Where Is the Learning in Mobile Technologies for Learning?

Publication date: Available online 4 December 2019Source: Contemporary Educational PsychologyAuthor(s): Richard E. MayerAbstractMobile technology--such as tablets, cell phones, and wearable devices--has the potential to play a useful role in promoting academic learning. This potential motivates this special issue on “Mobile Technology, Learning, and Achievement: Advances in Understanding and Measuring the Role of Mobile Technology in Education” edited by Matthew L. Bernacki, Jeffrey Greene, and Helen Crompton. Research on learning with mobile technology should focus on three research questions: Do students learn academic content better with mobile technology than with conventional media (media comparison question)? Which instructional features afforded by mobile technology cause learning (instructional method question)? Under what conditions do students learn academic content better with mobile technology than with conventional media (boundary condition question)? A research agenda is proposed.
Source: Contemporary Educational Psychology - Category: Child Development Source Type: research