1. MOBILE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
Lorenzo Cantoni
Marta Pucciarelli
Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland)
NewMinE – New Media in Education Lab ¦ www.newmine.org

2. A broad overview
• Learning, Education & Communication
• Throughout history…
• Up to mobile devices
▫ Delivery channel
▫ Content
 In- & out-put
▫ Context
 Space
 Time
▫ Communication
 Collaboration

3. Formal & informal
• Formal
▫ Learner/Teacher
▫ Institution
▫ Structure
▫ Certification
• Non-formal & Informal
• The case of Tourism
▫ UGC
▫ Collaboration
▫ Search & JiT

4. Four projects
• eTreasure
• «Travel machine»
• Mobile app for UNESCO World Heritage Sites
• New biz model for city wi-fi connection
• www.webatelier.net

5. People
A few caveats
• Information is not knowledge
• Information transfer is not (yet) learning
▫ To «make sense»
▫ Digesting more than adding individual bricks to a wall
▫ The role of collaboration
• People +
Contents +
Strategies
Strategies = Contents / goals
Learning Experience

6. Mobile Learning can be...
UGC & CITIZEN JOURNALISM

7. Mobile A2K
CULTURE & SAFETY in AFRICA
1. How cultural events and public art affect urban safety in African cities?
2. Can we assess these changes as positive according to a group of factors?
Mobile Access to Knowledge: Culture and Safety in Africa. Documenting and assessing the impact of cultural events and public art on urban safety is a project coordinated by
SUPSI, conceived and supported by lettera27 Foundation and co-funded by SNIS

8. The City of Douala

9. Safety and Security
In Douala, 60% of citizens feel insecure in their
district as well as in their homes.
• scams
• drinking water
• pick pocketing
• industrial pollution
• burglary of home
• diseases
• physical aggression
• damages created by
• armed robbery
seasonal rains
• domestic violence
• rape

10. Public art and cultural events
40 permanent urban interventions including:
• public art installations
• street furniture
• design signposts to historical landmarks
• architectural interventions
• flag’art.

12. Corp d’eau

16. Mobile Access to Knowledge...
And Knowledge Sharing!

18. MOBILE A2K INTERFACE
http://www.mobilea2k.org/
Three content layers:
1- Cultural Heritage of
Douala
2- Safety and Security
3- Tourist pathways

19. Thanks for your attention
Any questions?
New Media in Education Laboratory, USI, Lugano
www.newmine.org
Lorenzo Cantoni: lorenzo.cantoni@usi.ch
Marta Pucciarelli: marta.pucciarelli@usi.ch