Mobile Learning remains an emerging and unclear concept, which makes it difficult to define. However, Mobile Learning is essentially learning in the classroom with the assistance of mobile devices such as iPads, tablets, laptops, tablet PCs, PDA's, and smartphones. Mobile Learning is collaborative and accessible from anywhere. This aspect of mobile learning provides teachers with the flexibility to create opportunities for interaction within the classroom and extend these experiences outside the classroom. Classroom teachers all over the world, from elementary school to high school are incorporating Mobile Learning to create diverse, interactive, and engaging learning opportunities for their students. The number of educators utilizing Mobile Learning is only expected to grow within the upcoming years, which can be attributed to its positive effects on teaching and learning. Mobile learning provides students with greater access to learning materials and information, allows for communication and collaboration among students, enables students to learn in their own unique way, and assists students with learning disabilities.
The majority of students, even as young as elementary school, have access to various technologies and mobile devices outside of the classroom. Rather than discouraging their place in school, why not encourage students to use these technologies to enhance their education? Computers, Smartphones, iPods, iPads, Tablets, the list goes on. Each of these devices could be used within and outside of the classroom to engage and empower today's young digital natives. The statistics speak for themselves, but it is up to the educational system to determine whether or not these devices have found a valuable place in the field of education.
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