Reposting this here from Panoply Digital so a bit more ICT4D related than the norm. This post is inspired an upcoming workshop we are running in Washington, D.C., along with additional installments …
Reversing the flow from the developing to the developed world: mobile learning lessons
Posting this here, but it originally appeared on the Panoply Digital website. The ICT4D field is proving mature enough in some instances to reverse the flow of informal technology transfer …
SMS Environments for Learning: Flows and mobile learning
I was writing a bit in a previous post about possible SMS applications specifically geared towards formalized learning (like at the university level), how they might be structured, and what …
Creating SMS structures for informal/formal learning tracks: mlearning
SMS: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated A colleague of mine, Ronda Zelezny-Green of GSMA, recently tweeted the following. Apparently, Zambia telecom Airtel Zambia announced that they …
SMS Support Networks to improve resiliency for ‘at-risk’ learners: a quick project outline
Background: ‘At-risk’ and technological interventions A friend and I have been having a back and forth about improving completion rates of ‘at-risk’ students in both secondary schools and in the …
Why texting works: the case for SMS intervention
I thought this was a good infographic for presenting a counter-argument to the commonly held belief that texting is symptomatic of a diminishing sociability in society. This can be lumped …
SMS Smart Texting: Routing Logic and Trigger Events for Mobile Academic Communities in East Africa
SMS rule routing: Smart Texting Another useful bit of information on Mobile Active was their How To Set up an SMS System guide, that is proving very helpful in developing …