4.1. Incoming information and resources of mobile device learning content development
Mobile computing devices have included technologies that are transportable. That is essence of mobile learning – accessing information and knowledge anywhere, anytime from devices that learners are used to “carrying everywhere with them” and that they “regard as friendly and personal”16. Mobile technology based learning mostly focuses on user support and activity based learning, leading experts in this field have mentioned several advantages over traditional e-learning17:
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x Ability to provide ubiquitous and on–demand learning opportunities which are unconstrained by the learners actual location; x Ability to provide real-time job aids, such as checklists and calculators, which reduces learners need to memorize factual information and to perform complex mental calculations; x Ability to democratize the learning process by connecting learners with experts and one to another in real time.