UNESCO-Fazheng Project on Best Practices in Mobile Learning

Mobile learning is often kept on the periphery of teaching and learning in classrooms. To succeed, mobile learning initiatives must be purposeful and adequately planned as part of school-wide, holistic approaches. The project aims to:

• identify, analyze and assess holistic best practices in mobile learning at the school level
• inform policy-makers and practitioners about lessons learned in other schools and countries and conduct consultations on promoting school-wide mobile learning models
• develop a framework in line with SDG4 that aims to guide the school-wide planning and the use of mobile learning

It also seeks to convene government representatives, education specialists, mobile learning experts, project managers, researchers, teachers, school leaders, and industry partners at international and regional conferences to share mobile learning innovations and strategies. The aim is to accelerate learning and formulate a framework to guide the future planning and establishment of e-schools.

Case Study Type #1: top-down mobile learning initiatives attempted by governments and ministries of education

• Enhancing social inclusion through innovative mobile learning in Uruguay
• mSchools: Transforming the education landscape in Catalonia through a systemic and inclusive mobile learning program
• Establishing a system for developing digitally mature schools in Croatia
• Classroom revolution through SMART education in the Republic of Korea

Case Study Type #2: grass root (bottom-up) initiatives implemented in schools

• Mobile Learning as a long-term institutional innovation strategy in Spain
• Mobile learning as a catalyst to global citizenship education in China
• Empowering students to become agents of social transformation through mobile learning in Brazil