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3 billion capable feature phones : why wait for smartphones? | Ustad Mobile Raise of the smartphones! More smartphones are in everyone’s pocket. Everyone will be able to share cat videos and argue with strangers (maybe even learn something). However almost all what we hope will come from the “smartphone revolution” is actually already possible with the feature phones peop...

Blog post on what we known and don't know in mobile learning

Known and unknown in mLearning | Ustad Mobile It is the question that will not die and doesn’t evolve as it should. Can technology improve learning outcomes? We have known for decades that certain things can help in the learning process: computer aided instruction, sesame street, reminders, feedback since way before the proliferation of mobil...

Mike's article on how SciDev.net article on mobile learning failures doesn't stack up

How SciDev.Net article fails in mobile learning analysis | Ustad Mobile In this article on SciDev.net titled “How teachers in Africa are being failed by Mobile Learning” Niall Winters asserts that:

Checkout Bruce Green's video of what Ustad Mobile is about and at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3h4IA-dBYc . Info about how it works and what it's doing for pollicewomen students helping them to learn literacy.

Paiwastoon Cell Phone Literacy n the last decade cell phone usage in Afghanistan has gone from zero to 15 million users. Simple and common Nokia phones are found even in remote villages. P...