The document discusses using mobile technology in education. It notes that over 75% of the world population has access to mobile phones and defines mobile learning as learning that occurs across locations using portable digital devices. The document then lists five current uses of mobile phones in education: audience response systems, cameras, voice recorders, educational applications, and research on the internet. It poses questions about how mobile phones could be used in classrooms and potential problems with their implementation.

1. NAME : Patel Parth
ROLL NO : 15EE0022
SUB : Mobil Technology
in Education
BRANCH : Electrical
Engineering (C12)

3.  World population is approximately 6.8 billion
people!
 The ITU (Int. Telecommunications Union)
predicted that 5 billion people would be cellular
phone subscribers by the end of 2010.
 This equates to 75% of the world population with
access to mobile technology!!! Why not use it to
further education?

4. The 2008 Mobile Learning Report defines it as “any
activity that allows individuals to be more productive when
consuming, interacting with, or creating information
mediated through a compact digital portable device that
the individual carries on a regular basis, has reliable
connectivity and fits in a pocket or purse” (Wexler et al.,
p. 7)
“learning that happens across locations, or that
takes advantage of learning opportunities offered
by portable technologies” (Chuang, 2009, p. 51)

5.  “m-learning” = mobile learning
 Distance learning or e-learning: began in the
1990s with post-secondary institutions and then
moved into secondary ed. (e.g. cyber charter
schools)
 Advent of smart phones has made ubiquitous
learning a reality = “anytime, anywhere learning”

6. Here are 5 ways that mobiles are used in education
today:
◦ 1. Audience Response Systems
◦ 2. Camera: Stills/Videos
◦ 3. Voice Recorders: Podcasts, etc.
◦ 4. Applications
◦ 5. Research via the internet (Google, Wiki’s, blogs, etc.)

7.  How do you think mobiles can be used in the
classroom?
 What problems would you anticipate occurring
with the implementation of mobiles in the
classroom?
 Would you consider using mobiles in the
classroom (or do you already use them)? How?

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9. Scornavacca, E., Huff, S., & Marshall, S. (2009). Mobile phones in the classroom: If
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References (Cont.)

10. Scornavacca, E., Huff, S., & Marshall, S. (2009). Mobile phones in the classroom: If
you can't beat them, join them. Communications of the ACM, 52(4), 142-148.
Selwyn, N. (2003). Schooling the mobile generation: the future for schools in the
mobile-networked society. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 24(2), 131-
144. doi: 10.1080/01425690301905
Wagner, E. D. (2005). Enabling mobile learning. Educause Review, 36(3), 41-52.
Wagner, E. D. (2008). Realizing the promises of mobile learning. Journal of Higher
Education, 20, 4-14.
Wexler, S., Brown, J., Metcalf, D., Rogers, D., & Wagner, E. (2008). ELearning
guild research 360: report: Mobile learning (Rep.). Santa Rosa, CA: ELearning
Guild.
Whitney, L. (2010, February 16). Cell phone subscriptions to hit 5 billion globally.
CNet Reviews. Retrieved from http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10454065-
78.html
References (Cont.)