A different dimension have come to the education with becoming widespread and cheapening of mobile devices and the development of wireless technologies, mobile devices have begun to be used in education and the concept of mobile learning has emerged. Mobile phones, smartphones, handhelds, tablets, laptop computers and wearable technologies are the main devices and categories used in mobile lear...

Background Recently, ‘mobile learning’ (M-learning) has become a popular research topic in investigating how to use mobile device for teaching and learning. M-learning is a mode of learning using smartphones, phablets, tablets, netbooks or notebooks as the learning device and is a part of electronic learning (e-learning). However, M-learning is more flexible than e-learning [1,2] because studen...

As mobile phone becomes popular in the society and many people can afford the cost, the demand of mobility is extended to teaching and learning purposes. One recent and significant change in learning environment is the demand of mobility. This paper will introduce a proposed framework of mobile learning. It consists of four functional levels: (1) mobile learning applications, (2) mobile user in...

Mobile devices have become attractive learning devices for education. While the majority of the existing research has focused primarily on the value of mobile learning for students, researchers have recently started exploring its potentials within teacher development. The present qualitative synthesis of quantitative and qualitative research aimed to address trends and gaps observed in the lite...

Mobile learning is a rapidly developing mode for teaching and learning to deliver content to learners. Additionally, mobile learning can aid both formal learning in traditional classrooms and informal settings outside classes. This paper explains how the mobility of learners can contribute to the process of acquiring knowledge, skills, and experiences, and further investigates how to design an ...

Introduction Mobile learning is gradually gaining on popularity because of the increasing availability of low cost mobile and wireless devices as well as the supporting infrastructure and technology. It provides a new way to extend education outside the fixed classroom. It creates learning communities between people on the move, provides expertise on demand and supports a lifetime of learning (...

This paper aims to delineate the impact of Mobile 2.0 on mobile learning (mLearning). Based on a thorough analysis on numerous Mobile 2.0 applications which can be used or are being used for learning purposes, the paper concludes that Mobile 2.0 brings a revolution to learning and will eventually lead to a transformation in the style of learning. The background for this conclusion includes intr...

Purpose – Mobile technologies offer the opportunity to embed learning in a natural environment. The objective of the study is to examine how the usage of mobile phones for m-learning differs between heavy and light mobile phone users. Heavy mobile phone users are hypothesized to have access to/subscribe to one type of mobile content than light mobile phone users, to have less frequent access to...

Digital media is increasingly finding its way into the discussions of the classroom. Particularly interest is placed on mobile learning—the learning and teaching practices done with or via different mobile devices. Learning with the help of mobile devices is increasingly common and it is considered to be one of the 21 century skills children should adapt already in early stages in schools. The ...

This is a case study on the implementation of MLE-Moodle in museum education and in a biology exam conducted in field conditions. MLE-Moodle is an open-source GPL-licensed ready to use mobile Learning system designed for mobile phones. It is a plug-in for the open-source learning management system Moodle. MLE-Moodle is a new approach to mobile learning. It connects the mobile learning environme...