The Benefits and Challenges of Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria M. Cardullo ◽  
Vassiliki “Vicky” I. Zygouris-Coe ◽  
Nance S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning ◽  
Ubiquitous Technology

Technology has evolved and continues to evolve at a rapid pace, allowing access to learning wherever and whenever students need, creating a ubiquitous learning environment. This rapid evolution of technology will require preparation of students for the 21st century, including post-secondary students, necessitating a fundamental and systematic change in how schools are organized for ubiquitous learning. For mobile learning technologies to truly facilitate student learning and prepare students for learning beyond the 21st century, a paradigm shift in teaching and learning is needed. Ubiquitous computing environments should be viewed through the lens of the learner and the learning environment in which all students have access to mobile learning devices anytime, anywhere, thus transcending the boundaries of the classroom. Integration of m-learning and ubiquitous technology in the K-20 classroom will require a new pedagogical framework for teaching and learning. At the heart of this framework is the classroom teacher: a teacher who is aware of the benefits and challenges of technology in education. This chapter explores the benefits and challenges of this technology in education.

The Benefits and Challenges of Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 1877-1899
Author(s):  
Victoria M. Cardullo ◽  
Vassiliki (Vicky) I. Zygouris-Coe ◽  
Nance S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning ◽  
Ubiquitous Technology

Technology has evolved and continues to evolve at a rapid pace, allowing access to learning wherever and whenever students need, creating a ubiquitous learning environment. This rapid evolution of technology will require preparation of students for the 21st century, including post-secondary students, necessitating a fundamental and systematic change in how schools are organized for ubiquitous learning. For mobile learning technologies to truly facilitate student learning and prepare students for learning beyond the 21st century, a paradigm shift in teaching and learning is needed. Ubiquitous computing environments should be viewed through the lens of the learner and the learning environment in which all students have access to mobile learning devices anytime, anywhere, thus transcending the boundaries of the classroom. Integration of m-learning and ubiquitous technology in the K-20 classroom will require a new pedagogical framework for teaching and learning. At the heart of this framework is the classroom teacher: a teacher who is aware of the benefits and challenges of technology in education. This chapter explores the benefits and challenges of this technology in education.

Experiences of Educators in Imparting Digital Education and 21st Century Skills to Modern Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 383-398
Author(s):  
Sriya Chakravarti ◽  
Rosalind Rice Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Experience ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Young Learners

As technology influences societies worldwide and invents new opportunities and challenges, its role in education has become increasingly relevant. As the learning environment adapts and incorporates new e-teaching tools, it becomes imperative to find the role, place of technology in education, and examine the voices of educators that work with various technologies in teaching and learning to train young learners. Therefore, this research aims to examine if educators believe that they can inculcate the 21st century skills into the modern student in an online teaching environment. Furthermore, the research attempts to find the obstacles on part of the educators and students that inhibit delivery of a seamless online educational experience and teaching of the 21st century competencies.

scholarly journals Mobile Learning Technologies

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Khalil Alsaadat
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The World ◽  
Good Environment

<p>Technological development  have altered the way we communicate, learn, think, share, and spread information. Mobile technologies are those that make use of wireless technologies to gain some sort of data. As mobile connectedness continues to spread across the world, the value of employing mobile technologies in the arena of learning and teaching seems to be both self-evident and unavoidable The fast deployment of mobile devices and wireless networks in university campuses makes higher education a good environment  to integrate learners-centered m-learning . this paper discusses mobile learning technologies that are being used for educational purposes and the effect they have on teaching and learning methods.</p>

Wamda

2019 ◽  
pp. 203-226
Author(s):  
Athra Sultan Alawani
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Smart Systems ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Smart Mobile

Teachers' professional development programs need to be reconsidered to meet their expectations in the new digital era. Thus, there is need to consider the importance of offering mobile, informal, and social learning in the workplace through smart utilization of the emerging mobile technologies. This chapter introduces the features of an innovative mobile and social learning platform, which aims at improving teachers' performance in the UAE and the Arab world by promoting knowledge and skill through better integration of ICT in the teaching and learning process and better adoption of learner-centric learning. A smart mobile learning platform called “Wamda” is providing micro-courses that are relevant to the curriculum, experiential, and immersive. It is designed to utilize the power of mobile learning technologies, artificial intelligence techniques, and social networking approach. Through this chapter, the critical pedagogical and technical aspects of creating a smart mobile learning environment were elaborated and checked against a list of attributes of smart systems.

iPad Usage and Appropriate Applications

2017 ◽  
pp. 185-212
Author(s):  
Julia Bennett ◽  
Fan-Yu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Ubiquitous Access ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Ipad Applications

Mobile learning, learning delivered or accompanied by any handheld or individual device that contributes to increasing knowledge or skills, has continuously become popular in educational systems in the 21st century. Apple's iPad has been a popular mobile device that has been chosen for us in 1-to-1 learning environments. Research suggests that utilizing iPads in educational settings is beneficial due to its affordance, portability, ubiquitous access to information, ability to communicate with other iPad users, and the opportunity it offers to showcase creativity and individuality through various applications. Studies have found value in providing students with their own iPads. This chapter overviews both the benefits and concerns of iPad usage in K-12 classrooms. Furthermore, specific web and iPad applications are discussed. When educators take appropriate steps to create a controlled learning environment, concerns and limitations regarding mobile learning with an iPad can be diminished.

