Transcript Mobile Learning

Prof. Dr. Son Vuong
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada
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Nguyễn Tất Thành University
HCM City, Vietnam
Digital Education Workshop
HCMC, 02/08/2014
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Outline
Intro to Sustainable Development (SD)
 Smart Rural via Mobile Learning and ICT
 SD Project Ideas: One Tablet per Farmer
 Conclusions
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Sustainable Development (SD)
Definition
Development that meets the need of
the present without compromising the
ability of the future generation to meet
their own needs.
(Brundtland, 1987)
World Commission on Environment and Development:
Our Common Future
Sustainable Development (SD)
Our Definition
= Innovative & Green Development
ICT
Mobile Learning
(VTS, 2014)
Elements of
Sustainable Development (SD)
Environment
Economy
Society
- World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
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Sustainable Development (SD)
Elements
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Biodiversity Environment
Materials
Energy
Biophysical interactions
• Money and capital
• Employment
• Technological growth
• Investment
• Market forces
Economy
• Human diversity
(cultural, linguistic,
ethnic)
• Equity
• Quality of life
• Institutional struct.
and organization
• Political structures
Society
- World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
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The Healthy Community Model
SOCIETY
HEALTH
Green
ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENT
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Sustainable Development (SD)
Our Definition
= Innovative & Green Development
ICT
Mobile Learning
[VTS, 2014]
= Economic Development (Innovative)
+ Environment Protection (Green)
+ Social Reform (Quality of life)
+ People’s Empowerment (Equity)
transformed
G-System
Human
Things
Environment
EcoSystem
G-System
Green, Global, Glory
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The biggest challenge in 21 century
 Basic elements- water, foods, health,
environment.
 332 millions people could be homeless
 400 millions people facing malaria
 600 millions people facing innutrition
 1,8 billion people facing shortage of
water in 2080
 Serious ecological crisis in South Asia and
North China
 Nick Stern www.sternreview.org.uk
◦ Annual Cost and risks = 5% GDP
◦ Expenses on reducing GHGs = 1% GDP
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10 most vulnerable countries include:
◦ Bangladesh, Myanmar, Honduras, Viet Nam, Nicaragua,
Haiti, India, Dominican, Philippine and China
◦ Low –income countries: The poor suffer most
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1990 – 2008 period:
◦ 11.000 floods, typhoons, droughts
◦ 600.000 dead
◦ Economic loss: US$ 1,700 billions
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3,000 km
coast line
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Sea level
rises as
the key
impact
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Sea level rises 20 cm in the last 50 years
500 dead per year
US$ 1.5 billion (1,5% of annual GDP)
80% farmers living in rural areas with agriculture
livelihood
Threats for millennium objectives, sustainable
development and poverty reduction
The poor suffer twice
Vietnam is the second biggest rice exporter
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Scenario 1: If the rise is
65 cm- 12.8% of
Mekong River Delta will
be covered
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Scenario 2: Sea level rises 33
cm in 2050 and 100 cm in the
next 100 years
◦ 90 % of Mekong River Delta
will be covered. (40,000 sq.
km) .
◦ 5% of total land will be
covered
◦ 11% of households become
homeless
◦ 5% rice production decreased
(5 millions ton)
◦ 10 % of GDP will be lost
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Education
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Education
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UN Millennium Development Goals were
committed to by every country in 2000
In 2015, every country will have committed to
Sustainable Development Goals, reflecting both
advances, gaps as well as emerging
opportunities
Research for Sustainable Development is a
framework currently
This will be the new paradigm for international
cooperation in research at all levels: R4SD
IT, mobile computing, esp. mobile learning
plays a dominant role.
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A vast new opportunity
Rise of mobile devices in developing countries
unprecedented phenomenon (in spread of a
suite of tech- in scale and pace)
Many developing countries consider mobility a
new “frontier” in economic development
A number of requirements can only be
addressed through blends of local and global
innovations
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Interaction
Connected Group
Reed Law (2n)
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Level of Interaction
Individual
Metcalfe Law (n2)
Smart
Content
Content
User
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Information
User Generated
Content
12 Consumer products
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Industrial
Vehicular
telemetric
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Residential
Computers
&
commercial buildings
Shipping automation
logistics
50 Years
Time
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Smartphones generate > half of mobile data traffic
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Smartphones/tablets exceeded PC sales
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Number of Days to Reach 1 Million Units Sold
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iPad
74
iPhone
180
Netbook
300
Blackberry
360
iPod
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Connected Mobility 24/7
3 Billions
200 Millions
(5B downloads)
Exponential Growth and Heterogeneity of Media Contents and Services
Media Consumption across all Screens at Record Pace
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The Rise of Mobile Broadband
To enable x10 (speed) x10 (devices) x10 (industries)
Number of end devices and contents
increases exponentially
Connected Devices
Tablet and Smartphone
Laptop and Cellphone
Anything that can be connected
will be connected
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In 2013, mobile devices passed PCs as the most
common Web access tools. By 2015, over 80% of
handsets in mature markets will be smart phones.
