Flexibility In Learning

Flexibility in learning through

Mobile Technology

Shreenivas

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

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ABSTRACT

The fundamental advantage of learning through mobile can be considered as a potential of knowledge acquisition which can be customized and easy to use according to the learner’s needs. Although the mobile learning process takes a longer time duration as compared to traditional ways of learning, the users feel an ease of time and space, so that they can utilize their spare time to learn any new stuff when and where they are.

Knowledge acquisition through mobile consists of using a mobile device with an ease of access applications to the knowledge available on the

This type of learning process can take place either outside or within the classroom. In latter the devices having specific applications are very effective to have a combined learning process within a group. Although this process has nothing related to the main property of such devices i.e., mobility, it provides the users with an opportunity to have close interactions, conversations and decision making among their group or team due to specific style of design on their learning device. These features can be very hardly seen when using the personal computers or laptop computers while learning

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Game electronic-based learning is another way for mobile learning in which learning tools are so designed to be integrated with aspects of physical environment. In such environments, learning tasks are facilitated using the mobile technology which serves as a link between the real world of knowledge and the visual world of the game. Time electronic-Lab, for instance, is a game about climate change and its effects. Players succeed to get information about the introduction of possible new environmental laws via their mobile devices in different locations as they progress in the game.

The mobile learning is nowadays used to learn many stuff by connecting through internet like YouTube, Wikipedia and other online knowledge repositories. People are learning musical instruments by watching Guitars lessons, piano lessons etc. online and enhancing their skills on their own decided time of learning. Their learning process is not dependent on the availability of any teacher or classroom space, it’s all about the spare time they have and the connectivity of the devices to the online world. They can easy download these stuff on their devices and play along with them at their own