It is well known that mobile phone usage is pretty much ubiquitious across large swathes of the world. However devices ever increasing in power and functionality can they help address the 'Digtial Divide'? A report, featured in BBC News, from the United Nations (UN) suggests so.
Mobile Phones have several distinct advantages as means of connectivity in parts of the world where fixed wire infrastructures might be hard to maintain because of issues such as: conflicts, environmental issues and poverty.
For education this might suggest several opportunities to make use of these in learning. Learners in remote communities might be able to make use of mobile connectivity to improve their learning by accessing tutors in larger cities or universities for example. Projects like the 'One Laptop Per Child' initiative already recognise this but mobile phones with improved computing power might also offer another alternative for consideration.
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