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Can mobile/apps be an educational tool?

                Education play an important role everybody's life. Today there are two forms of education and training: conventional  education  and distance education.  mobile learning offers modern ways to support learning process through mobile devices such as, handled and tablet .
"A reason really rethink the phone debate is because learning can go beyond the wall of the school or the confines of a class period."
             M learning has enhanced upon e learning by taking it a step further and allowing students to learn virtually anywhere a mobile signal is available. The recent advantage in mobile technology are changing the primary purpose of mobile device from making or receiving calls to retrieving the latest information on any subject. It can modernized the world and the whole educational system in the way that student can taught many things very easily in positive way and can be remembered. Students can reach to advance world of technology. They can easily familiar with the relative topics or subjects.
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                    This modern and new technology of education and learning can develop the mind to high level thinking. Student gets the practical knowledge through mobile or apps. It Broaden the mentalility of students, teachers and many of the peoples. This broadness can take the student's educational system to the new, modern, technical and smart era of education that definitely beneficial for student's practical knowledge. In this era of Technology, modernization mobiles, computers, apps are source of fun and enjoyment therefore there must be a educational system which is more and more convenient, reliable and more interesting to learn and perform.

      By working on mobile or app their must some mirror but important changes happens like it can reduce the workout, reduce load. There is also one more benefit of this is that it reduce the use of paper which saves nature on others too. On working on mobile, there will be easy to storage of note, files, data, information etc. It also helps to nature in a way that it reduces the paperwork and save the trees that's obviously good for nature.  It assists in doing work very easily and conveniently.
                  Cell phones play a huge part in this process because students need handheld devices such as cell phones to complete this task. This allows students to create their own apps, share, and interact.
Education and training is the process by which the wisdom, knowledge, and skill of one generation are passes on to the next.  Mobile learning is the delivery of learning education or learning support on mobile phones or tablets .

E learning has provided the ability for traditional learning to break out the classroom setting and for students to learn at home too. Access to classroom activities and information on mobile devices provides a continuum for leaning inside and outside the classroom. In literature review conducted by future lab, researchers found that increased communication, collaboration and understanding of concepts was a result of mobile technology application.
Mobile can be used in online setting to enhance learning experience. The mobile phone [through text sms, notices] can be used especially for distance education. 

         M learning technology include handheld computers, MP3player, notebooks, mobile, phones and tablets. M learning focuses on the mobility of the learner, interacting with portable technologies. Using mobile tools for creating learning aids and materials become an important part of informal learning. New mobiles technology such as hand-held based device is playing a large role in redefining how we receive information.
                 Mobile devices (such as a pocket pc) in the classroom can be used to enhance group collaboration among students through communication application, interactive displace, and video features.
Exiting mobile technology can replace cumbersome resources such as textbook.
Interactive and multi mood technology allows student to engage and manipulate information.
           Mobile device features with WIFI capabilities allow for on-demand access to information. M learning is convenient in that it is accessible from virtually anywhere. Sharing is almost instantaneous among everyone using the same content which leads to the reception of instant feedback and tips. This highly active process has proven to increase exam scores.
           M learning also brings strong portability by replacing books and notes with small device, filled with tailored learning contents. Some example of mobile/app learning are like VIRTUAL LAB, SCRACH,  
www.edx.com etc.. There too many apps and website which helps us to study the different things.  An recent example of this is that I am also using the mobile and app like WPS office for writing this article. 
 Article written By : Paridhi Bakshi  CSE IIST INdore

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