Mobile-Assisted-Learning Approach (MALA) is based on the learning theories Behaviorist learning, Cognitivist learning, Constructive learning, situated learning, Problem-based learning, Context awareness learning, socio-cultural theory, collaborative learning, Conversational learning, Lifelong learning, Informal learning, Activity theory, Connectivism, Navigationism, Location based learning. Mobile assisted learning approach refers to learning with the help of mobile phones. It is a teaching-learning process which is supplemented by mobile phones. Mobile learning is any sort of learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile phones.
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Mobile-Assisted-Learning Approach in Enhancing the Student Teacher's Vocabulary and Usage of Mobile Phone
Jagannath K. Dange (Kuvempu University, India)
Copyright: © 2018
|Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3949-0.ch017
Abstract
Mobile learning facilitates delivery of learning using portable electronic devices. This study investigated the effectiveness of mobile assisted learning in the development of vocabulary and usage of mobile phone. Specifically, the primary objectives of the study were to compare the effectiveness of Mobile Assisted Learning Approach and Conventional Learning Approach with reference to Vocabulary and Usage of Mobile Phone and also to analyze the interaction between treatments with gender and subject background in reference to developing vocabulary and usage of mobile phone. Mobile Assisted Learning Approach was found to be more effective in developing Vocabulary and Usage of Mobile Phone. The study has broad implications for student teachers of the professional colleges. These findings should be taken into consideration educational administrators in secondary and higher education teacher training institutions.