M Learning a Fundamental Method for Learning and Development

Abstract

Abstract- m-Learning is broadly defined as the delivery of learning content to learners utilizing mobile computing devices. Kambourakis, Kontoni, and Sapounas (2004) defined it as, “The point at which mobile computing and e-Learning intersect to produce an anytime, anywhere learning experience” . The advantages of learning by proponents of online education, but until the advent of m-Learning technologies it was not really an anytime, anyplace environment. The demand for a learner to be physically at a computer and physically connected via some kind of cable to a network meant that learning locations were constrained. With constraints in place on the available learning locations, time constraints existed as well; someone taking classes using their computer at work might not have access to that resource at midnight or on Sunday afternoon (Petrova, 2004). Mobile learning is exactly that; mobile; m-Learning as an educational method is new and more flexible than previous e-Learning applications (Georgiev, Georgieva, & Trajkovski, 2006). Learners can have the opportunity to review course materials or correspond with instructors or colleagues while sitting in a restaurant or waiting for a bus; they are not made immobile by the restrictions of desktop computer technology (caudill,2007) .this paper discusses the following issues:

• Defining m learning
• M learning technology
• M learning methods
• M learning usefulness