The mobile classroom is an innovative concept. It is already being used by one of the super 30 teachers for hosting classroms in gaya. But there are some concerns like:
To tech a group of students, a classroom is still needed. If you aim to achieve it through mobile value added service then you have to have an agreement with the mobile companies and mobile content service providders which is quiet costly.Nextly, such utilatarian services are completly missing in India so there is a "blue ocean" potential provided it is backed by a sound strategy and marketing. If you plan to use any such concepts you can count me in, i can develop the strategy, but negotiating with mobile companies and mobile content service providders is still a hectic job and some sort of NGO help is needed. I am aware of UNESCO "continuing education plan"where they need innovative technology to impart education, for more details you may contact the UNESCO office in Patna. The other problem is teaching if its going something like a person giving lectures on phone then the quality is a concern else if you plan to bradcast it over the mobile channels then you may need sophesticated technologies for preparing the content and then relaying it over the network. However, for this choice you may consider to tie up with an mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). MVNO buys telephone connections (usually in millions) to proveide services in areas where the actual mobile company cannot or doesnot want to start operations due to fierce compition or other beaurocratic problems, but still finance is a concern here. Else you may use a short wave radio transmission something like amateur radio which is very cost effective and doesnt costs much. Let me know what you think. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Swagat Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 'A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions' > > Half a billion young Indians is a lot of people. > > No way there are going to be so many classrooms - ever. > > so... > > 1) What if we put the classroom in a bus... and wire it up ? > > 2) Why not create a 'virtual' computer using a mobile phone processor, > pen drive and TV out, and load it with Linux and Open source > educational software ? > > Some ideas on the subject here : > > http://tinyurl.com/class-without-walls > > Some resources to begin with : > > http://tinyurl.com/2800-free-education-tools > > I look forward to ideas and feedback from people on this forum :) > > Best wishes, > > Swagat Sen > > http://www.ryze.com/go/Swagatsen > >
