a ppt on mobile projects that the Institute of Tropical Medicine is involved in and linked to social media.

1. M-Nomads: creating a mobile oasis with social media by Inge de Waard

2. Today's emerging mobile learning industry is open for exploration

3. eLearning developers & providers need to join the mobile caravan “ You must be the change you wish to see” - Gandhi

4. Where to start ? How do we motivate ourself and others?

5. Your mobile goals are within reach if you gather around the oasis "Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. " --Bette Davis

6. Engage in mobile projects and create a tribe of explorers

8. Research based on simple data exchange: FAMACHA anaemia

9. analyze before setting up a mobile project Target Group Build on what exists Cost

10. incorporate all the participants Sms Delimiters Sms: 8431,1,3,2,1,3,2,4,2 farmer cattle eye data

11. Assure benefits for all Mobile data connection: great for statistical, rural research!

12. Telemedicine

13. Be inspired by student centered learning and interactivity Active learning techniques benefit all

14. Provide content that is cross platform

15. Know the conditions or needs that your learners face Wimax asp programming

16. connect and spread the message Mobile discussion fora: great for peer to peer knowledge exchange! Give those in need the tools to set-up a project

17. eSCART online courses Different media suit different learners’ skills

18. Redesign existing strong projects eXelearning.org Javascript Html & CSS

20. Make learning a multi-sensory experience

23. Use social media to motivate learners Last_FM

24. Use social media to motivate learners

25. Use social media to motivate learners

26. group benefits: create a global tribe

29. Use wikis to enhance social interaction in mobile projects read/write edit publish

30. Use wikis to enhance social interaction in mobile projects Blade wiki : personal mobile wiki Tiki wiki : mobile wiki We used a wiki with all the teachers to follow up on the development of e-courses

32. Don’t be a lonely nomad: make your profile known

33. Use your profile to connect to people facebook LinkedIn cv Flickr mobile photos

34. Use your profile to connect to people Del.icio.us

37. Do it! & keep it small See result: www.youtube.com/profile?user=cyberinge Send video to: [email_address] See the result on: http://twitter.com/rhl_mobile Log in to twitter.com: User: Rhl_mobile Pw: ilikeyou See the result on www.flickr.com/photos/14189102@N05/ Send a mail to: [email_address] Why? To share movies that could help discussing a case or study Why? To share progress or interesting links Why? To share photos of cases or projects

38. Will you be able to create your own mobile knowledge oasis?

39. Will your projects die through lack of motivation?

40. Engage in mobile projects and create a mobile tribe

41. Mobile projects will put your knowledge on the map So join the mobile caravan

42. Contact me Email: idewaard@ itg.be Blog: ignatiawebs.blogspot.com Del.icio.us: http:// del.icio.us/ignatia linkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/B09/452 Twitter: http:// twitter.com/Ignatia