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Connected learning; e-learning; m-learning; Seamless learning; Technology-enhanced learning

Introduction

Mobile learning or m-learning, derived from e-learning (Ozuorcun and Tabak 2012), and being a subfield of technology-enhanced learning, has become a prominent research field in the last decade. We have now amassed a wealth of case studies investigating different aspects of the design and implementation of mobile learning environments, as well as a number of reviews synthesizing mobile learning outcomes (e.g., Bano et al. 2018; Crompton et al. 2018; Fu and Hwang 2018; Ibáñez and Delgado-Kloos 2018). While unsurprisingly mixed findings have been reported in the literature (Zydney and Warner 2016), there is strong evidence to show that mobile learning has the potential to facilitate and enhance collaboration, learner agency, and creativity, which are essential competencies of the twenty-first century (Pargman et al. 2018). It has also been highlighted in the literature that...

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Lai, KW. (2020). Mobile Learning, Challenges in. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_242

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