The Importance Of Mobile Technology

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According to Robert Gadd, “M-Learning has vastly more potential than eLearning. Modern mobile devices are highly sophisticated and easy to learn and use technological appliances that make it practical for virtually anyone to perform old tasks or learn new ones using one physical device in a multitude of ways. Mobile is a Swiss Army Knife of functionality in a device that fits in every pocket or purse." With its tremendous improvement in the previous decade, mobile technology is playing an important role in the 21st century. In today’s modern world, there is developing goal for both teachers and students to adopt these new technologies. Today most of the school and university campuses are filled with technologies with the student are more on …show more content…

Students nowadays use smartphones that can do nearly anything imaginable, such as becoming real-time updates on their bank reports, download data off the internet, discern TV or even make a movie. Laptop and mobile technology have transformed all aspects of education and most of education reformers agree that it is an important part of the current effort to change the way of the education system. International student because of English not having their first language has a drawback over the domestic students, mobile technology with integrated internet and different educational application helps them to adjust them in new academic and social environment. Most universities and educational institution provide Wi-Fi networks for students that will be connected to students’ wireless laptops, tablets, mobile devices where they can access their student resources anytime, anywhere. Relation between Mobile technology and learning is a bit complex term, as it may improve student outcome or can divert from studies as well. Mobile technology can help student in motivating and particularly well suited to student centered and collaborating learning …show more content…

Student can study online from the recorded lectured, material from the college or university site. Technology just not only provides the standard information in the form of written material, but also gives the audiovisual information. Education providers are shifting from traditional learning methods to virtual learning with the introduction of the technology, including online classes, transferring of data and even students can track their progress on studies online anytime, anywhere which makes equal balance between work and education. Mobile activities are the way that students can be engaged in to fun learning. Mobile device can pull data from anywhere and students express the data in their own way. Student critical thinking improves as, searches for data from different sources online, not only to complete assignment but also to gather information which will be helpful in future in the workplace. Students are highly motivated to use their devices in the classroom to find information relating to studies. Most of the countries are taking their studies to the digital education, as there are thousands of schools in different country which are using books are moving to online library to

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