The document discusses how smartphones have enabled information and communication to be accessible to nearly everyone globally in just 70 years. It argues that higher education assessment is still based on a contextual model of learning around campus, while the mobile age allows for assessment to be location-independent, convenient, learner-controlled, and socially connected. The document provides examples of how different types of mobile assessments could work, such as presentations, role plays, reflections, and discusses both opportunities and issues to consider with adopting mobile assessments.