Mobile Learning for Expanding Educational Opportunities Workshop
Agenda

Registration

Opening Ceremony
Welcome Remarks by UNESCO
Opening Remarks by ADBI
Election of Officers
Group Photo Session

Introduction to the Workshop and of Participants and Resource Speakers by Jeoung-Keun Lee, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI

Opportunities and Issues of m-Learning in Developing Asia and the Pacific by George Darby, President, Paradise Patent Service, Inc.

Country Reports of Bangladesh, Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan (9)

Country Reports of Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam (4)

How to Draft Action Plans by Jeoung-Keun Lee, Senior Capacity Building Specialist, ADBI

• Presentation: How to Draft Action Plans [PDF 219KB | 28 pages]

Welcome Reception

Key Questions on M-Learning by by Cedric Wachholz, Chief, ICT in Education Unit, UNESCO

• Presentation: Key Questions on M-Learning [PDF 242KB | 20 pages]

Mobile Campus Solutions by Yasunori Akenaga, Wireless Broadband and Sensing Solutions, IBM Japan

• Presentation: Mobile Campus Solutions [PDF 1.6MB | 33 pages]

Why We Need to Cultivate E-Learning Professionals? by Kaz Shinkai, Mizuho Information and Research Institute, Japan

• Presentation: Why We Need to Cultivate E-Learning Professionals? [PDF 155KB | 31 pages]

Exploring M-Learning Academic Initiatives in North America and Europe by Judy Brown, Director Academic ADL Co-Lab, University of Wisconsin System

• Presentation: Exploring M-Learning Academic Initiatives in North America and Europe [PDF 977KB | 47 pages]

Use of Satellites for Expanding Educational Opportunities by Eui Kon Koh, President, Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC)

• Presentation: Use of Satellites for Expanding Educational Opportunities [PDF 1.4MB | 28 pages]

Introduction to Mobile Learning Tools by William Horton, President, William Horton Consulting

• Presentation: Introduction to Mobile Learning Tools [PDF 1.1MB | 32 pages]

Demonstration of m-learning by Vinay Despande, Managing Director of the Simputer Trust, India

Designing Courseware for Mobile Devices by William Horton

• Presentation: Designing Courseware for Mobile Devices [PDF 1.3MB | 35 pages]

M-learning in a University Setting by Alan Smith, Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

• Presentation: M-learning in a University Setting [PDF 1.6MB | 53 pages]

Demonstration: NEARStar English as a Second Language by David Brauer, Information Technology Director, PREL

• Presentation: NEARStar English as a Second Language [PDF 1.1MB | 37 pages]

Case Study: NEARStar English as a Second Language by Tony Tung, NEARStar Program Director, PREL

Teaching Tomorrow’s Leaders using M-Learning Techniques and Experience by Alvin Chan, Regional Marketing Manager, Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific

• Presentation: Teaching Tomorrow’s Leaders using M-Learning Techniques and Experience [PDF 1.5MB | 15 pages]

Future Opportunities in M-Learning by Judy Brown

• Presentation: Future Opportunities in M-Learning [PDF 1.6MB | 43 pages]

Internet-based E-Learning System, Supercourse and a Proposal of Supercourse-Asia Network (SCAN) by Hiko Tamashiro, Hokkaido University, Japan

• Presentation: Internet-based E-Learning System, Supercourse and a Proposal of Supercourse-Asia Network (SCAN) [PDF 896KB | 29 pages]

Use of Tablet PCs in Schools by Lim Soon Jinn, Heuristix Lab, Singapore

M-Learning Issues and Strategies by Cedric Wachholz, UNESCO

M-Learning for Mobile Workers by IBM

1:1 Computing Paradigm by Bruce Dixon, Chairman of the Partners in Learning International Advisory Council

• Presentation: 1:1 Computing Paradigm [PDF 270KB | 36 pages]

Teacher Training for M-learning by William Loxley, Principal Education Specialist, ADB (via Video Conference)

• Presentation: Teacher Training for M-learning [PDF 91KB | 19 pages]

Public and Private Partnership for Developing m-Learning Programs by Vincent Quah, Regional Academic Program Manager, Corporate Attorney, Microsoft

• Presentation: Public and Private Partnership for Developing m-Learning Programs [PDF 1.4MB | 59 pages]

Global Development Learning Network: How it Works by Ashok Daswani, World Bank

• Presentation: Global Development Learning Network: How it Works [PDF 1.6MB | 42 pages]

Presentation of Action Plans (Chairperson)

Presentation of Action Plans (Chairperson)

Finalization of the Action Plans and Workshop Evaluation by Jeoung-Keun Lee

Closing Ceremony
Handing Out Certificates
Vote of Thanks by Participants