Mobile Learning for Sustainable Development

in Vietnam

Prof. Dr. Son VuongUniversity of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC Canadaand

Nguyễn Tất Thành University HCM City, Vietnam

Digital Education Workshop HCMC, 02/08/2014

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Mobile Learning for Sustainable Development

in Vietnam

Outline

Intro to Sustainable Development (SD) Smart Rural via Mobile Learning and ICT SD Project Ideas: One Tablet per Farmer Conclusions

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Sustainable Development (SD)

DefinitionDevelopment that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs.

(Brundtland, 1987)World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future

Sustainable Development (SD)

Our Definition= Innovative & Green Development

ICT Mobile Learning

(VTS, 2014)

Elements of Sustainable Development (SD)

Environment

Economy Society

- World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987 5

Environment

- World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

• Biodiversity• Materials• Energy• Biophysical interactions

Sustainable Development (SD)Elements

Economy Society

• Money and capital• Employment• Technological growth• Investment• Market forces

• Human diversity (cultural, linguistic, ethnic)

• Equity• Quality of life• Institutional struct. and organization• Political structures

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The Healthy Community Model

SOCIETY

ENVIRONMENT

ECONOMYHEALTH Green

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Sustainable Development (SD)

Our Definition= Innovative & Green Development

ICT Mobile Learning

[VTS, 2014]

= Economic Development (Innovative)

+ Environment Protection (Green)

+ Social Reform (Quality of life)

+ People’s Empowerment (Equity)

G-System vs Ecosystem

EcoSystem G-SystemGreen, Global, Glory

G-Systemtransformed

Human Things

Environment

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Climate change and global problem The biggest challenge in 21 century Basic elements- water, foods, health,

environment. 332 millions people could be homeless 400 millions people facing malaria 600 millions people facing innutrition 1,8 billion people facing shortage of water in 2080 Serious ecological crisis in South Asia and

North China Nick Stern www.sternreview.org.uk

◦ Annual Cost and risks = 5% GDP ◦ Expenses on reducing GHGs = 1% GDP

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Germanwatch – Report on Risk Index of Global CC 2010

10 most vulnerable countries include:◦ Bangladesh, Myanmar, Honduras, Viet Nam, Nicaragua,

Haiti, India, Dominican, Philippine and China◦ Low –income countries: The poor suffer most

1990 – 2008 period:◦ 11.000 floods, typhoons, droughts ◦ 600.000 dead◦ Economic loss: US$ 1,700 billions

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Most likely and serious Impacts

3,000 km coast line

Sea level rises as the key impact

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WB report - Problem from CC in Viet Nam Sea level rises 20 cm in the last 50 years 500 dead per year US$ 1.5 billion (1,5% of annual GDP) 80% farmers living in rural areas with agriculture

livelihood Threats for millennium objectives, sustainable

development and poverty reduction The poor suffer twice Vietnam is the second biggest rice exporter

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Coming Threats Scenario 1: If the rise is

65 cm- 12.8% of Mekong River Delta will be covered

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Threats for Viet Nam

Scenario 2: Sea level rises 33 cm in 2050 and 100 cm in the next 100 years◦ 90 % of Mekong River Delta

will be covered. (40,000 sq. km) .

◦ 5% of total land will be covered

◦ 11% of households become homeless

◦ 5% rice production decreased (5 millions ton)

◦ 10 % of GDP will be lost15

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Education

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Education

Sustainable Development (SD) Back on Agenda

UN Millennium Development Goals were committed to by every country in 2000

In 2015, every country will have committed to Sustainable Development Goals, reflecting both advances, gaps as well as emerging opportunities

Research for Sustainable Development is a framework currently

This will be the new paradigm for international cooperation in research at all levels: R4SD

IT, mobile computing, esp. mobile learning plays a dominant role.

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Mobility and Mobile Learning in Sustainable Development (SD) A vast new opportunity Rise of mobile devices in developing

countries unprecedented phenomenon (in spread of a suite of tech- in scale and pace)

Many developing countries consider mobility a new “frontier” in economic development

A number of requirements can only be addressed through blends of local and global innovations

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Smartphone Users

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Tablets Growth > PCs

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Tablet Users – Growth Ahead

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The Mega Trends for Internet

Information Time

Leve

l of

Inte

ract

ion

Interaction

Content User

Individual Metcalfe Law (n2)

User Generated Content

Connected Group Reed Law (2n)

Smart Content

??

