Location
Malawi University of Science & Technology, Malawi
Start Date
26-8-2022 2:00 PM
End Date
26-8-2022 2:25 PM
Description
The proliferation of mobile technologies in all spheres of society necessitates looking at their beneficial use for education. Many parts of South Africa (SA), Africa and the world experience social-exclusion and marginalisation in education. Education is a human right, and this paper looks at using mobile devices as a means to counter E-exclusion. Emphasis is currently on the adoption and use of mobile technologies, available in many communities, for offsetting E-inclusion. This paper presents an evaluation of mobile learning (M-learning) and M-learning models towards a theoretical framework for M-learning for marginalised contexts. The model offered is applicable to a range of contexts. The model offered suggests that M-learning is rooted in ‘learning’ in the first instance; that it is merely a derivative of e-Learning, and that learners, teachers, content, and mobile devices interact dynamically for sound M-learning.
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A Theoretical Framework for M-Learning
Malawi University of Science & Technology, Malawi
The proliferation of mobile technologies in all spheres of society necessitates looking at their beneficial use for education. Many parts of South Africa (SA), Africa and the world experience social-exclusion and marginalisation in education. Education is a human right, and this paper looks at using mobile devices as a means to counter E-exclusion. Emphasis is currently on the adoption and use of mobile technologies, available in many communities, for offsetting E-inclusion. This paper presents an evaluation of mobile learning (M-learning) and M-learning models towards a theoretical framework for M-learning for marginalised contexts. The model offered is applicable to a range of contexts. The model offered suggests that M-learning is rooted in ‘learning’ in the first instance; that it is merely a derivative of e-Learning, and that learners, teachers, content, and mobile devices interact dynamically for sound M-learning.
