Mobile Learning (M-Learning): University Use Term Paper

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Mobile phones can also be used to create 'experiential' classes: "Images can be captured and uploaded to the Web through mobile weblogs (moblogs)…a team from Umea University in Sweden moblogged Jokkmokk's 399th Annual Sami Winter Market. Students applied their academic learning about the Sami to the real world, interviewing participants, conducting follow-up digital research on the fly, and uploading and expanding on commentary online" (Alexander 2004). The classroom spilled out conference, and all students in the class participated simultaneously, in a way they could not, had they traveled through the conference as a group or reported back to the classroom as individuals.

m-Learning thus has several demonstrable benefits. The first is its ease of access, where updated information and alerts can be sent immediately.

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It also offers options to pace a student's study so it is compatible with the student's other lifestyle demands. A student can learn while on the commuter train as well as in his or her bedroom or the library. m-Learning offers advantages for the teacher, as he or she can include evaluation and feedback instruments in the m-Learning components. Finally, it offers an access of online repositories. "The online materials accessed through m-Learning system offers a place for the lecturers and students to interact frequently. Learners have access to a stored repository of knowledge and information like the digital course materials and a host of other online digital libraries for assignments and exams" (Jacob & Isaac, 2007, p.19)......

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