{"id":3154,"date":"2011-05-13T19:21:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T17:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elearning.hwr-berlin.de\/blog\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2013-10-14T22:27:19","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T20:27:19","slug":"smartphones-in-elearning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hwr-berlin.de\/elerner\/smartphones-in-elearning\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphones in eLearning"},"content":{"rendered":"

eLearning<\/span><\/a> materializes the <\/span>IT<\/a> <\/span>development\u00a0 in education and as such constantly evolves. While entering the <\/span>smartphone era<\/span><\/a> new challenges and opportunities lay ahead for eTeachers and eLearners.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Experts argue with <\/span>webOS<\/span><\/a> everyone, who can build a website, will be able to <\/span>program<\/span><\/a> an eLearning application (app). At the <\/span>IFA 2010<\/span><\/a> the Fraunhofer ESK presented the E-Composer, <\/span>enabling<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> individuals to create their own smartphone apps without any programming. There is high chance mobile devices will offer micro-manageable solutions to all kinds of problems, for which eLearning never came into mind. Individuals will become easily and more frequently engaged in eLearning, unawarely <\/span>shifting<\/span><\/a> their roles.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is already <\/span>evidence<\/span><\/a>for the successful implementation of smartphones in education. In a study conducted by <\/span>Digital Education Research Network<\/span><\/a>\u201cninth grade students learning Mathemematics using Smartphones felt more successful in math and demonstrated higher levels of maths proficiency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This education mutation has also its technological and pedagogical challenges. In the book \u201c<\/span>E-learning 2.0: proven practices and emerging technologies to achieve results<\/span><\/a>\u201d <\/span>Anita Rosen<\/span><\/a> presents some smartphone limitations for eLearners, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n