Title: Mobile learning – challenges and potentials

Authors: Michaela Denk, Michael Weber, Roland Belfin

Addresses: EC3 – E-Commerce Competence Center, Donau City Str. 1, A-1220 Wien, Austria. ' EC3 – E-Commerce Competence Center, Donau City Str. 1, A-1220 Wien, Austria. ' RTR – Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Mariahilfer Str. 77–79, A-1060 Wien, Austria

Abstract: The transition to an information society and the therewith strongly related need of lifelong and life-wide learning on the one hand, and the increasing coverage of and developments in mobile information and communication technology on the other hand establish the foundation of mobile learning. This paper discusses the challenges and potentials of the present mobile learning trend from a broad perspective. Going back to the primal origins of learning, it reviews mobile learning as well as related concepts and definitions and investigates requirements, potential barriers and benefits of mobile learning. Eventually, promising mobile learning applications are examined and a future empirical study is outlined.

Keywords: definitions; e-learning; mobile education; mobile learning; m-learning applications; m-learning initiatives; problems; challenges; barriers; benefits; ubiquitous learning; online learning; lifelong learning; ICT.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2007.012674

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2007 Vol.1 No.2, pp.122 - 139

Published online: 07 Mar 2007 *

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