mLearning Hub - How eLearning Goes Mobile

What is mLearning?

mLearning in simple terms is eLearning taken mobile: the merger of education and mobile technology. Even though still in its infancy, the range of products available in the mLearning world is rapidly expanding. With the vast explosion of small, affordable mobile (portable) media devices such as the iPod and modern cell phones, it was only natural that learning would find its niche.

From Wikipedia:
M-learning, or 'mobile learning', now commonly abbreviated to 'mLearning', has different meanings for different communities. Although related to e-learning and distance education, it is distinct in its focus on learning across contexts and learning with mobile devices. One definition of mobile learning is: Learning that happens across locations, or that takes advantage of learning opportunities offered by portable technologies.

The term covers: learning with portable technologies, where the focus is on the technology (which could be in a fixed location, such as a classroom); learning across contexts, where the focus is on the mobility of the learner, interacting with portable or fixed technology; and learning in a mobile society, with a focus on how society and its institutions can accommodate and support the learning of an increasingly mobile population that is not satisfied with existing learning methodologies.