S. (2009) In rural Africa, a fertile market for mobile phones New York Times, October 5 An article showing how mobile phones are being used to help farmers in Uganda protect their banana crops from disease. Great potential here for formal teaching as well. Thanks to Gwilyn Timmers for directing this to me. |
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