Glimpses at Mobile Learning in Rural Environments

Making comprehensive statements about the use of mobile technologies in learning in a given country is complex. In a continent of 1.32 billion people, fifty per cent of whom are under 25, and which has more than two thousand ethnic groups who speak an estimated 780 languages, the difficulty takes on a new dimension. Furthermore, the issues are manifold and made even more complex by national digital and wealth gaps that are broader than almost anywhere else - but it doesn’t mean no one is trying. Numerous projects in this Panel address the topic from many angles. Come, engage and learn together with us.

Ira Joshi

Vice President, Sesame Workshop India, India

Play. Connect. Learn: Using Mobile Phones to Engage and Improve Reading in Young Children

Shuvajit Payne

Head of Education, Barefoot College, India

Localised Content as a Tool for Flipping Social Norms - The Case of Barefoot College's Solar Powered Digital Night Schools