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

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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

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Countries Presented

• 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

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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

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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

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Academic and Service Activities

• President, International Federation of Training
  and Development Organizations (IFTDO)
• Founding Director, International Association for
  Mobile Learning
• Board Member, Canadian Society for Training and
  Development

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Academic and Service Activities(contd)

• 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 everyones pocket
• Chaired an international conferences on mobile
  learning and mobile libraries
• Edited a special issue of IRRODL on Mobile
  Learning

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Ally, M. (2009) Mobile Learning Transforming the
Delivery of Education and Traininghttp//www.aupr
ess.ca/index.php/books/120155
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M-Libraries Libraries on the Move with Mobile
Access
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M-Libraries 2 A virtual library in everyones
pocket Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham
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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)

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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.
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World Bank
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UN Millennium Development Goalsand Role of
Mobile Technology
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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

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• 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

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• Research Activities

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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

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• 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. Johns, Newfoundland.
• Canadian Association of University Continuing
  Education (CAUCE) Conference, Calgary, Alberta.

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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

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

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Building an Effective Mobile Library

• International Mobile Libraries Conference,
  London, England
• Chapters in books

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Use of Mobile Devices for ESL Training

• Use of mobile phones for ESL training for new
  immigrants
• Use of mobile technologies for workplace learning