چکیده:
This study aimed at examining the major mobile wireless technologies, that is,mobile phones and the possibilities associated with them, currently in use in theeducational domains, with an emphasis on language teaching and learning practices.Accordingly, some of the most typical studies using different functions of mobilephones such as e-mail, multimedia capabilities, Wireless Application Protocol(WAP) and SMS in their mobile learning (m-learning) practices are elaborated.Pedagogical implications and considerations in the integration of mobiletechnologies in language-related practices are considered, too. Potential limitationsand barriers to m-learning undertakings are also reported. Finally, in order to furtherunderstand where m-learning as the cutting edge of education currently stands, astatus quo of m-learning is considered.
خلاصه ماشینی:
com Received: 01/10/2013 Accepted: 09/02/2014 Abstract This study aimed at examining the major mobile wireless technologies, that is,mobile phones and the possibilities associated with them, currently in use in the educational domains, with an emphasis on language teaching and learning practices.
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The results revealed that the students receiving mobile e-mail vocabulary lessons had learned more than their counterparts on paper or the Web (Thornton & Houser, 2005, p.
In a symposium of m-learning projects, Obari, Goda, Shimoyama, and Kimura (2008) reported the results of their seven-year project to investigate the potential integration of mobile devices for English education in different settings.
A personal "learning sphere," which could be accessed via both iTV and mobile phones, also empowered the learners to store newly learned vocabulary items as well as difficult language and cultural items for later practice (Pemberton & Fallahkhair, 2005).
Of course, as acknowledged by Luckin, Brewster, Pearce, du Boulay, and Siddons-Corby (2004), in the integration of mobile wireless devices into education, the focus should be on the learning rather than technology, as it is solely a channel through which the learner can communicate with others.