m-learning is a term that has been around for quite a while - mobile
learning - though it does seem to have several different meanings including:
- ubiquitous learning where you can learn anywhere
- ubiquitous learning where everyone has suitable mobile devices
- learning on literally on the move (eg on buses and trains)
- learning where you want to
- learning using mobile devices (PDAs, smartphones, mobile phones, laptops
and tablets, MP3 devices etc.
and I am sure that there are other uses as well.
personally I dont think that mobile phones (as opposed to smart phones /
PDAs) have very much to offer in terms of learning as the channels are too
narrow. Yes, for learning support, and some FE colleges and I think
universities have been at least playing with SMS to remind students of
deadlines, exams etc.
The use of PDAs / smartphones with keyboards or reasonable ahndwriting
recognition can also be very useful especially for instance for using e-
books, for recording work in the field, for use on trains (I write papers on
my Palm with a keyboard on trains), and increasingly for surfing the web.
I have no doubt that as the technology improves and as for instance VLEs are
designed to work on mobile devices this will increas and I expect students
will have desktop machines + smartphones / PDAs for use in college.
regards
Tom Franklin
Franklin Consulting
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Withington
Manchester
M20 3JR
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