After the first phase of the pandemic, the graph of digitalization in India has taken pace. The importance of digitalization has been seen rising in the education sector. Schools, colleges, universities, coaching centers, and all other kinds of educational institutions started operating online. All the classes in schools from kindergarten to grade 12 have been shifted to online conference portals like Zoom, Google Classroom, Google Meet, Jio Meet, and customized portals. Students just have to sign in to their account on the online portal from anywhere on the earth and attend their respective classes.

What is Mobile Learning?

Mobile learning can be referred to as the methodology of attending academic courses from online portals of educational institutions using a smartphone. As mentioned earlier, all the schools, colleges, and universities have changed their mode of teaching from offline to online. Therefore, every student of the nation is currently learning either from their mobiles/tablets or from their laptops. Also known as M-learning, it is very beneficial for students attending exclusive courses far from the institution’s location. Educators can teach students from any continent, country, state, city, or village. An online school will always promote mobile learning in its curriculum. 

Scope of Mobile Learning 

According to an analysis, it has been concluded that most of the population of our nation prefers to use a smartphone instead of other digital devices like tablets, iPads, and laptops because of the portability. As known, there is no device as portable as a smartphone. Smartphones usually range from 4.5X2 inches to 7X3 inches which makes them easy to carry, conveyable, and convenient. Considering the above facts, mobile is the most preferred medium for electronic education because of its accessibility, availability, and affordability across the nation. Therefore, the scope of M-learning is considered wide because it is the most popular, approachable, and easy-to-operate methodology of education. 

Merits of Mobile Learning 

As discussed above, this source of learning is more beneficial for students as it is accessible, affordable, compatible, and portable. There are uncountable merits of mobile learning that are mentioned as follows

• Learning on the go
• Diversity in content
• Increase in digital literacy
• Audio & Video:  

Here is why you can call it the Future of Education

Mobile learning can surely be termed the future of education due to its capability to transform the whole system. Apart from its merits, several additional advantages will help the learners in the long run. 

• Personalization of Education
• Dynamic Approach
• Productivity
• Digital Priority
• Technological Tools