What is happening globally in terms of mobile libraries and mobile learning?

1. What is happening globally in terms of mobile libraries and mobile learning? Dr. Mohamed Ally Director and Professor Centre for Distance Education Athabasca University Canada New Zealand Presentation January 2010

2. Canada United States of America Australia United Kingdom South Africa Jordan Mauritius Oman United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Qatar Netherlands Singapore Hong Kong The Hague Taiwan South Korea Tunis Brazil Bahrain Malaysia Italy Countries Presented

3. Universities Presented • Cambridge University • University of London • The Open University of the United Kingdom • The Open University of the Netherlands • University of South Africa • University of Mauritius • Sheik Zayed University • Dubai Police Academy • University of Pretoria • Open University of Malaysia

4. Sample Conference Presentations • World Conference on Mobile Learning • International Mobile Collaborative Learning Conference • International Federation for Training and Development Organization World Conference • International Council for Distance Education Conference • World Summit on Information Society • International Conference of Open and Distance Education • American Society for Training and Development Conference • International m-Libraries Conference • Canadian Society for Training and Development Conference • Canadian Association of Distance Education • European Union Information Society IST Conference • Korean Educational Technology Association Conference

5. President, International Federation of Training and Development Organizations (IFTDO) Founding Director, International Association for Mobile Learning Board Member, Canadian Society for Training and Development Academic and Service Activities

6. Academic and Service Activities(cont’d) • Member of an international committee (Canadian Standard Association and ISO) to set standards for mobile learning • Investigating the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to connect indigenous peoples around the world – Dialogue Between Nations • Edited a book on mobile learning • Edited a book on mobile technology in libraries • Currently editing a third book “M-libraries: A virtual library in everyone’s pocket” • Chaired an international conferences on mobile learning and mobile libraries • Edited a special issue of IRRODL on Mobile Learning

7. Ally, M. (2009) Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Traininghttp://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120155

8. M-Libraries: Libraries on the Move with Mobile Access

9. M-Libraries 2: A virtual library in everyone’s pocketMohamed Ally and Gill Needham

13. Mobile Learning Associations helped to form • Malaysian Mobile Learning Association • Latin America Mobile Learning Association (headquarter in Brazil) • Sweden Mobile Learning Association • Greece Mobile Learning Association (in discussion)

14. Shaping the Future of Education The potential of mobile wireless technology in education is limitless. Now is your opportunity to get in on the discussion with worldwide representatives from primary, secondary and postsecondary education institutions, policy makers and executives from the wireless and education technology industries.

16. World Bank

17. UN: Millennium Development Goalsand Role of Mobile Technology

18. Millennium Development Goals: Role of Mobile Learning • Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty • Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education • Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women • Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality • Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health • Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases • Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability • Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

19. G1:1 • Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada • Alice M. Agogino, University of California at Berkeley, USA • Nicolas Balacheff, Laboratoire Leibniz, France • Tom H. Brown, University of Pretoria, South Africa • Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan • Yam-San Chee, National Institute of Education, Singapore • Ran-Fun Chiu, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA • Pierre Dillenbourg, Swiss Federal Institute, Swiss • KWOK L F, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong • Randy J. Hinrichs, Microsoft Corporation, USA • Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany • Patrick Jermann, EPFL ¡V CRAFT, Switzerland • Robert Lewis, Lancaster University, UK • Marcelo Milrad, Vaxjo University, Sweden • Miguel Nussbaum, Universidad Catolica, Chile • Hiroaki Ogata, University of Tokushima, Japan • Claire O' Malley, University of Nottingham, UK • Roy Pea, Stanford University, USA • Peter Reimann, University of Sydney, Australia • Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International, USA • Marlene Scardamalia, OISE/University of Toronto, Canada • Mike Sharples, University of Nottingham, UK • Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan, USA

20. Research Activities

21. Research on E-learning Methods in the Workplace • Received a research grant to conducted research on different delivery methods in the workplace • Results were disseminated as follows: • Canadian Journal of University Continuing Ed. Journal (CJUCE) • Online Learning Symposium, Edmonton, AB • 20th Annual Conference on Distance Learning and Teaching, Madison, Wisconsin

22. Alberta Distance Education and Training Association Newsletter • The 11th Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, Orlando, Florida. • Canadian Association of Distance Education (CADE) Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland. • Canadian Association of University Continuing Education (CAUCE) Conference, Calgary, Alberta.

23. 12. Research on Mobile Learning • Conducted research on the use of mobile technology to deliver AU courses and services • Research disseminated as follows: • Wireless and Mobile Technology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan • Mobile Learning International Conference, Rome, Italy • International Mobile Learning Conference, Capetown, South Africa • IMCL Conference, Jordan • Mobile Learning Conference, Mauritius

24. Mobile Learning Conference, Malta • Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) Conference, Vancouver, BC • International Education Conference, Honolulu, HI

25. Building an Effective Mobile Library • International Mobile Libraries Conference, London, England • Chapters in books

26. Use of Mobile Devices for ESL Training • Use of mobile phones for ESL training for new immigrants • Use of mobile technologies for workplace learning