DAY  (Thursday, 9 Aug 2007)  9am -10.30am
Opening Remarks by :

• PRINCIPLES AND THEORIES  IN DESIGNING  ELECTRONIC CONTENT FOR MOBILE LEARNING presented by Mustapha bin Mohd Hanafiah, Senior Consultant, Open University Malaysia
• THE EDUCATION SCENE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  presented by Prof Abdul Aziz Alsuhbd, Deputy Director General of ALECSON, Deputy Chairman of the Arab Network for Distance and Open Education, Professor of Adult Education, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, Ambassador of International Council for Distance Educationin the Arab Region.

WORKSHOP DETAILS : (11am – 4pm)
By Bob Sanregret, Chief Executive Officer, Hot Lava Software
Each attendee will take with them Hot Lava Software mobile learning design and authoring tools that they can then use after the conference.

This tutorial will focus on all aspects of mobile e-learning from authoring to publishing, delivery and tracking solutions This tutorial will review content development approaches for delivery to a  remote workforce. Utilization of Learning Mobile Author to generate cell phone, smart phone, Palm OS and Pocket PC delivered learning and knowledge solutions will be discussed and the tutorial's leaders will reference case studies involving corporate clients and partners.

This tutorial will also explore how mobile learning solutions can have an immediate impact on your organization today and revolutionize your business strategy for the future. In this tutorial you will learn how mobile learning is used by corporations and universities as an addition to instructor led and as stand alone knowledge solutions.

There were about 80 participants for the workshop session. All participants had to bring their own laptop. The 2 week complimentary software was downloaded and thereon they were guided step by step.