2009: a year in review
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An overview of what I did in 2009 as the 21st Century Learning Fellow at the Shuttleworth FoundationTRANSCRIPT
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2009: A year in review
Steve Vosloo 21st Century fellow, Shuttleworth Foundation
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I focussed on mlearningWhy?
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90% of SA’s urban youth have access to a mobile phone
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This has changed the way they socialise, play and communicate
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Schools ban mobile phones, press coverage is biased -- opportunities are lost
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Very few teachers see the potential of mlearning
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But mobile phones are incredibly powerfulWeb access is increasingly mobile primary Huge potential for learning -- not being exploited
So, I did 3 things ...
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1. Raised awareness of mlearning
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2. Documented mlearning
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3. Researched mobiles for literacy
51%Households in SA without a single leisure book
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Would our teens read novels on their phones like in Japan?Can mobile phones alleviate the chronic shortage of books?
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Kontax: an m-novel
• www.kontax.mobi (WAP-enabled phones or computer browser) and MXit
• Aimed at 14-17 year olds
• Written in English and isiXhosa (world first)
• 21 days, 21 chapters
• Embedded in a lite social network
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>10,000 reads>300 comments>1,500 ideas
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“It's great ... for me it really hard to pick up a book to start readin but i don mind readin on my phone” (dotty1)
“Awsum :) Im realy nt much of a reader but reading of my phone jst seems alot easier...and co0ler! :)” (Gucci)
“Am not a person who reads books,so i only dd this 2 check hw a book on da web wil b like.So its not bad, and am lookin 4ward 2 chapter 2.” (Slize)
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"The more exposure you have to the written word [including txtspk] the more literate you become and we tend to get better at things that we do for fun"
Beverly Plester, Coventry University
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Findings
• Most digital writing takes place on mobile phones (but it’s short, like SMS)
• Most reading takes place on mobile phones or on paper
• Teens want to write their own pieces (poems, lyrics, stories, etc.)
• The isiXhosa version was popular
• Strong correlation between language choice and communication mode
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Coverage and awards
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Mobile phones are a viable platform for distributing books and enabling reader participation
This removes the barrier of printing costs, putting information back into the hands of the people
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Opportunities for 2010
• More stories. There are only 3 m-novels in SA. We need a “mobile library” —full of public domain titles for access via mobile phones
• Grow Kontax: more readers and more languages, e.g. م رواية 故事 история.
A successful m-novel is a powerful way to promote mpublishing
• A platform for self-publishing to get teens writing
• Invite teachers to use m-novels in the classroom
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Contact me
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