Academic Research (Literature Review): Smartphones for Teaching and Learning, Angels or Demons?

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Literature Review -- Smartphones for Teaching and Learning, Angels or Demons? Law, Locky English, ESL, EFL, Multimodality, Internet Culture, Popular Culture, Smartphones, Internet, Learning, Teaching, 2012-02-01 12 2012-07-11

Introduction:

There have been debates as to whether or not wireless devices such as smartphones or laptops should be allowed in the classrooms or even integrated them into teaching (Murray, 2011; Fang, 2009; DeVille, 2011; Rapp, 2011). As educators, understanding the benefits and the drawbacks of such mobile devices would be critical to the future of education. This article covers some of the latest literatures regarding smartphones which includes its development and application in education, looks into the importance, popularity, versatility, wireless mobility, interface personalisability, successful implementation of smartphones and dilemmas, offers educational apps for evaluations and case studies for further readings. The article concludes with an indication of the future of smartphones in education as part of mobile learning or M-learning (Sharma & Barrett, 2010).

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