possibility of open education for lifelong learning
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Possibility of Open Education for Lifelong Learning . Ichiro Miyazawa Programme Specialist UNESCO Bangkok Vietnam Forum on Lifelong Learning: Building A Learning Society Hanoi, 6-8 December 2010 . Contents. Literacy through Mobile Phones (Pakistan) Open Education for Lifelong Learning. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Possibility of Open Education for Lifelong Learning
Ichiro Miyazawa Programme Specialist
UNESCO Bangkok
Vietnam Forum on Lifelong Learning: Building A Learning Society
Hanoi, 6-8 December 2010
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Contents
A. Literacy through Mobile Phones (Pakistan)
B. Open Education for Lifelong Learning
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A. Literacy through Mobile Phones
1. Why mobile phone for Literacy in Pakistan? 2. How was the project implemented? 3. Results ?4. Costs? 5. Challenges 6. Lesson learnt
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1. Why mobile phones for literacy in Pakistan
60 million illiterates Wider gender gap (M 63% F 36%) Low efficiency of traditional literacy approaches Relapse into illiteracy
100 million mobile phone subscribers Communication is fun and habitual Anytime and Anywhere, possible to learn
Mobile phone and SMS
Literacy
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2. How was the project implemented?
① Refresh basic literacy course (1st M)
② Learning how to use mobile phones and Starting to
receive and send SMS (2nd M)
③ Receiving and sending SMS, read and practice on the
working book (2nd – 5th M)
④ Reporting to literacy centers and having
Weekly/Monthly Examination (2nd – 5th M)
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3. Results
C: 0-50 B: 51-69 A: 70-100 n=100
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3. Results
C: 0-50 B: 51-69 A: 70-100 n=125
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3. Results
C: 0-50 B: 51-69 A: 70-100 n=25
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4. Costs ( main items for a learner)
Mobile Phone $ 33 SIM card $ 3 600 messages sent (4 months) $
7.2 Sending messages (4 months) $
4.8 Hiring a teacher (5 months per head)$ 7.2
Total $
55.2
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5. Challenges
Cultural and traditional barriers Limitation of messages in SMS (160 scripts) Difficulty in typing Urdu Security situations in Pakistan Calls from unknown men
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6. Lesson learnt
Habit of communication on written messages Strong confidence of getting literate and being
connected among them Sharing learning with family members (sisters,
mothers) Enhanced Security of youth and women The devise is supplemental
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B. Open Education for Lifelong Learning
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1. Open source/contents with voluntarism
2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper: ICT infrastructure
3. Implications to promote open education for Lifelong Learning
1. Open Source (1)
1. Open Source (2)
1. Open Source (3)
1. Open Source (4)
1. Open Source (5)
1. Open Source (6)
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Books1. Open Source
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Newspapers Magazines
Other contents
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2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT
Cell phone subscriptions Internet users
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2010, ITU.
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WiMAX
LTE
4G
3G ?
Wi-Fi ?
Edge ?
Infrastructure 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT
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2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT
Source: UNDP (1999), Human Development Report 1999, p. 30.
Costs of communication, transportation, hardware
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Devises 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT
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Devises 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT
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3. Implications to Promote LLL
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3. Implications to Promote LLL
Create a global open source/ site of LLL Effective usages of ICT devises Global / regional networks to be established
and strengthened Continuous awareness raising on LLL
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