Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia

dc.creator	John-Harmen Valk
dc.creator	Ahmed T. Rashid
dc.creator	Laurent Elder
dc.date	2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:29:04Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:29:04Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/83b24a30278345f18f0d86a84f767038
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30772
dc.description	Despite improvements in educational indicators, such as enrolment, significant challenges remain with regard to the delivery of quality education in developing countries, particularly in rural and remote regions. In the attempt to find viable solutions to these challenges, much hope has been placed in new information and communication technologies (ICTs), mobile phones being one example. This article reviews the evidence of the role of mobile phone-facilitated mLearning in contributing to improved educational outcomes in the developing countries of Asia by exploring the results of six mLearning pilot projects that took place in the Philippines, Mongolia, Thailand, India, and Bangladesh. In particular, this article examines the extent to which the use of mobile phones helped to improve educational outcomes in two specific ways: 1) in improving access to education, and 2) in promoting new learning. Analysis of the projects indicates that while there is important evidence of mobile phones facilitating increased access, much less evidence exists as to how mobiles promote new learning.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/794/1487
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2010)
dc.subject	Mobile phones
dc.subject	mobile learning
dc.subject	distance learning
dc.subject	educational outcomes
dc.subject	information and communication technologies
dc.subject	new learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia
dc.type	article