Quality Education for Children, Youth, and Adults through Mobile Learning

2013 ◽  
pp. 225-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Kumar Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Flexible Learning ◽  
Personalized Education ◽  
New Learning ◽  
The World

Mobile learning or m-learning is viewed as a useful component of the flexible learning model. Learners’ everyday uses of mobile phones and other devices such as games consoles, which can also be used for learning, are now major drivers for the rapid uptake of mobile learning throughout the world. Even so, there are a multitude of challenges faced when introducing and implementing m-learning. This chapter explores ways in which mobile-supported learning can contribute to the global commitment to provide quality education for children, youth, and adults, as expressed in the goals of Education for All (EFA). The chapter concludes that mobile learning is part of a new learning landscape created by the availability of technologies supporting flexible, accessible, and personalized education.

scholarly journals The Intersectional Nature of Educational Inequality in the Global South - A Case of Papua New Guinea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norris Wangina
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Inequality ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The World

<p>Since the ‘Education for All Agenda’ was ratified at the Jomtien conference in 1990, the world has moved to implementing the agenda. Papua New Guinea believes that education is the solution to its social, economic, and political problems, and in taking ownership of and working towards implementing the programme. However, Papua New Guinea’s education system concentrates on improving girls’, education and special education. This has resulted in improved enrolment numbers and higher retention rates nationwide but has failed to deliver quality education to all students specifically marginalised children of both genders. This essay argues that delivering quality education to all children should be addressed through an intersectionality approach. Firstly, intersectionality is defined and the ways that intersecting factors cause marginalisation and discrimination within different groups around the world and in Papua New Guinea are described. Secondly, the essay discusses how Papua New Guinea’s culture contributes to segregation. Finally, it discusses how Papua New Guinea can approach intersectionality issues and improve its education system to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, i.e. to provide inclusive and equitable education and to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. </p>

Unleashing the Potential of Mobile Learning through SMS Text for Open and Distance Learners

2011 ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Zoraini Wati Abas ◽  
Tina Lim ◽  
Ruzita Ramli
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Short Message ◽  
The World ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

Malaysia has a population of about 28 million people but there are, incredibly, more than 30 million mobile phone subscriptions. Sixth in the world in terms of SMS (Short Message Service) volume, Malaysians appear to be addictive SMS texters. With over 98 percent of its students having mobile phones and 82 percent of the students ready for learning through mobile phones, Open University Malaysia initiated a project that first experimented with podcasts and SMS texts later. This chapter describes how the institution conceptualized, planned, and created a mobile learning environment using SMS to enhance its current blended learning model in general, and in particular, one of its courses with over 1,000 students enrolled. The chapter also describes the categories used for formulating the SMS content, use of Twitter and Facebook to support the SMS sent and discusses the feedback received on the initiative as well as the issues and challenges.

The Education of Roma Children

2016 ◽  
pp. 74-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Cynthia McDermott ◽  
Fredrick M. Chapel ◽  
Štěpán Vidím Drahokoupil ◽  
Jasna Bakšić-Muftić ◽  
Stanislav Daniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Bilingual Instruction ◽  
Segregated Schools ◽  
The World ◽  
Group A ◽  
Significant Structure

The education of Roma children presents many challenges throughout the world because of poverty, issues of isolation and discrimination. In many countries where Roma reside, laws exist that prohibit discrimination against this minority group. A variety of conflicting issues exist for Roma children. On one hand, the Roma communities practice cultural norms that are in conflict with a typical schooling environment that requires significant structure and lack of independent support. Conversely, schools fail to provide appropriate bilingual instruction for Roma children who usually do not speak the local language. In most countries discrimination attitudes create segregated schools and insufficient social services. Many efforts and organizations are in place to positively impact these challenges to provide quality education for all Roma children.

An Analysis of Mobile Learning in Education, Business, and Medicine

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn Stevens ◽  
Andrew Kitchenham
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
North America ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
The World ◽  
Learning Projects ◽  
Education Business

This chapter examines m-learning within education, business, and medicine. Specifically, three types of mobile devices were examined within the three subcategories of m-learning: the mobile phone or smartphone, the iPod, and the PDA. A mixed method design was used to review 40 m-learning articles and to synthesize the literature to explore m-learning projects around the world. The literature revealed that m-learning was used in many parts of the world, and most in North America, within all three fields. There were also numerous projects in Europe, Asia, the United Kingdom, and in Oceania. Mobile phones, smartphones, iPods, and PDAs were used in all three fields.

