If we today ask students what is required for good learning, they may subjective mention areas like
These notions are music to the ears of many students.
If we today ask teachers what is required for good learning, many educators are likely to mention
Such notions are still music in the ears of many teachers and instructors.
On the other hand, how many really good teachers did each of us meet during our studies ?
It is actually a fact for most of us, that we immediately know this answer. It ends up with a very small number. Why? What happened?
Our young generation is born into and developed under a digital wave, whereby use of mobile technology is a fully integrated and normalized aspect of their lives. Modern students use new media in new ways to create new things (it affects how they think), learn new things (it affects how they work), and communicate with new people (it affects how they live). They use mobile phones everywhere, but not at school!
Would it seem terrible strange to hear that knowledge gathering may be enhanced and boosted by using mobile learning methods that utilize students own Smartphones?