Effectiveness of Mobile Learning in Distance Education
Abstract
The main aim of this research is to better understand and measure students’ attitudes and perceptions towards the importance of mobile learning in distance education. Results of this survey clearly indicate that facilitating mobile learning can improve the entire distance education by enhancing ways of communication among distance learners, tutors and supporting staff. The biggest advantage of this technology is that it can be used anywhere, anytime and its usage is easy access to a larger number of distance learners. This study draws the preferences and the extant to which distance learners in Pakistan are use to mobile learning.
Keywords
Mobile learning; m-Learning; Covering Problems of Distance Learning; Improving Distance Learning
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