Articles in: Literacy

m4Lit: a teen m-novel project in South Africa

October 16, 2009

This is a draft paper to be presented at mLearn 2009, Florida, USA, about the m4Lit project. Abstract: The m4Lit (mobile phones for literacy) pilot project will create a mobile novel (m-novel),…

Written by: Steve Vosloo

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Kontax, a teen m-novel in a local African language

October 16, 2009

(Source: Shuttleworth Foundation, CC-BY) On 30 September 2009, the world’s first mobile novel – or m-novel – published in both English and isiXhosa was launched. Kontax, a teen mystery…

Written by: Steve Vosloo

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Txt savvy 4 2morrow

July 13, 2009

Txt savvy 4 2morrow is a piece that I wrote for the Mail & Guardian’s The Teacher (print edition, 1 July 2009). The article considers how mobile phone texting might not be so detrimental…

Written by: Steve Vosloo

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