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ELEARNING INNOVATIONS. CONFERENCE. ELEARNING MEETS MOBILE. INNOVATION. 30 TH July 2014. ELEARNING INNOVATIONS AGENDA. * Contents. SHG CASE STUDY. Trends. About eMobilis. Examples. Lessons. * Investing in any Learning. The CFO of a company asked his CEO:.
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ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS CONFERENCE ELEARNINGMEETSMOBILE INNOVATION 30THJuly2014
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS AGENDA *Contents SHG CASE STUDY Trends About eMobilis Examples Lessons
*InvestinginanyLearning TheCFOofacompanyaskedhisCEO: “Whathappensifweinvestindevelopingour peopleandthentheyleavethecompany?“ TheCEOanswered, “Whathappensifwedon’tandtheystay?”
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *AbouteMobilis • • • • • • • • TrainingandAppDevelopmentInstitute:LaunchedtraininginMay2009 Over1,300studentsenrolled,trainedtodate Governmentregistered-KenyaMinistryofHigherEducation,ScienceandTech Keyareas–MobileNetworkInfrastructure/Softwaredevelopment eMobilisPhilosophyisfocusedonentrepreneurship Co-FounderofMLABEastAfrica-WorldBankRegionalMobileLab UniversityBootcamps(JKUAT,ANU,KCA,UoN) FirstofitsKindinsub-SaharanAfrica
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS Over1,370studentstrained Partnershipswith5TopKenyanUniversities 65%ofstudentstrainedonscholarships *Outcomes DEMOGRAPHICS Ages17-30 22%Female 15%ITPractitioners 65%onscholarships Over500appscreatedandpublishedon4 stores Over35technologystart-upslaunched–15 incubated ProjectsforGoogle,Nokia,Safaricom, Microsoft Studentsfrom5SubSaharancountriestrained
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS HTML5 *Clients+Programs ANDROID USSD MOBILE J2ME,PHP, INTEGRATED MYSQL, LWUIT
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *LabsandGrad
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *WhyMobile MULTI-DEVICE– TABLET,MULIKA MWIZI AFFORDABILITY -MOORESLAW CONVENIENCE PORTABILITY ANYTIME WORLDS LARGEST DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM 4GAND SMARTPHONES- COMPUTING POWER THEREAREMORE PHONESGLOBALLY THANTOILETS -UNStudy
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *Expectations Yourcellphonehasmorecomputingpowerthanthecomputers usedduringtheApolloSpaceShuttleeratosendamantothemoon. -NASA
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *Stats •Ericssonatechnologyandcommunicationsservices provider,predictsthattherewillbe930millionmobile subscriptionsinsubsaharanAfricabyendof2019,with557 millionsmartphonesand710millionbroadband subscriptions •Thisfasttechnologicalrevolutionspurredbyariseinsocial media,contentrichappsandvideocontent,wouldseethe numberofusersskyrocketto9.2billion,with82.3%ofthe populaceonmobilebroadband •MobilephoneusagehasspreadmorerapidlyinAfricathan onanyothercontinentrecently-atanaverage18percenta yearinthelastfiveyears.
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *Examples • • • • • • • ENEZA “virtualtutorandteacher’sassistanton alow-costmobilephone.” Studentsusetextmessagestotake quizzes,viewmini-lessonsandget extrahelp. Theirdataisbeingloggedforviewing byparentsandteachers,andschools (country-widedata–rank). 30centsamonth,unlimitedaccessto itscontent,whichconformstoKenya’s standardcurriculum. Studentschoosetopicsbyclassand unit.Thenrespondtoquestionssent viatextmessage,andgettailored responsesdependingontheiranswers. Ifstudentsscorelessthan50percent onaquiz,theyreceivea“minilesson” thatreviewsthetopic.
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *Examples MAMA:MobileAllianceforMaternalAction • • • • • Aglobalmovementthatusesmobile technologiestoimprovethehealthandlives ofmothersindevelopingnations. Mobiletechnologiesareprovidingwomen withaccesstolife-savingmaternalhealth information. MAMAVoicesendspre-recordedmessages inthesamelanguagesasthetextmessages foruserswhofaceliteracychallenges. MAMAMXittakesadvantageofthe10 million-plususersonMXit,asocial networkingsite,andhasestablishedan educationalportalforSouthAfricanmen andwomenbetweentheagesof18to25 yearsoldwithimportantinformationabout pregnancy,childbirthandparenting. Womenarechargedonerand(about10 cents)tosignupfortheMAMAservices.
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *Examples KUZADoctor:BackpackFarm • • • • • • AFarmer’sMobileToolkitfromFarmtoFork.” MobiletoolinKenyamadetoassistsmallholder farmersinmanagingtheirproduction Supportsfarmersusingthemostbasicphones withcriticalknowledgetoincreasetheirratesof productionandsubsequentincomeswhile learningthevalueoflocalbiodiversityand conservationfarming. Smartphoneandroidapplication “Toolkit”sendsinformationtofarmer’sphones like“Farming101″thatteachesfarmerswater managementtechniques(including7kindsof dripirrigationandrainwaterharvesting techniques),businesstutorialsanda ”’whiteboard”wherefarmerscanconnectwith oneanotherandmarkets. Afterselectingacrop,farmersreceivean averageof36messagesaseason(45formore technicalcrops)thathelpguidethemthrough8 stagesfromplanningtoharvest.
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *Examples GoArmyEd • • • • • • • • IBMcreatedportalforUSArmy-2001 AneducatedSoldier-bestassetof theArmy.1.4m+Soldiers.FreeEd Accesstothousandsofregionally accreditedcollegesanduniversities andover1,000availabledegree plans.-25HigherEducation Colleges-onlineeducation Schoolsuseitodeliverdegreeand courseofferingsandtoreportSoldier progress ArmyEducationCounselorsuseitto provideeducationalguidance SoldiersuseittoapplyforTuition Assistanceandtakeonlinecourses Laptop,InternetHelpdesk,Program Mentoring,ISP,nopaperprocesses Worktowardacollegedegreeor certificateanytime,anywhere
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *LessonsLearned • • • • • • • • Audiencedeterminesplatform-Android, SMS,Windows,iOS(iPad) Accessibility–Appstorevspre-load? IntegrateSocialMediaandMultimedia Contentfromsubjectmatterexperts Considerdatacostsforuser-offlinevs online Log-intrackingofprogress,payments UseVideo,quizzes,audio Pilotwithusers-feedbackloop
ELEARNINGINNOVATIONS *TrendsineLearning Smartphone growth Better functions, largerscreen size UI/UX User Centered Design.Tools FluidUI Responsive Build Fordifferent screensizes Multi-lingual NotjustEnglish– Kiswahili,French etc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Asynchronous LearninginNon traditional formatsandJust InTimeLearning 4GANDVIDEO IncreasedMediause andstreamingvideo forvisuallearning, videoconferencing Social Collaboration, groupwork, peerlearning, communitiesof practice Piloting Iterative development
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