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Mlearning for India : any potential?

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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bardo FraunholzBardo Fraunholz, Chandana Unnithan
The trend towards mLearning is attributed to the growth of knowledge based societies (UNESC0,2005). In this paper, we examine if there is a case for mLearning in India, a developing nation with certain unique contributory factors such as rapid diffusion of mobile communication technologies negating the need for fixed line infrastructure; and the rising demand for flexible learning approaches by the eager, upwardly mobile, middle class population. Our research is informed by learning theory of constructivism that seems to underlie flexible adult learning in modem contexts. A speculative ongoing debate is examined through the lens of critical discourse analysis, to present an outlook for India. We open a launching platform for empirical work in India that would enable building of relevant models by extrapolating findings from this initial research. More significantly, the stakeholders in mLearning such as mobile technology/service providers, education providers and organisations that foster staff development in particular may be beneficiaries from the findings of this preliminary research.

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Event

International Conference Mobile Learning (2006 : Dublin, Ireland)

Pagination

101 - 108

Publisher

IADIS Press

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Place of publication

[Dublin, Ireland]

Start date

2006-07-14

End date

2006-07-16

ISBN-13

9789728924157

ISBN-10

9728924151

Language

eng

Notes

Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed; E Conference publication

Copyright notice

2006, IADIS

Editor/Contributor(s)

P Isaias, P Kommers, I Sanchez

Title of proceedings

IADIS 2006 : Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning

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