Assessing the role of mobile learning systems in graduate management education

  • Authors:
  • Owen P. Hall;David M. Smith

  • Affiliations:
  • Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Malibu, California;Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, Malibu, California

  • Venue:
  • ICHL'11 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Hybrid learning
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Mobile learning has come a long way since Sir Isaac Pitman initiated the first correspondence course in the early 1840s. The demands of globalization call for new and innovative learning systems for enhancing graduate management education. One approach for meeting these challenges is through the increased use of mobile learning systems like the iPad. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the results from an iPad initiative in a program of graduate management education. The preliminary data shows that while learning outcomes did not vary between the iPad and non-iPad sections student convenience and flexibility along with energy and environmental sustainability were enhanced.