Mobile Phone As a Cost-Effective Option for M-Learning in Tertiary Education in Nigeria: Prospects and Problems
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Ojebisi Olugbenga, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Nigeria
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Las Vegas, NV, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-13-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
One major tertiary education objective is to educate its students to become flexible graduates, excellence-driven, global in perspective, innovative, creative and life-long learners that can easily adapt to the changes eminent in the information society. Achieving these requires among other factors, the adoption of appropriate and cost-effective means which supports the inculcation of collaborative and lifelong learning skills, technology use skills, knowledge sharing skills and social networking skills into students. Therefore, this paper looks at the prospects of adopting mobile phone as a cost-effective M-Learning in Nigeria tertiary education. It looks at the concept of M-Learning, as well as the problems in form of challenges associated with the use of mobile phone for M-Learning in tertiary education in Nigeria. The paper is concluded by recommendation among which is that institutions create awareness for the learners to make use of mobile phone facilities and functionalities.
Citation
Olugbenga, O. (2015). Mobile Phone As a Cost-Effective Option for M-Learning in Tertiary Education in Nigeria: Prospects and Problems. In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2015--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1695-1700). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/150226/.
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