 Good day everybody and welcome to the Moka Mobile Learning. My name is Aga Palales and I'm talking to you from Toronto, Canada. I've been teaching in the classroom as well as e-learning and blended learning environment for over 20 years. My M learning experience goes back to my doctoral research when I studied in depth the principles and possibilities of mobile learning. Since then I've been heavily involved in mobile learning as a mobile learning specialist, lecturer, consultant, instructional designer and the researcher of mobile learning. I've been working both in North America, mainly in Canada, as well as globally, both in developed and developing countries. Currently, I'm working on a cross-cultural project in Ghana, for example, amongst many other M learning tasks and projects. Now, I've shared my knowledge of mobile learning and e-learning through regular local international conferences and presentations over 20 in the last five years, as a matter of fact, as well as book chapters and articles, journal articles. I've written 12 of those since 2009. I've been also teaching a number of workshops and webinars on mobile learning. That has contributed to my strong involvement and recognition in the professional and academic environments communities. In terms of my research in the area of mobile learning, these are some of my current research interests with a lot of emphasis on mobile and blended learning in the developing countries, as well as mobile assisted language learning solutions. Not to forget design principles for effective mobile learning and expanding learning outside of the classroom into the field using mobile learning technologies. And yes, those mobile learning technologies are pervasive and ubiquitous. Just by looking at the numbers of mobile subscriptions worldwide and those forecasted for 2020, we see that the mobile technology is becoming more accessible across the world. Not all mobile phones in our learners' pockets are currently smartphones or tablets, but the trend towards smart tools is growing and it fuels our thinking forward and the design of learning today and for the future. With over 7 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, mobile technology penetration is racing ahead and so is the availability of new mobile technological solutions, cheaper handsets, mobile learning services, apps, as well as the mobile learning content suppliers. At the same time, the needs of our learners to introduce innovation in their learning and in the learning teaching relationship have been shifting alongside with the technology advancements. The learners are ready for mobile learning. As this chart indicates, our learners are more than ready for mobile learning. One of many indicators of that trend would be the fact that according to the EDUCAS study in 2012, the number of North American students using smartphones for learning increased by 5,545% between the year 2004 and 2012, whereas the corresponding number of desktop computers used for learning decreased by 48% in the same years. These numbers are based on the research study conducted in the US and Canada. However, they are not far off compared to other developed countries and soon also the developing nations. Now that the tools seem to be increasingly available both to the teachers and learners worldwide, I'd like to emphasize the importance of the educational aspects of mobile learning and training. I'd like to invite all of you to my webinars in this MOOC that will focus on the educational dimensions of mobile learning. I will talk about the mobile learning ecosystem, its pedagogy, design principles for mobile learning, social networking, educational mobile apps, as well as best practices in mobile assisted language learning. I will then go to discuss the anatomy of the handset and speech technologies and how to use them in teaching and learning. See you there. And once again, welcome to the MOOC on mobile learning.