Mobile learning utilizes mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets to access educational content anywhere. A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone that integrates functions of a personal digital assistant and mobile phone, including portable media players, cameras, web browsers, GPS navigation, WiFi, and mobile broadband. Smartphones support learning through their portability, accessibility, apps, built-in features, personalization, and ability to access information and company data. They allow students to conduct research, take digital notes, access course materials, and browse the web for learning.
2. Introduction
Mobile learning is the ability to
obtain or provide educational
content as personal pocket device
such as Personal Digital Assistants,
smartphones and mobile phones.
3. Meaning of Mobile Technologies
An electronic tele- communications
device often referred to as a cellular
phone or cell phone. Mobile phone.
Mobile phones connect to a
wireless communications network
through radio wave or satellite
transaction.
4. Definition of Mobile
Technologies
• According to Lan and Sie (2010)
“Mobile learning is a kind of
learning model allowing learner’s
to obtain learning materials
anywhere and anytime using
mobile Technologies and
internet”.
7. Smart Phone
Like tablet, smartphones have many functions like. Computer.
They can run apps and video send and receive email and texts
functionalities that can easily be channeled into classroom inquiry. A
smartphone is a high end mobile phone that integrate the functions of
a personal Digital Assistants and a mobile phone.
Today’s model also contain portable media players and camera
phone with high resolution touch screens, web browsers and it can
access and display standard web pages, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and
as well as mobile broadband access.
8. Uses of Smartphones in Learning
Portability
Accessibility
Apps
Built in Features: Camera, Email, etc.
Personalization
Information at our fingertips
Poker size Power
Access company Data
Video player
Internet
SMS
Faster communication
9. Use of Smartphones in
Higher Educational Learning
Conducting research
Embraced M- Learning
Digital note- taking
Students can Spell – check, modify and amend their class
notes on the smart Phone.
Educators distribute course material through the internet.
Web browsing using WiFi or cellular network.
10. Smartphones in Schools,
Colleges and Universities
Smartphones give students a wealth of
creative options to enhance the classroom
experience in Learning, including:
Check facts:
Students and teachers can find fact within seconds.
Take photos :
Mobile phones can be used as cameras to illustrate work
and presentation.
11. Make videos:
Videos can be used to record experiments.
Read the news :
Many teachers often include news articles as part of their teaching
method.
Dictionary:
Checking the meaning of word instantly.
Calendar:
No more forget about exam date.
12. Write down ideas :
smart phones allow us to take down notes any time, any
place.
Listen to music:
Easy access to listen music relevant to the topic whenever
needed.
Images :
Students find it easier to understand material when there
is an image related to an explanation.
13. Stopwatch or timer:
Classes, exercise and presentations often come with
time limits.
Voice recorder:
Mobile phone provides Students with the ability to
record explanations.
14. Document scanner:
Although it does not offer the same quality as a traditional scanner, the
camera of a mobile phone can serve as a scanner.
Calculator:
There are numerous applications that enable to perform all the operations of
a scientific calculator.
Edit videos:
Not only make videos , also edit them , add text, filters, effects and more.
Digital whiteboard:
Although the majority of apps that serve as a digital whiteboard are
optimized for tablets, there are also some that can be used directly from our
phone and allow projecting everything create.