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LePlaza
EVENT
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LePlaza – Location-based recommendation
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Mobile Learning
Cloud-assisted Mobile Search
Scalable Mobile Object Search with Contextual Mobility
Media Cloud
Large-Scale Object Database
Mobile Inputs
Media Processing\Multimodal Mobile Search Engine
Mobile Social Network
Data Collection\Indexing
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cross-selling
503 Reviews
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nearby stores
product details & reviews
coupons
Mobile Inputs
Media Processing\Multimodal Mobile Search Engine
Mobile Social Network
Data Collection\Indexing
…
recommendations
Allergies
Viral
Bacterial
Fungi
Stress
ailment classification
consultation
Mobile Inputs
Media Processing\Multimodal Mobile Search Engine
Mobile Social Network
Data Collection\Indexing
120,000,000
98,223,980
100,000,000
74,872,310
80,000,000
60,000,000
Subscribers
45,024,048
40,000,000
20,000,000
18,892,480
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Dec-06
Dec-07
Dec-08
Dec-09
Year
Number of mobile phone subscribers (Source: White Book on Vietnam’s ICT 2010)
3 Giai Đoạn Canh Tác
1.Tiền canh tác
2. Canh tác
3. Hậu canh tác
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1. Truy cập thông tin và kiến thức nông nghiệp
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2. Trao đổi thông tin: nông dân - nông dân
nông dân - chuyên gia
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3. E-commerce (và M-commerce):
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4. Hệ thống thông tin địa lý (GIS):
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5. Mạng cảm biến không dây
(Wireless sensor networks)
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6. Tự động hoá (Automation)
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7. Truy cập giáo dục đào tạo
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Mobile Learning via
Improves Lives
Dr. Son Vuong
LIVES Mobile Corp. (LMC)
Spin-off from University of British Columbia (UBC)
In Partnership with
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
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Illiterate or semiliterate individuals
(20% world
population)
Learning in parallel
with daily life
Primarily in rural area
(empowerment)
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Mobile Server via MiniPC and WiFi
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Mobile Class
Green Education
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GREEN EDUCATION LE ANH
(GELA)
Website: ge.edu.vn ĐT: 0919250044
• Green IT English
• Đào tạo nguồn nhân lực IT
• Đào tạo nguồn nhân lực cao
• Đào tạo mẩu giáo sáng tạo
HỌC THEO NHÓM
MOBILE CLASS
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Mobile Server
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Providing services using basic and smart phones
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Hybrid online/offline services
◦ Access to net is advancing but not fast enough
◦ Access shifting to mobile devices (Meeker, May 2014)
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Mobile devices to distribute goods and deliver
services
◦ m-PESA (mobile payment): “scratch on the surface”
◦ Farming and health are big sectors
◦ Education at all levels (mobile learning): even bigger
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LMC-UBC: LIVES+ demonstrated in principle
the use of basic phones and smart
phones/tablets for interactive awareness
raising among farmers
LMC-COL: Aptus (tested in 15 countries)
shows the potential of “Mobile Server”
◦ For distribution of digital documents and videos
in ‘000s to users/students in “unconnected” areas
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Opportunities for young professionals in
US/Canada to visit frontline RD centers in
developing world
Young professionals in US/Canada get to
work with current and emerging leaders in
R4SD in developing countries
Basis for future recruitment to Universities
and for new business collaboration
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UBC via MITACS in partnership with LMC and
COL could bid for a project with Canada
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development (DFATD)
Focus on mobile learning: mobility for
enhancing access to education (formal and
non-formal) and training (skill-oriented)
Participating countries (e.g. Vietnam) and
institutions (NTTU and VNU) can be identified
based on DFATD, MITACS and NAFOSTED
priorities
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COL: a huge network of development partners
across 53 countries, built and sustained over
the last 25 years
◦ Training & capacity building: core strengths
Four Ministers of Education on COL’s Board
LMC-COL: Mobile Servers
LMC-UBC: Suite of technologies in mobility
Oher partners ? NTTU, VNU, ICST
Sponsors ?: DFATD, NAFOSTED, MOET, MOST
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Conclusions
Mobile Learning (ML) increases interactive
awareness among farmers
 Mobile Learning (e.g.LIVES) improves lives
 ML improves empowerment (thus equity)
 Mobile devices allow for goods and services
access/delivery
 ML essenial for life-long learning (L3)
 Weather forecast notification, emergency alerts
 Mobile Learning essential for SD in Vietnam
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Challenges
Technical challenges: infrastructure, cost, hdw/sw
 International collaboration
 Policy (mobile payment, mobile commerce)
 Acceptance and penetration of ML to farmers
 Vietnam committed to SD (economy, healthcare,
education, agro-forestry, tourism, eGov, etc.)
 Need concerted efforts, projects and initiatives
 Mobile Learning essential for SD in Vietnam
 Key to enabling globalization and SD movement
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 The
best way to predict the
future is to invest it
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BSEE Cal State U, Sacto, MEng CarletonU, PhD, U. Waterloo
Lecturer/Assistant Professor, U Waterloo, 1980-82
Joined UBC/CS since 1982
Director of Networks and Internet Computing Lab (NICLab)
(Co)Author over 200 papers, Supervise 80 MSc/PhD theses
Co-edited three books, including “Recent Advances in
Distributed Multimedia Systems” published in 1999
Co-Leader of $30M CAD GISST NCE Proposal (2000)
(Co)chair and (Co)organizer of 12 international conferences
(iThings’13, ICCASA’13, NCAS’11, Multimedia’08, DMS’08,
NOMS’06, DMS'97, ICDCS'95, PSTV'94, FORTE'89, IWPTS'88).
Consultant for the Canadian Government: Department of
Communications (DOC), Department of Industry (DOI)
Board of Directors for companies, including Confederal
Networks (ConfedNet) and LIVES Mobile Corp.
Vice President of NTT University in 2013
Lifetime Professor Emeritus at UBC since 04/2014
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