Advantages And Disadvantages Of Mobile Learning

Firstly, advancing of internet lead to convenient for students to receive informations which are able to influence students’ idea or view more directly. By giving lecture to impart knowledge, teachers’ forms of teaching are always monotonous for students to receive, although they can use projectors or hold some activities in class. By contrast, on the internet, informations appear as not only the forms of documents or articles, but also forms of audio, movies, cartons, computer games, pictures and motion graph. With multitude types of forms, students tend to choose the best way for themselves to understand and remember. Nowadays, it is impossible for us to live without internet, which means internet has already been full of the world, so that it is now affecting every people

Mobile Learning: It is very important for students to be in a position to learn from anywhere at any time. The education world is changing and many scholars are attending virtual classrooms. Online education is now becoming more popular than before, mobile phones have also helped in the growth of M-Learning (mobile learning). Unlike a computer, cell phones are light and easy to carry.

In earlier times, the acquisition and spreading of knowledge was not used to improve society. Instead, it was used to have control and to exclude certain groups. It may have been agreed that there needed to be a change in the way that the education system was set up. In her essay, “Project Classroom Makeover”, Cathy Davidson discusses how the “one size fits all” model of learning hinders students from learning in a new and modernized way. She suggests the notion that using technology to teach and learn can be effective in many ways. Davidson shows that using technology presents the opportunity for a traditional classroom to become more inclusive and creative. The “democratization of knowledge” is the improvement and modernization of how information is taught and learned. Having a modernized and advanced learning system is a vital point for students because they gain insight and experience with what is considered a society dominated by advanced technology. Since technology has become a dominant resource in the 21st century, it should be used as a teaching tool in order to produce educational, professional and overall success.

Mobile has revolutionized the education sector, if you get an iPod for free how will it? But first you have need to learn how to use it. Many Institutes in America have introduced programs for students that use these electronic gadgets for the purpose of learning which according to the author is called M-learning. Author states many students are now using these smartphones and other PDA’s containing different applications which are easily accessed to the Web-based services in different area of education like geology etc. Many Teachers and instructors have become familiar of it, so they are improvising such modules that

As students strive to immerse themselves with one topic, they may have to encounter different modal of literacies. Teachers should introduce students to a rich sources of information that will enrich their knowledge background. The use of technology shall provide not only the resources for knowledge getting but also knowledge disseminating.

Geddes, S. J. (2004). Mobile Learning in the 21st Century: Benefit to Learners. Retrieved from http://knowledgetree.flexiblelearning.net.au/edition06/download/geddes.pdf

Ermie Fadul is an instructional technologist at Johns Hopkins Epic project. He has developed over 100 interactive modules using Adobe Captivate and animation applications like goAnimate, and Flash CC. He likes to transition his skill from creating on-line learning to mobile apps learning using the current IOS and Android platforms. He believes that the future of on-line learning is in mobile platform. Training is no longer confined to classroom or personal computer but to handheld devices. Knowledge and information will no longer be handed down in bullet points or texts, but in interactive scenarios and games simulating real world choices and experiences.

In 2011, it reported that a group of undergraduate students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) use cell phones to support their informal learning. During the exploration, it found that these applications are very useful for their study though the limited quantity of academic application. From the research, it can be easily noticed that most participants engaged in a wide range of informal activities such as exchanging data between devices, posting and answering questions to a web forum and posting wiki entries. Additionally, several subordinate points inform that how mobile application could support their learning in museum settings (e.g. Sharples et al. 2007; Pierroux 2008). Lots of these results allow cell phone to enable the transaction of data. And finally promote students to continue their informal learning. Although sometimes we need to study or work on our phone, it stills not the basic need for us to handle it. There are just less than 8% of smartphone user will spend their time mostly on official application according to the Rosen (2013)’s research. Anyhow, we prefer to pastime to work, so in our spare time, we would like to use other two categories of application.

In conclusion, it is clear that mobile phones are not necessary tool for education beside that they can be used as learning, researching, and communicating devices. They can produce many problems that make learners distract from education, feel sick and experience cheating. So it is our responsibilities to choose which one is good or bad about our lives. It is necessary to us to choose the good one which can

Over the last decades, it is generally realized that the educational technology has developed dramatically. Electronic media has benefitted the system of education in an enormous way. Electronic media is the media which uses electronics or electromechanical energy for the audience to access the content. Video recording, audio recording, multimedia presentations, CD-ROM and online content are all forms of electronic media and any equipment used in electronic communication process such as radio, television, desktop computers, laptops, electronic whiteboards, and electronic textbooks is also considered as electronic media. Education has become far more convenient as internet and social

The goal for educators across the country is to become a facilitator in the classroom and encourage the students to construct their own knowledge. One of the best ways for students to construct their own knowledge about the world around them is by engaging in hands on activities and collaborating with others through technology. As educators’ progress through the SAMR model, they go from enhancing student learning to transforming it. To be specific, the third step in Dr. Puentendura’s model is modification. “Modification is the level where technology is being used more effectively not to do the same task using different tools but to redesign new parts of the task & transform students’ learning” (Educatorstechnology, 2013). At this level, students can build upon their prior knowledge by searching the web to find sources that support their perspectives. While on the web, the students can also type and/or record their summaries on a discussion board. By posting their summaries on a discussion board, the students can collaborate and share feedback with their classmates. The fourth and final step in the SAMR model is redefinition. According to Educatorstechnology (2013), redefinition is when students connect to a classroom across the world where they would write a narrative on the same event using chat and the comment section. The students can also provide feedback to their peers by using voice comments. At this level, the students can share information by embedding sources on their class discussion

This report provides research conducted on undergraduates/post graduates programme students at university of Westminster. It overviews the usage of smartphone in promoting mobile learning. The aim of this report was to investigate the concept of m-learning and the extent to which it is being implemented in the higher education to educate students as well as what I held in for the future in terms of mobile learning.

As the quantity of information available increases exponentially and the general pace of life accelerates, the ability to navigate, access, validate and share information will be a pivotal skill in an increasingly complex environment. This skill will affect every part of a person’s existence, including everything from their ability to remain competitive in the workplace, to their ability to make personal choices about holidays, social activities and personal development projects. This article proposes four fundamental learning advantages that are gained more easily, or to a greater degree, through the use of mLearning than through traditional face to face instruction,

Most schools, both local and international, are now venturing into using mobile computing devices for classroom instruction. Thus, La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) pioneered the use of tablets in the classrooms at the later part of 2012 and named this endeavor as the PERsonal Learning device (PEARL) program. During its initial stage, students of the honors classes were selected as its participants. On the following year around eight to nine sections in the High School level opted to join the said program. However, during the course of the said program implementation, certain issues have been raised that needed to be addressed by the school especially in the area of student learning.

Modern technology has changed the way students learn new materials in the classroom. Although it is a common belief that smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are often seen as a distraction to the learning process, they also have many benefits to the learning process. The use of cellphones and other mobile devices can promote student engagement in the classroom and provide new ways of learning that are appealing to the modern student. When used in an effective way and under proper teacher supervision, students’ learning experiences can be enhanced with the use of educational mobile apps and interactive learning games available on mobile devices.