Is The Mobile Based Learning Can Be Effective In Academic Learning?
A Study To Check If Mobile-Based Learning Is 
Desirable In Presenting Educational Workshops

Year 2013, Volume: 14 Issue: 4, 155 - 163, 01.12.2013

Leili Mosalanejad Sedighe Najafıpour Mehdi Dastpak

Abstract

Mobile technology has made the effective possibility of using technology to support education and learning in universities and colleges in a way that it makes better chance of e-learning. While mobile devices are becoming increasingly utilized, many researchers and practitioners have incorporated m- learning into educational environments. The aim of this study is to make a mobile-based educational design in workshop plans and investigate its effectiveness from users' point of view.

Keywords

Mobile Based learning, Learning, Higher Education, Teaching

Assistant prof. Dr, Leili Mosalanejad (Corresponding autor) Mentalhealth education Department

Abstract

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