0 50 Years

107 Computers108 Vehicular telemetric109 Residential & commercial buildings 1010 Industrial automation 1011 Shipping logistics1012 Consumer products

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Big Changes in Access Devices

Smartphones generate > half of mobile data traffic

Smartphones/tablets exceeded PC sales

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iPodBlackberry

NetbookiPhoneiPad

360

300

180

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Massive User Expectation Change

Number of Days to Reach 1 Million Units Sold

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The End State of Connectivity User’s Expected Quality of Experience Increases

Ubiquity, mobility, large content

200 Millions (5B downloads)

3 Billions

Exponential Growth and Heterogeneity of Media Contents and ServicesMedia Consumption across all Screens at Record Pace

Connected Mobility 24/7

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Connected Devices

Tablet and Smartphone

Laptop and Cellphone

The Rise of Mobile BroadbandTo enable x10 (speed) x10 (devices) x10 (industries)

Anything that can be connected will be connected

Number of end devices and contentsincreases exponentially

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Mobile Device Battles

In 2013, mobile devices passed PCs as the most common Web access tools. By 2015, over 80% of handsets in mature markets will be smart phones.

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LePlaza

EVENT

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LePlaza – Location-based recommendation

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Mobile Inputs

Media Processing\Multimodal Mobile Search Engine

Data Collection\IndexingMobile Social Network

Mobile LearningCloud-assisted Mobile Search

Scalable Mobile Object Search with Contextual MobilityMedia CloudLarge-Scale Object Database

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Mobile Inputs

Media Processing\Multimodal Mobile Search Engine

Data Collection\IndexingMobile Social Network

product details & reviews

nearby stores

coupons

cross-selling50

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Reviews

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Mobile Inputs

Media Processing\Multimodal Mobile Search Engine

Data Collection\IndexingMobile Social Network

recommendations

consultationailment classification

Fungi

ViralAllergies

Stress

Bacterial

z z z

…OTC

ICT Infrastructure in Vietnam - Facts

Dec-06 Dec-07 Dec-08 Dec-090

20,000,000

40,000,000

60,000,000

80,000,000

100,000,000

120,000,000

18,892,480

45,024,048

74,872,310

98,223,980

Subscribers

Year

Number of mobile phone subscribers (Source: White Book on Vietnam’s ICT 2010)

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh – Tổng Quan

1.Tiền canh tác 2. Canh tác 3. Hậu canh tác

3 Giai Đoạn Canh Tác

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh via ICT and Mobile Technologies

“One Tablet Per Farmer”

1. Truy cập thông tin và kiến thức nông nghiệp

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh via ICT and Mobile Technologies

“One Tablet Per Farmer”

2. Trao đổi thông tin: nông dân - nông dân nông dân - chuyên gia

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh via ICT and Mobile Technologies

“One Tablet Per Farmer”

3. E-commerce (và M-commerce):

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh via ICT and Mobile Technologies

“One Tablet Per Farmer”

4. Hệ thống thông tin địa lý (GIS):

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh via ICT and Mobile Technologies

“One Tablet Per Farmer”

5. Mạng cảm biến không dây (Wireless sensor networks)

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh via ICT and Mobile Technologies

“One Tablet Per Farmer”

6. Tự động hoá (Automation)

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh via ICT and Mobile Technologies

“One Tablet Per Farmer”

7. Truy cập giáo dục đào tạo

Dr. Son Vuong LIVES Mobile Corp. (LMC)

Spin-off from University of British Columbia (UBC)In Partnership with

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Improves Lives

Mobile Learning via

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LIVES Target

Illiterate or semi-literate individuals (20% world population)

Learning in parallel with daily life

Primarily in rural area (empowerment)

LIVES Experience

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Mobile Class

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Mobile Server via MiniPC and WiFi

Green Education

GREEN EDUCATION LE

ANH(GELA)

Website: ge.edu.vn ĐT: 0919250044

• Green IT English• Đào tạo nguồn nhân lực IT• Đào tạo nguồn nhân lực cao• Đào tạo mẩu giáo sáng tạo

