© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B © 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Speaker Name | Speaker Title March 2013 GAME ANALYSIS: Top 25 Zones of Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

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© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B A host of drivers are leading to a decline of the brick-and-mortar classroom model. Dramatic effects of climate change regularly displacing students and classrooms, increasing mobile connectivity, and open source e-learning platforms are just a few of the challenges to traditional classroom construction. These shifts, along with a wider acknowledgement of the value of anytime, anywhere learning, will lead innovators around the globe to explore the world of mobile micro- learning. This will mean breaking lessons into bite-sized learning bits and prompts to fulfill personal curiosity, course requirements, and certification programs—all from outside a physical classroom | Mobile Micro-Learning | Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

Education, or lack of access to education, was seen as a major barrier to finding pathways out of poverty during the Catalysts for Change game. Many players spent a large portion of the game discussing innovative ideas to create low-cost access to appropriate education. One player suggested a financial solution based on micro-scholarships while others thought of education models that went beyond the classroom to meet the needs of children within their individual circumstances. Many of the ideas coalesced around mobile micro- learning tools and curricula, replete with examples of organizations around the world already working in this space | Mobile Micro-Learning | From the Players © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

5 24 | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too* Philippines** *Cards have been lightly edited for readability. **Player location was self selected.

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 6 24 | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game Develop an SMS/mobile phone based literacy program to allow rapid transmission of developmental texts. USA Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too Philippines

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 7 24 | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game I like this idea! micro-coding courses on mobile... South Africa Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too Philippines Develop an SMS/mobile phone based literacy program to allow rapid transmission of developmental texts. USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 8 24 | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game Mobile Cresh India is an ex. of school that follows children from one construction site to another providing education USA Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too Philippines Develop an SMS/mobile phone based literacy program to allow rapid transmission of developmental texts. USA I like this idea! micro-coding courses on mobile... South Africa

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 9 24 | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game show a model and tool we are testing for a personal learning device - designed for girls in conflict zones Taiwan Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too Philippines Develop an SMS/mobile phone based literacy program to allow rapid transmission of developmental texts. USA I like this idea! micro-coding courses on mobile... South Africa Mobile Cresh India is an ex. of school that follows children from one construction site to another providing education USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game Have you seen hole in the wall? An internet connected computer placed in an Indian Slum with no intro, kids taught themselves...give access USA Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too Philippines Develop an SMS/mobile phone based literacy program to allow rapid transmission of developmental texts. USA I like this idea! micro-coding courses on mobile... South Africa Mobile Cresh India is an ex. of school that follows children from one construction site to another providing education USA show a model and tool we are testing for a personal learning device - designed for girls in conflict zones Taiwan

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game Microscholarships. What if a village pooled resources to fund 1 student a year who would pay them back once employed? Then 2 a year.Then 3.. Canada Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too Philippines Develop an SMS/mobile phone based literacy program to allow rapid transmission of developmental texts. USA I like this idea! micro-coding courses on mobile... South Africa Mobile Cresh India is an ex. of school that follows children from one construction site to another providing education USA show a model and tool we are testing for a personal learning device - designed for girls in conflict zones Taiwan Have you seen hole in the wall? An internet connected computer placed in an Indian Slum with no intro, kids taught themselves...give access USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B | Mobile Micro-Learning | Micro-forecasts from the Game Train internet café operators to be content curators as well. Online content is highly untapped. Link café ops to university interns too Philippines Develop an SMS/mobile phone based literacy program to allow rapid transmission of developmental texts. USA I like this idea! micro-coding courses on mobile... South Africa Mobile Cresh India is an ex. of school that follows children from one construction site to another providing education USA show a model and tool we are testing for a personal learning device - designed for girls in conflict zones Taiwan Have you seen hole in the wall? An internet connected computer placed in an Indian Slum with no intro, kids taught themselves...give access USA Microscholarships. What if a village pooled resources to fund 1 student a year who would pay them back once employed? Then 2 a year.Then 3.. Canada

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Signals from the Present | Mobile Micro-Learning

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 14 Equipped with solar power, the floating schools built by non-profit, Shidulai Swanirvar Sanstha, provide continues education to Bangladeshi children come monsoon or shine. Khan Academy Apps The Khan Academy, which offers thousands of free video micro-courses, provides apps for iOS and Windows 8 devices. These courses are so popular, however, that other developers—such as KhanApp and Irynsoft—have created their own versions, making the videos even more accessible. 24 | Mobile Micro-Learning | Signals from the Present Floating Schools Image Source: Image Source:

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 15 OLPC recently dropped a box of tablets in a village in Ethiopia without any instructions to see how much illiterate children could learn. Before long the children had not only learned the English alphabet, but had hacked the tablets for increased functionality. 24 | Mobile Micro-Learning | Signals from the Present Using a Tablet, Illiterate Children Teach Themselves How to Read Image Source: