Title: Mobile learning in developing countries in 2012: What's Happening?
Author: Michael Trucano
Source: EduTech
Publisher: The World Bank Group
Date (published): 31/01/2012
Date (accessed): 15/02/2012
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
"In recent chats with officials from [an un-named country], I learned of the desire of educational policymakers there to leap frog e-learning through m-learning. This made an impression on me -- and not only because it succinctly was able to encapsulate four educational technology buzzwords within a five-word "vision statement". In many ways, this encounter helped confirm my belief that a long-anticipated new era of hype is now upon us, taking firm root in the place where the educational technology and international donor communities meet, with "m-" replacing "e-" at the start of discussions of the use of educational technologies."