Mobile learning in review: Opportunities and challenges for learners, teachers, and institutions

By R. Cobcroft, S. Towers, Judith E Smith, Axel Bruns. 2006

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Opportunities and challenges are emerging for learners, teachers and institutions from the increasing availability of low-cost mobile and wireless devices and associated infrastructure. In order to ascertain the current state of knowledge and research, an extensive review and synthesis of the literature in mobile learning has been undertaken to identify and harness potential factors and gaps in implementation. This paper presents the findings of this review. It seeks to facilitate the inquiry into 'What is possible in m-learning?' and 'Why is it necessary to pursue these possibilities?' A central theme is identified as the need to develop overarching principles and realistic visions for m-learning approaches, moving beyond specific implementations and branded technologies to examine global trends. This paper advocates the development of a best-practice framework to guide future action and thinking.

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Citations in the corpus

• Elucidating user behavior of mobile learning: A perspective of the extended technology acceptance model (2007, background): “Hence, this study supports the contention that PMV plays an important role in user perceptions of M-learning, which is consistent with other works (Chen et al., 2003; Coursaris et al., 2003; Ting, 2005).”
• Defining Mobile Learning in the Higher Education Landscape (2010, background): “Ting (2005) makes the following remarks about the advantages of mobile learning: “The overall advantages provided by the mobile learning are [that it is characterised by] more flexible, accessible and personalised learning activities.”
• Mobile Learning Technologies for Education: Benefits and Pending Issues (2021, background): “Learning through mobile devices ensures access to education to people who, otherwise, would not have the opportunity to actively participate in this process [34,80].”
• iLearning: The Future of Higher Education? Student Perceptions on Learning with Mobile Tablets (2012, background): “In particular, classes that combine information and communication technologies with face-to-face traditional learning increase the engagement of students by intersecting learning styles (Cobcroft et al., 2006).”