Mobile E – Learning: Diffusion and Adoption in the 21st Century Education System and in the Macro Society

Abstract

This study investigated Mobile E – Learning; Diffusion and Adaptation in the 21^st Century Education System and in the Macro Society. Mobile learning is gaining recognition in both developed and developing countries of the world. Students of this 21^st century, make use of mobile technology/ devices for their learning. Home works, projects, seminars are solved and sent to teachers or lecturers with mobile learning technology/ devices. In this era, students receive lectures or teaching from a teacher either in the school, from their offices, homes or on transit. Both teachers, lecturers and students can log on unto their emails to check information sent by their lecturers, teachers or their fellow students mainly on academic matters. Mobile learning facilities have enabled students to engage in personalized and collaborative learning in school and at home. Teaching with mobile learning facilities has diffused from the developed to the developing countries of the world. Both teachers and students can confidently speak the languages that accompanies with the use of mobile learning facilities. Problems associated with the use of mobile learning facilities during teaching and learning include: Power outage, lack of internet connectivity in some areas, high cost of mobile learning facilities, poor screen size of some mobile learning facilities and low memory associated with some phones and lap tops. It was recommended from this study that. Internet facilities should be installed in urban and rural areas. This would enable students in the urban and rural area to have access to the use of internet for effective and efficient learning with mobile learning facilities. Also, government should legislate on poor power supply. This would enable students have uninterrupted supply of electricity to charge their phones, laps tops and other facilities used for mobile learning.