John,+thoughts

Some thoughts

If we are contributing each of us some concrete context, then I will do 'messaging' just because it is a very robust, universal, scalable technology with a history of educational interventions across a wide variety of domains down to the 'bottom of the pyramid'. I am not necessarily advocating messaging but think it would be useful to start with some concrete examples to map out the possibilities and hear from the ILO side of the table what looks attractive.

I think the curriculum framework is a useful may to help us orient ourselves and give further context for any concrete work we do

In a similar vein, it should be easy to simulate a messaging system (not sure it's worth the time and expense setting one up); also I could bring a simple educational authoring system in order to give everyone a sense of the thought and effort involved in simple apps that can be constructed be field workers and non-specialists

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some thoughts from day one presentation : reaching the disadvantaged across developing/developed worlds

Projects

SEMA Kenya in-service teacher training,… 2005, target was 200,000 teachers, reached 60 - 70, 000 teachers, SMS on built on info/logistical/operational then review/preview then assessment, FAQs, quizzes, seminars (m-moderating), attendance monitoring

then farmer coops support for agronomy ed but needed livelihood stuff e.g. market prices

Kenya National Exams Council - premier rated, public accountability

ELT feasibility study for BC in SA…. didn't proceed, local concerns outweighed educational concerns

Wolverhampton, locally then nationally funded, MELaS project messaging

Bluetooth ….. CMS, video, podcast

RUPP, Cambodia - health education for teenagers

UNRWA ….. SBTD, disaster & learning ---

general remarks scoping exercise in each case : attitudes, expectations, ownership vs ICTs, costs, infrastructure … specificity, change & fragmentation rapidly changing views about intrusion, acceptable behaviour, perceptions of cost, buy-in different perceptions of pedagogy …. breaking away from 'frontal', some approaches seen as individualistic and/or frivolous

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challenges

business models, sustainability evaluation & evidence, 'soft outcomes & distance travelled', meaning and methods other technologies IVR, PRS, location using base stations or QR, simulation of disaster e.g. Aberdeen University reporting failure emergence/dominance of US perspectives…. content & behaviourism relationships with m4d … changed livelihoods, methods, sociology of mobilities