Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia

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An article published in March 2010 by John-Harmen Valk, Ahmed T. Rashid and Laurent Elder of Pan Asia Networking (IDRC) reviewing six mLearning pilot projects in the Philippines, Mongolia, Thailand, India and Bangladesh. It finds important evidence that mobile phones increased access to education, but much less evidence that they promoted new learning.