HỌC THEO NHÓM MOBILE CLASS

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh Máy Tính Bảng (Tablets)

Một máy tính bảng cho mổi nông dân(One tablet per farmer)

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh Máy Tính Bảng (Tablets)

Các Chức năng

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Nông Thôn Thông Minh Máy Tính Bảng (Tablets) và Hạ Tầng (Infrastr)

Mobile Server

Key requirements for SD Providing services using basic and smart

phones

Hybrid online/offline services◦ Access to net is advancing but not fast enough◦ Access shifting to mobile devices (Meeker, May 2014)

Mobile devices to distribute goods and deliver services◦ m-PESA (mobile payment): “scratch on the surface”◦ Farming and health are big sectors◦ Education at all levels (mobile learning): even

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Focus on Mobility in SD LMC-UBC: LIVES+ demonstrated in

principle the use of basic phones and smart phones/tablets for interactive awareness raising among farmers

LMC-COL: Aptus (tested in 15 countries) shows the potential of “Mobile Server”◦ For distribution of digital documents and videos

in ‘000s to users/students in “unconnected” areas

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Mobility (Mobile Learning) Platform for Global Collaboration for SD

Opportunities for young professionals in US/Canada to visit frontline RD centers in developing world

Young professionals in US/Canada get to work with current and emerging leaders in R4SD in developing countries

Basis for future recruitment to Universities and for new business collaboration

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Initial project Idea UBC via MITACS in partnership with LMC

and COL could bid for a project with Canada Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD)

Focus on mobile learning: mobility for enhancing access to education (formal and non-formal) and training (skill-oriented)

Participating countries (e.g. Vietnam) and institutions (NTTU and VNU) can be identified based on DFATD, MITACS and NAFOSTED priorities

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LMC/UBC –COL-NTTU as Strategic Partners

COL: a huge network of development partners across 53 countries, built and sustained over the last 25 years◦Training & capacity building: core strengths

Four Ministers of Education on COL’s Board LMC-COL: Mobile Servers LMC-UBC: Suite of technologies in mobility Oher partners ? NTTU, VNU, ICST Sponsors ?: DFATD, NAFOSTED, MOET, MOST

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Mobile Learning for Sustainable Development

in VietnamConclusions

Mobile Learning (ML) increases interactive awareness among farmers Mobile Learning (e.g.LIVES) improves lives ML improves empowerment (thus equity) Mobile devices allow for goods and services access/delivery ML essenial for life-long learning (L3) Weather forecast notification, emergency alerts Mobile Learning essential for SD in Vietnam

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Mobile Learning for Sustainable Development

in VietnamChallenges

Technical challenges: infrastructure, cost, hdw/sw International collaboration Policy (mobile payment, mobile commerce) Acceptance and penetration of ML to farmers Vietnam committed to SD (economy, healthcare, education, agro-forestry, tourism, eGov, etc.) Need concerted efforts, projects and initiatives Mobile Learning essential for SD in Vietnam Key to enabling globalization and SD movement

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The best way to predict the future is to invest it

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Prof. Dr. Son Vuong’s Bio Sketch BSEE Cal State U, Sacto, MEng CarletonU, PhD, U. Waterloo Lecturer/Assistant Professor, U Waterloo, 1980-82 Joined UBC/CS since 1982 Director of Networks and Internet Computing Lab (NICLab) (Co)Author over 200 papers, Supervise 80 MSc/PhD theses Co-edited three books, including “Recent Advances in

Distributed Multimedia Systems” published in 1999 Co-Leader of $30M CAD GISST NCE Proposal (2000) (Co)chair and (Co)organizer of 12 international conferences

(iThings’13, ICCASA’13, NCAS’11, Multimedia’08, DMS’08, NOMS’06, DMS'97, ICDCS'95, PSTV'94, FORTE'89, IWPTS'88).

Consultant for the Canadian Government: Department of Communications (DOC), Department of Industry (DOI)

Board of Directors for companies, including Confederal Networks (ConfedNet) and LIVES Mobile Corp.

Vice President of NTT University in 2013 Lifetime Professor Emeritus at UBC since 04/2014