Monday, November 24, 2014

Mobile learning in Saudi Arabia

     There are many benefits of using mobile devices, it connects students with the real world, give them the opportunity to be in charge of themselves, provides plenty of sources and let them search to find the most suitable answer for them. Also, M-learning helps students to build up their self-dependency. It’s true that students need mobile devices to keep up with the world’s latest updates yet learning process can be completed with and without mobile devices, so it won’t affect the students learning it will only add to their knowledge and learning.
      There is a gap and it may pose a problem in the learning process because not all students have access to the internet or have their own device either for educational or social purposes and that will makes it even harder to use mobile learning while most of your students do not have a mobile device!!
     Well we can convince the parents of the benefits and importance of using mobile learning, it will take long time for them to be convinced but I guess it worth it. Nowadays there are some parents who allow their kids to use mobile devices but it’s a small percentage and that’s what we have to work on. Giving students a home work that requires internet search to be solved is one of the most effective ways to make parents allow the use of mobile learning. I would like our kingdom to support mobile learning by involving it in the curriculum, once its added the whole kingdom will respond to it.

Links to the Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dungelin.englishforkids

(English for Kids)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funbox.englishconversation

(English Conversation)

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