Give Students Mobile Devices to Maximize Their Learning Time

Mobile devices enable learning anywhere and anytime, moving education beyond the industrial era model, where classrooms are the primary place of learning, the school day is the primary educational time, and the teacher is the primary source of information.
We know that students’ lives outside school are filled with technology, giving them 24/7 mobile access to information and allowing them to participate in online social networks and communities where people worldwide share ideas, collaborate, and learn new things. Our education system should leverage students’ interest in technology and the time they spend learning informally outside the regular school hours to extend learning time in a way that motivates them even more.
Mobile broadband devices now have six senses:
1. Knowing where you are
2. Interacting with networks
3. Sensing local content and services
4. Discovering relevant things
5. Enhancing your surroundings with information and simulation
6. Learning your interests, as well as how and with whom you like to learn

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