Technology and the Preparation of Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-69
Author(s):  
Victoria M. Cardullo ◽  
Vassiliki (“Vicky”) I. Zygouris-Coe ◽  
Nance S. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Systematic Change ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Ubiquitous Environment ◽  
Evolution Of Technology ◽  
Classroom Integration

The evolution of technology has situated learning to create a ubiquitous environment. The progression of technology will require preparation of students and teachers for the 21st century, including post-secondary students, necessitating a fundamental and systematic change for learning to become ubiquitous. Ubiquitous environments should be viewed through the lens of the learner and the learning environment. Equal access for all students should be prevalent so students can have access to mobile learning devices anytime, anywhere, thus, transcending the boundaries of the classroom. Integration of m-learning and ubiquitous technology in the K-20 classroom will require a new pedagogical framework for teaching and learning. At the heart of this framework, is the metacognitive teacher: a teacher who is metacognitively aware of the affordances and challenges of technology in education.

Integrating Digital/Mobile Learning Strategies With Students in the Classroom at the Historical Black College/University (HBCU)

2018 ◽  
pp. 390-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey McCrary Quarles ◽  
Cassandra Sligh Conway ◽  
Stanley Melton Harris ◽  
James Edward Osler II ◽  
Leslie Rech
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Millennial Students ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
Discipline Area

Today's digital classroom must include contemporary learning strategies to interest the millennial students. Students are learning the latest digital/mobile technologies daily. Likewise, the professors must keep up with students and encourage universities to invest in digital technologies. Without this, how can students be ready for the working world and the global impact of education? Of course, this is not a question to answer right now; however, educators must take it serious in preparing students for the competitive workforce. Faculty must stay current with the latest digital/mobile technology and seek innovative strategies to keep abreast of research within the discipline area. This chapter's purpose is to: 1) examine authors' perception of digital/mobile learning technologies at HBCUs; 2) examine research on digital/mobile technology in classrooms; 3) discuss teaching and learning strategies that can impact the digital/mobile learning environment; and 4) note the global impact of learning strategies in classrooms.

Benefits and Challenges of Mobile Learning in Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 24-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abha Vishwakarma
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Barriers And Challenges ◽  
The Impact

Advances in technologies have changed the process of learning, not just in formal educational settings but continuing education as well. Mobile learning is a part of a new learning landscape and offers the opportunity for a spontaneous, personal, informal, and situated learning. With the use of mobile technology in education, online learning communities can incorporate students from different backgrounds with vastly diverse learning styles into an educational setting. This chapter analyses the opportunities mobile learning presents and the impact mobile devices have had on teaching and learning practices and the barriers and challenges to support competitive educational experiences.

scholarly journals Development of Ubiquitous Learning Environment Based on Moodle Learning Management System

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
I Kadek Suartama ◽  
Punaji Setyosari ◽  
Sulthoni Sulthoni ◽  
Saida Ulfa
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning Environment

The digitalization of society, changes in the structure of education, and increasingly rapid resources have accelerated the development of an open learning environment. The application of electronic learning and mobile learning raises several new problems such as alienating students from the real world, the difficulty of students focusing on learning goals, giving students opportunities to spend their learning time with entertainment, to the problem of increasing the cognitive load of students. Ubiquitous learning, as a continuation of the evolution of electronic learning and mobile learning, offers more than just the latest educational ideas or methods, where this system can accommodate students and their learning styles by providing adequate information anytime and anywhere based on their characteristics, needs, and desire to improve academic performance and productivity. The purpose of this study is to 1) develop the ubiquitous learning environment including the ubiquitous learning portal built with the Moodle LMS, and  the ubiquitous learning course in the Instructional Media course 2) find out the feasibility of the ubiquitous learning environment that has been developed. This study used the R&amp;D for Education model implementing some stages including analysis, design, development, and evaluation. All stages have been completed to make a portal and ubiquitous learning course in the Instructional Media course that meet the eligibility criteria as a source/instructional media and has feasibility to use in learning.

scholarly journals Conceptualisation of Ubuntugogy as a Decolonial Pedagogy in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Bunmi Isaiah Omodan ◽  
Nolutho Diko
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Decolonial Pedagogy

The concept of ubuntugogy appears as an ordinary grammatical prowess to some, while it also remains unknown to many. This conceptual paper attempts to conceptualise ubuntugogy, not only as indigenous teaching and learning but also as a decolonial pedagogy with liberating potentials. An assumption exists that today’s pedagogical process in Africa is still laced with subjectivism, and it fails to challenge the Eurocentric hegemony that lies within school systems.  The failure to address Eurocentrism explicitly leads to the need for ubuntugogy. Ubuntugogy, therefore, needs to be unpacked for better understanding. That is, this study is not to challenge the hegemony of westernised classrooms and their pedagogical process in Africa but to conceptualise the hidden potential of ubuntugogy to fill out the limited literature of the concept in the world of academics. Hence, the study provides answers to questions such as; what is ubuntugogy? What is the epistemology of ubuntugogy? What are the transformative tendencies of ubuntugogy, and how does ubuntugogy relevant in 21st Century classrooms? The study concluded that the idea of ubuntugogy is to create a learning environment where everyone feels empowered, encouraged and free from the burdens of Eurocentric and Americentric imposition with an open tendency of knowing and being human. 

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