In a proclamation made at the end of December last year, Barack Obama named January 2011 as "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month." President Obama said, "Our nation was founded on the enduring principles of equality and freedom for all. As Americans, it is our solemn responsibility to honor and uphold this legacy."

"Yet, around the world and even within the United States, victims of modern slavery are deprived of the most basic right of freedom. During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we rededicate ourselves to preventing and ending human trafficking, and we recognize all who continue to fight this serious human-rights violation."

To help in this campaign against "trafficking in persons" (TIP), ADL, the Advanced Distributed Learning initiative, organised a pilot learning programme - known as the "Mobile TIP course" - delivered via mobile devices to showcase the efficiency of mobile learning in targeting just- in-time and on-the-field training needs for DoD staff on the move around the world. Among the companies contributing to this pilot was eXact learning solutions, which specialises in developing mobile learning solutions and content.

eXact learning solutions produced two versions of the mobile content, using its new eXact Mobile 2.0 platform to produce, store, and distribute learning packages conforming to SCORM 1.2 "lite sequencing", with GEO location capability and a built-in interface to third- party LMSs.