Abstract— Teachers play a significant role in the successful integration of ICT in education. Providing teachers with adequate ICT skills will improve teachers’ confidence in using ICT in the school curriculum. In Indonesia, teachers’ participation in training is limited due to training location, time, cost, and opportunity. This paper proposes an ICT training program for teachers using mobile phones as a solution for these problems. The proposed program is suitable to different platforms and providing structured training, comprehensive content of ICT training and certification of completion.

Index Terms— Teachers, ICT training, mobile learning, mobile phones.

I. K. Yusri is with School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia, on leave from Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang, Makassar, Indonesia (email: iin.yusri@flinders.edu.au). R. Goodwin is with School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia (email: robert.goodwin@flinders.edu.au)

Cite: Iin Karmila Yusri and Robert Goodwin, " Mobile Learning for ICT Training: Enhancing ICT Skill of Teachers in Indonesia," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 293-296, 2013.