The Education of Roma Children

2017 ◽  
pp. 1019-1038
Author(s):  
J. Cynthia McDermott ◽  
Fredrick M. Chapel ◽  
Štěpán Vidím Drahokoupil ◽  
Jasna Bakšić-Muftić ◽  
Stanislav Daniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Bilingual Instruction ◽  
Segregated Schools ◽  
The World ◽  
Group A ◽  
Significant Structure

The education of Roma children presents many challenges throughout the world because of poverty, issues of isolation and discrimination. In many countries where Roma reside, laws exist that prohibit discrimination against this minority group. A variety of conflicting issues exist for Roma children. On one hand, the Roma communities practice cultural norms that are in conflict with a typical schooling environment that requires significant structure and lack of independent support. Conversely, schools fail to provide appropriate bilingual instruction for Roma children who usually do not speak the local language. In most countries discrimination attitudes create segregated schools and insufficient social services. Many efforts and organizations are in place to positively impact these challenges to provide quality education for all Roma children.

scholarly journals KEPEMIMPINAN PENENTU KEBERHASILAN PENDIDIKAN: PERAN KEPALA INSTITUSI SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 203-219
Author(s):  
Luluk Indarti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Enabling Environment

The study aims to examine more deeply the leadership of the head of the institution in education to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Educational institution leadership plays an important role in creating an enabling environment for teachers, students and their families to continue to connect and learn during the COVID pandemic, both at school and at home. This research is a qualitative one using a phenomenological approach. Phenomenology is a qualitative research approach that focuses on the similarity of life experiences in certain groups. The results of the study show that the learning model developed by the institution's leadership is an effort to carry out learning that leads to adapting conditions and carrying out education according to needs. The existence of a pandemic is not an easy type of problem and must be handled properly and requires relevant data. The mobilization of resources carried out by institutional leaders in education has proven to be very important to ensure quality education for all people during the Covid-19 recovery period and beyond.

Mobile Literacies: Learning in the Mobile Age

2015 ◽  
pp. 383-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Novak ◽  
Minjuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Instructional Systems ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Opportunities For Learning ◽  
New Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Design Heuristic

The ubiquity of Internet-capable mobile devices in the lives of people around the world has given rise to new learning practices that occur in an increasingly complex digital ecosystem. Mobile learning enables teachers to deliver instructional materials to a student when they need them, at points where the relevance and value of the knowledge are highest. In this chapter, the authors examine how the trend toward ubiquity of mobile and digital technologies has converged with changes in research paradigms in Education to produce a new approach to mobile learning design. This ‘mobile literacies' approach extends from contemporary thinking on mobile learning, cognitive science, the New Literacies, and instructional systems design. The chapter provides a design heuristic for ensuring attention to the important facets of the design of materials that take advantage of new opportunities for ‘learning in the mobile age.'

scholarly journals The Intersectional Nature of Educational Inequality in the Global South - A Case of Papua New Guinea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norris Wangina
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Inequality ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
The World

<p>Since the ‘Education for All Agenda’ was ratified at the Jomtien conference in 1990, the world has moved to implementing the agenda. Papua New Guinea believes that education is the solution to its social, economic, and political problems, and in taking ownership of and working towards implementing the programme. However, Papua New Guinea’s education system concentrates on improving girls’, education and special education. This has resulted in improved enrolment numbers and higher retention rates nationwide but has failed to deliver quality education to all students specifically marginalised children of both genders. This essay argues that delivering quality education to all children should be addressed through an intersectionality approach. Firstly, intersectionality is defined and the ways that intersecting factors cause marginalisation and discrimination within different groups around the world and in Papua New Guinea are described. Secondly, the essay discusses how Papua New Guinea’s culture contributes to segregation. Finally, it discusses how Papua New Guinea can approach intersectionality issues and improve its education system to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, i.e. to provide inclusive and equitable education and to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. </p>

scholarly journals Basketball Learning Model Development Through MLM (Mobile Learning Media) Based on Android

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Andi Nurabady ◽  
Devi Catur Winata
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media System ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
The World ◽  
Term Objective

The long-term objective of this research is expected to be able to overcome the problems that have occurred so far in the world of education, especially physical education that occurs in the field of basketball material, both in the form of teaching methods of teachers / lecturers which are always monotonous so that students are not interested in sports lessons on basketball or facilities and infrastructure that are not provided at school / on campus so that this research is able to answer every problem that occurs in the field, especially when the problem increases with the Covid-19 pandemic, where learning methods change from face-to-face to online. Therefore, this researcher provides a solution by learning through Android-based MLM (Mobile Learning Media).The specific objective of this research is to develop a basketball learning model with an Android-based MLM (Mobile Learning Media) system that launches a basketball learning application via Android that can be downloaded by anyone and learning becomes easier. With the development of this method, it is hoped that it can provide solutions to teachers / lecturers, especially basketball lecturers in providing material to students during the current pandemic.

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