The state of mobile phone learning in Africa

Talent Ng’andwe (2010) Mobile Phone Learning on the Move in Africa, e-Learning Africa News Portal, June 28

From the article:

By 2009, about one third of the African population had a mobile phone subscription – as opposed to only 8.7% using the Internet through desktop computers [...]

Another view on research for the Ontario Online Institute

Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, was one of the participants in the recent HEQCO meeting to discuss possible areas of research that would inform the development of a new Ontario Online Institute.

Following the meeting, he produced a very interesting document for HEQCO entitled: A Research Framework for the Online Learning Institute [...]

Mobile learning in schools

I don’t normally cover k-12 (too much extra work and not my area of expertise) but I liked this web site  about St Marys City Schools (Ohio) Mobile Learning Technology.

Scott Newcomb <Scott.Newcomb@smriders.net> sent me this information.  He is a fourth grade teacher in St. Marys, Ohio, which has been involved [...]

Mobile phone security on campus

McCrea, B. (2010) iPhones on Campus: Network Security Goes Mobile Campus Technology, May 27

An article more for IT specialists, it also provides a further update on Abilene Christian University’s project involving iPhones for all students.

See also ‘A University using iPhones for Teaching‘, More on the Mobile Campus’ and Vision for use of [...]

Canadian Internet Use, 2009

Statistics Canada (2010) Canadian Internet Use Survey Ottawa: Statistics Canada

From the report

In 2009, 80% of Canadians aged 16 and older, or 21.7 million people, used the Internet for personal reasons, up from 73% in 2007 when the survey was last conducted.

Rates were highest at 85% in both British Columbia and Alberta, [...]