1 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

2 Contents A.Literacy through Mobile Phones (Pakistan) B.Open Education for Lifelong Learning

3 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

4 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

5 2. How was the project implemented? ①Refresh basic literacy course (1 st M) ②Learning how to use mobile phones and Starting to receive and send SMS (2 nd M) ③Receiving and sending SMS, read and practice on the working book (2 nd – 5 th M) ④Reporting to literacy centers and having Weekly/Monthly Examination (2 nd – 5 th M)

6 3. Results C: 0-50 B: A: n=100

7 3. Results C: 0-50 B: A: n=125

8 3. Results C: 0-50 B: A: n=25

9 4. Costs ( main items for a learner) Mobile Phone $ 33 SIM card $ messages sent (4 months) $ 7.2 Sending messages (4 months)$ 4.8 Hiring a teacher (5 months per head)$ 7.2 Total $ 55.2

10 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

11 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

12 B. Open Education for Lifelong Learning

13 1. Open source/contents with voluntarism 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper: ICT infrastructure 3. Implications to promote open education for Lifelong Learning

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20 Books 1. Open Source

21 NewspapersMagazines Other contents

22 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT Cell phone subscriptions Internet users Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2010, ITU.

23 WiMAX LTE 4G 3G ? Wi-Fi ? Edge ? Infrastructure 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT

24 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT Source: UNDP (1999), Human Development Report 1999, p. 30. Costs of communication, transportation, hardware

25 Devises 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT

26 Devises 2. Quicker, Wider, Cheaper ICT

27 3. Implications to Promote LLL

28 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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