Positive and negative features of mobile learning for disabled students
Positive features:
- Access content, information and assistive software with a personalised interface wherever and whenever they choose
- Using a device that they are familiar with
- It adds value to the learning experience
- It allows users to exploit more learning opportunities in broader contexts
- Learning is taking place in ways more suited to the learner's needs
- Substantial support mechanism by providing an any time, any place assistive technology
Negative features:
- Difficulty in transferring onto and off the devices the learning materials or data.
- Extra cost if users to input information might need a separate portable keyboard.
- Students might need extra time in order to get the proper training to use these devices.
- Not all devices have sufficient memory for the size and number of files that might be required from a learning material that might be in a media format.
- Additional cost if the user is paying the bill where sms and mms are to be used.
Reference:
JISC TechDis (undated) m-Learning and Accessibility [online], http://www.techdis.ac.uk/ index.php?p=9_5 (accessed 16 December 2010).