Is the Future of eLearning in Mobile Devices?

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Multisilta, J., Henno, J., Lipiäinen, J.P. & Hämäläinen, M. (2001). Is the Future of eLearning in Mobile Devices?. In C. Montgomerie & J. Viteli (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2001 (pp. 1372-1375). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2001
Norfolk, VA
2001
ISBN 1-880094-42-8
  Craig Montgomerie & Jarmo Viteli
AACE

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Authors

Jari Multisilta, Pori School of Technology and Economics, Finland; Jaak Henno, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia; Juha Pekka Lipiäinen, Nokia Net Boadband Systems, Finland; Matti Hämäläinen, Codeonline, Finland

Abstract

Today, eLearning is adapting to industry, corporate bodies and government departments at an everincreasing speed. It is expected to be a product that will improve education and training and make learning time-independent. The main marketing feature of elearning in corporate education is that it is technologically enhanced learning. However, should we look at eLearning from a pedagogical point of view - not from a technology-oriented point of view. In the future we will see a tremendous increase of wireless multimedia network terminals that are similar to mobile phones. These intelligent smartphones together with 3G networks and applications are able to access the Internet as easily as web browsers today. Furthermore, major mobile phone companies have agreed on wireless application protocol (WAP) that will "bring Internet content and advanced services to digital cellular phones and other wireless terminals". Clearly, the Internet has proved to be a great improvement for learning and distance learning. Could wireless multimedia network terminals and mLearning be the next wave? · 3G networks, devices and applications · time-and-place independent learning · learning materials in an online environment · content production for wireless devices · wireless devices and user interfaces · mobile eLearning In this panel, we will first briefly discuss the relationship between the concepts of eLearning and eEducation or eTraining. Then we will define the mLearning concept and discuss the pros and cons of mLearning.

Keywords

• Educational Technology
• eLearning
• Internet
• Networking Technologies

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