Report A 2009 edited book from Athabasca University Press (Issues in Distance Education series) on mobile learning and the delivery of education and training. It opens with advances in the field, including John Traxler on the current state of mobile learning and Marguerite Koole on a model for framing it, followed by research on mobile … Continue reading Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training
Report A WWF South East Forest Programme (Jengi) mission report on a 17-27 February 2007 visit to four project bases (Moloundou, Libongo, Mambele and Ngatto) to train park assistants, field assistants, ecoguards and forestry ministry staff to use Cybertracker, a handheld data-collection tool, for biological inventories, anti-poaching work and hunting studies. It covers participation, equipment … Continue reading Mission Report: Training Park and Forestry Staff in the Use of Cybertracker
Report A June 2008 study by Roxana Barrantes (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos) and Hernan Galperin (Universidad de San Andres) that analyses the cost of a low-volume basket of mobile services across Latin American countries and compares it with income and poverty indicators. It finds that the poor generally pay a premium for prepaid subscriptions, that … Continue reading Can the Poor Afford Mobile Telephony? Evidence from Latin America
Report A December 2009 research report from the Pacific Institute of Public Policy on the social and economic impact of introducing telecommunications in Vanuatu. It combines a household survey in urban and rural locations, adapted from an earlier DFID-commissioned study, with interviews and focus groups, and includes case studies of small and medium enterprises, gender … Continue reading Social and Economic Impact of Introducing Telecommunications Throughout Vanuatu: Research Findings Report
