Learning Academy Worldwide 

Projects in South Africa and Sweden include online classes, instructional plan  and design, research,  and teacher development.

Current/Scheduled

1 August 2011 - 30 July 2012

Math Teacher support for Mobile Learning at South African high school

1 August 2010 - 30 July 2012

MInternship for South African project assistant for credits with Taletso Further Education and Training College in South Africa

Conferences

• Mobile Learning introduction for 10 schools in Gauteng Education Department (District 11) - 18 July 2011
  

• Technology-based options for burn victims care initiative in Cape Town. 15 September, 2010

• Teacher Training - De Rust Futura Academy, Grabouw, 16 September, 2010

• Mobile Learning for Senior Secondary Schools - Potchefstroom Campus of North West University 17-18 September, 2010

• Mobile Learning for Intermediate Phases for Gauteng Department of Education's District 11 - 27 September, 2010

• The M-Ubuntu Project presentation at South Africa's national Eduweek conference. Johannesburg, 28-30 September 2010

• Mobile Learning and Literacy- Reading Association of South Africa's national conference. 1-3 October, 2010

• Mobile learning's potency for  basic human rights advocacy - The Literacy Campaign at Frankfurt Book Fair, 4-5 October, 2010
  



Instructional Plans

• Studying South African literature for mobile learning projects
  
• Liaising with Digw in collaborative exploration of technology-based learning projects for teacher use

Research

• Identifying criteria for text selection
• Reading South African and Swedish texts
• Identifying ideas in texts

Teacher Development

On-site work with District 11 of the Gauteng Department of Education in South Africa: 

• Needs Analysis
• Dealing with reading deificiencies
• How to use discussions in class
• Supplying resources and textbooks.
• Technology-based learning
• Mobile Learning