Spring Newsletter

Communities Embrace Mobile Learning for Teachers

This past fall, 200 DIL Math and English teachers received smart phones loaded with applications and lessons to help them gain a better command over the content they teach.

Eighty-two percent of the participating teachers found the lessons to be useful. According to one participant, “First I was a bit skeptical about mobile learning, but after going through today’s orientation it is now clear to me that this cell phone is beneficial.”

In order to reach this important project milestone, the project team first needed to understand local perceptions about using mobile devices as learning tools. Through survey and focus group discussions, community members, parents and teachers shared their views, perceptions and thoughts on education, mobile learning and capacity building of teachers.

The two-year Mobile Learning Project initiative was made possible by funding from USAID.