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June 01, 2007
Smart. Phone. Learning.
This just in...free mobile learning in China, 'on deck' on Nokia handsets and free to download for all to learn English with bite size audio lessons for an increasingly mobile population. You can read about it here.
It's smart - provide something people want, make it easy to get (put it on the phones), and market it in a variety of ways. I'm sure that giving it away will lead to more usage of data (good for for telecoms), more content (good for the commercial education provider), more Nokia phone sales (when given a choice, wouldn't you choose one that has what you want already on it?) and more learning (personalized, anytime/anywhere). It also sound like a good use of the phone's capabilities (audio, for people on the move) for learning English.
Another news story on the same day also with Nokia describes the Mobile Internet as enabled in China wih 1500 'widsets' which bring Web 2.0 capabilities to mobile, as well as a launch of educational content:
WidSets is a handset manufacturer-independent service that brings the best bits of the Internet, such as communities, news, blogs, reviews, and weather reports straight to the mobile phone. It uses widgets to deliver up to date Internet content to mobile phones and enables the user to create their own widgets.The Mobiledu is China’s first interactive mobile learning service, integrating teaching material from a variety of educational organizations. The Mobiledu fully leverages the capabilities of mobile Internet, as the program makes interactive learning available anywhere and anytime with mobile phones.
Mobiledu advocates the concept of “Studying Together”, and provides rich text, graphics, and audio content. The new service creates a unique real time, interactive platform for studying.It enables users to lead more efficient and fulfilling lives, as users can study at any time or any place. Furthermore, users can access the online Mobiledu Community to obtain the latest learning content updates and, enjoy the mobile learning experiences out of the classroom from renowned teachers in China.
Collaborative learning on mobiles, powered by the mobile internet. It's here. What are we waiting for?
Posted by Ron Edwards at June 1, 2007 10:31 AM
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