M-Learning: Implications In Learning Domain Specificities, Adaptive Learning, Feedback, Augmented Reality, And The Future Of Online Learning

The focus of this paper is to help shed light on the rapidly developing and innovative technological tool that many students, and educators use everyday. This tool is mobile technology and how mobile technology is revolutionizing learning environments. While many may think of mobile technology as being merely a cellular phone or "smart phone", the path that m-learning is taking will soon, if not already, rapidly outpace many of its already antiquated technological constraints. This paper posits that mobile learning should be redefined not as a technological device, but rather as a stand-alone idea called 'anywhere anytime learning'. Throughout history, the rapid dissemination of knowledge has led to revolutions in learning and education. History has shown that, while the tools may act as a catalyst, it is rather the rapid and fluid dissemination of ideas and knowledge By through the tool or medium within broad reach and accessibility, that has the most profound effect on civilizations (Burke, Briggs, 2005). Arguably, mobile technology, ranging from mobile devices, augmented reality devices, cellular phones, SMS and electronic learning portals can help to provide students, learners, and educators with a tactile tool that facilitates learning and the acquisition of knowledge at a moments notice (Nedungadi, 2012). Therefore, this paper investigates the paradigm shift that is changing our world to an anywhere anytime learning space and the broad and specific implications that those tools offer to the field of education and learning. The structure of the rest of this paper will be based on several main ideas and that will be expanded to reflect and illustrate the ways mobile technology is affecting learning and education.