This paper is part of the UNESCO Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning. The Series seeks to better understand how mobile technologies can be used to improve educational access, equity and quality around the world. It comprises fourteen individual papers that will be published throughout 2012.
The Series is divided into two broad subsets: six papers examine mobile learning initiatives and their policy implications, and six papers examine how mobile technologies can support teachers and improve their practice.
This paper reviews and compares the most relevant ongoing initiatives on the use of mobile phones to support teachers and improve teaching practices in Latin America. Three major projects were identified that aim to provide in-class support for teachers via mobile phones. The paper analyses these projects in depth to determine key factors for success, sustainability and growth. An additional eighteen initiatives were found that used different mobile technologies, were short-term or small in scale, or focused on learning outside the formal school system. The paper describes each of these projects in brief and compares their most salient features.
To access existing and forthcoming titles in the Series, please see:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/m4ed/mobile-learning-resources/unescomobilelearningseries/