Mobile Learning
Life is at the heart of in-class instruction. With
the coming of age of the wireless internet and tablets, accompanied by an ever expanding
collection of digital teaching materials, value-added learning software
applications are springing up everywhere and have already been implemented in
various courses of study.
These days, classes can be held in any corner of
the campus, and handheld tablets allow wireless access to necessary course
materials stored in the cloud. Likewise, many of today’s elementary schools
with outdoor classes, for example for biology lessons or field trips, provide
an excellent example of how a mobile classroom can implement learning directly
into life.
Campuses
that have not already done so need to consider the benefits of a campus-wide wireless
network. The convenience of the cloud and the portability of tablets means
freedom for you and your mobile teaching materials. Once the basic hardware and
software infrastructure is established, your digital content can be enriched and
adjusted to enhance the way you teach, for example with online course materials,
student assessments, learning tests, weekly journals and so on. The mobile
classrooms of the future will have no chalk or blackboard, but will instead be
replaced by an electronic schoolbag, accessible at all times in a wireless internet
environment.