Using mobile devices to improve Learning Technologies

learning via mobile devices is widely accepted by the learner community. Learners are interested in using all available resources through mobile phones and PDAs to access information anytime and anywhere. The aim of mobile learning is to provide an educational environment in which learners can learn without any limitation of time, place, or device, thereby realizing a more creative and learner-cantered educational process. Mobile devices like laptops, PDA and mobile phones can accompany the learner into the field and can at the same time exploratory activities, for instance by enabling learners to sense and record aspects of the local environment. With use of mobile devices, learners learn as if they are in a real classroom environment. Learning technologies provided a very wide range of learning activities, in order to attract students from higher education. This paper describes the effects of using mobile devices to improve learning technologies.

E-learning; M-learning; D-learning; PDA; mobile devices