The mobile phone could replace the blackboard in classrooms across Asia Pacific before long, a report on digital trends in the region has predicted.

In the Philippines, which sends more text messages than any country, the mobile phone and SMS are being used as the primary means for interactive learning. SMS is also being used to inform students of schedule changes, deadlines, examination regulations, grades, new courses and library resources.

In Indonesia and Mongolia the focus of e-learning innovation is also the mobile phone. Student groups and organisations use the mobile phone to publicise social activities, job fairs and book discounts as well as for voting in student elections.

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