Smart Mobile Learning Environment

Digital technology is promoting a vision for self-directed, motivated, adaptive, resource-enriched, and technology-embedded smart higher education, as in this chapter about a smart mobile learning environment. A smart learning environment shall encourage mobile and blended prerequisites and activities across various dimensions, including the notion that students can learn anywhere and anytime and easily switch learning contexts to another or a variety of scenarios. Methodically, the qualitative data illustrates a smart mobile learning hub, MLH, for student-centered learning, both in and out of the university and during practical training in the profession by using smart devices such as mobile laptop, tablet, or smart mobile. Theoretically, the analysis joins the research tradition of computer-supported collaborative learning, CSCL, complemented with computer self-efficacy, CSE. The result show that it is important in the design of smart learning environment to motivate a variety of students so they can be self-directed and adaptive in joining the resource-enriched and technology-embedded education.

The rapid technical development with new media forms and increased mobility is integrated into our everyday lives, as well as in more digitalized higher education and at distance. A new research area has been developed on mobile learning (m-learning) about the integration of self-directed and motivated opportunities. This chapter describes smart mobile learning activities with an emphasis on the importance of the connection by using resource-enriched and technology-embedded mobile devices for student-centered learning that allow students' to learn self-directed and motivated to obtain learning materials at anywhere and anytime, what learning benefits are being observed among students and teachers, and how different issues are being addressed. Methodically, it illustrates different frameworks for mobile learning and theoretically is the analysis of excerpts based on dialogical theories. The findings display that the space for m-learning offers many opportunities, as well as challenges, to design smart “mobile pedagogy” with a focus on student-centered learning.


The new vision for self-directed, motivated, adaptive, resource-enriched, and technology-embedded smart higher education has promoted smart learning with mobile-assisted seamless activities to learn across time and locations, individual and collective, from one scenario to another including formal and informal learning through smart mobile devices. Methodologically, the collective and ubiquitous leaning for student-centered learning is examined qualitatively with empirical data of how smart education are enhancing students' individual and collaborative learning, rather than focusing on using only technological devices. Theoretically, the analysis is based on the concept of mobile-assisted seamless learning activities, MSL, grounded in six dimensions of actual learning. The findings display that smart learning with mobile-assisted seamless mediated learning activities improves with the design of before-, in-, and after-class stages with a focus on contextual, adapted, and self-directed seamless learning activities to promote the students' capabilities to learn, collaborate, and critically solve problems in different situations and contexts.


Author(s):  
Maria Lydia Fioravanti ◽  
Nemésio Freitas Duarte Filho ◽  
Lucas Bortolini Fronza ◽  
Ellen Francine Barbosa

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