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Mobile Learning – An Alternative Worth Considering

by Michael Rad

There are virtually no limits to what you can from cell applications. mobile learning can reach all fields of and you can use your cell to get facts about business, culture, social issues, education, Entertainment and more. Modern cell offer larger displays, which are more suitable for mobile learning. You can also see and visual support implemented in some of the learning applications you can use on your cell .

Traditional learning Vs. mobile learning

Learning something from a small cell phone screen is different than reading a or browsing through an online learning . And although most people would prefer the traditional way of learning when the conditions are appropriate, mobile learning has the great advantage of accompanying you everywhere. For various reasons including limited battery life, mobile learning is not a process that occupies contiguous hours of time. Assimilating information from an installed on your cell phone is a process consisting of several short bursts of information intake, rather than a continuous study.

mobile learning benefits and weak points

Although limited by screen size, the cell phone keypad and shorter battery life, mobile learning still presents users with a series of benefits that can



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One Response to “Mobile Learning – An Alternative Worth Considering”

  1. comment number 1 by: Leonard Low

    Yes – mobile learning has plenty of potential as a means of providing engaging and effective learning experiences. But don’t just confine your thinking about mobile learning to the paradigm of information delivery! Getting text on a screen is only a tiny fraction of the possible approaches.

    Some of the most powerful mobile learning strategies involve getting students to use the inherent creative potential of mobile devices (for example, the still/video camera capabilities in many mobile phones) to enable learners to become creators, rather than consumers, of knowledge.

    Other powerful m-learning strategies capitalise on a key strength of mobile devices – their portability – to contextualise learning so that is relevant to a learner’s physical location or proximity to a particular object.

    Text on a screen is just the (rather shabby) tip of the (rather grand) iceberg. :) For more information on mobile learning, visit my blog at http://mlearning.edublogs.org. :)

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