Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia
Despite improvements in educational indicators, such as enrolment, significant challenges remain with regard to the delivery of quality education in developing countries, particularly in rural and remote regions. In the attempt to find viable solutions to these challenges, much hope has been placed...
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| description | Despite improvements in educational indicators, such as enrolment, significant challenges remain with regard to the delivery of quality education in developing countries, particularly in rural and remote regions. In the attempt to find viable solutions to these challenges, much hope has been placed in new information and communication technologies (ICTs), mobile phones being one example. This article reviews the evidence of the role of mobile phone-facilitated mLearning in contributing to improved educational outcomes in the developing countries of Asia by exploring the results of six mLearning pilot projects that took place in the Philippines, Mongolia, Thailand, India, and Bangladesh. In particular, this article examines the extent to which the use of mobile phones helped to improve educational outcomes in two specific ways: 1) in improving access to education, and 2) in promoting new learning. Analysis of the projects indicates that while there is important evidence of mobile phones facilitating increased access, much less evidence exists as to how mobiles promote new learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83b24a30278345f18f0d86a84f7670382022-12-21T21:34:40ZengAthabasca University PressInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning1492-38312010-03-01111Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from AsiaJohn-Harmen ValkAhmed T. RashidLaurent ElderDespite improvements in educational indicators, such as enrolment, significant challenges remain with regard to the delivery of quality education in developing countries, particularly in rural and remote regions. In the attempt to find viable solutions to these challenges, much hope has been placed in new information and communication technologies (ICTs), mobile phones being one example. This article reviews the evidence of the role of mobile phone-facilitated mLearning in contributing to improved educational outcomes in the developing countries of Asia by exploring the results of six mLearning pilot projects that took place in the Philippines, Mongolia, Thailand, India, and Bangladesh. In particular, this article examines the extent to which the use of mobile phones helped to improve educational outcomes in two specific ways: 1) in improving access to education, and 2) in promoting new learning. Analysis of the projects indicates that while there is important evidence of mobile phones facilitating increased access, much less evidence exists as to how mobiles promote new learning.http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/794/1487Mobile phonesmobile learningdistance learningeducational outcomesinformation and communication technologiesnew learning |
| spellingShingle | John-Harmen Valk Ahmed T. Rashid Laurent Elder Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Mobile phones mobile learning distance learning educational outcomes information and communication technologies new learning |
| title | Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia |
| title_full | Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia |
| title_fullStr | Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia |
| title_short | Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia |
| title_sort | using mobile phones to improve educational outcomes an analysis of evidence from asia |
| topic | Mobile phones mobile learning distance learning educational outcomes information and communication technologies new learning |
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