Using Mobile Phones in Education
WMTE '04 Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE'04)
PERCOMW '05 Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops
m-learning: a new stage of e-learning
CompSysTech '04 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Computer systems and technologies
Creating a Pervasive Testing Environment by Using SMS Messaging
WMTE '05 Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education
ICALT '06 Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
The Design and Implementation of an Interactive Mobile Learning System
ICALT '06 Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Practical Issues in Mobile Education
WMTE '06 Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education
Unified and Personalized Messaging to Support E-Learning
WMTE '06 Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education
An experience on introducing a mobile community platform: Flying2U
SEPADS'10 Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS international conference on Software engineering, parallel and distributed systems
A scalable framework to quantitatively evaluate success factors of mobile learning systems
International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation
Learning effects of RFID-based game-guided learning in libraries
International Journal of Mobile Communications
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Wireless and mobile technology has transformed the didactic world. M-Learning is an emerging field which blends wireless technology and mobile computing to educate the world. This study investigates the effectiveness and viability of cellular technology to teach and train distance learners. The research answers following questions with reference to distance learning in Pakistan but not limited to it: Is this feasible to use cellular technology to educate people on mass scale? How can cellular technology help the Government of Pakistan face the challenge of providing education for all? What can be the motivations for the use of cellular technology instead of TV, radio and internet? What can be the limitations that may hinder the use of mobile devices for learning purpose? The distance learning models of Allama Iqbal Open University of Pakistan (AIOU) and Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) are studied to address the readiness of M-Learning environment in such universities. It is found that cellular technology can increase the efficacy of distance education. It is well suited to teach the language skills and information technology courses. We can use cellular technology as a supplement to the existing learning technologies to reaching huge student masses, in a timely and cost effective manner, through a variety of devices and over a diverse terrain.