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Exploring M-Learning Benefits for Higher School Education

September 2018
Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems

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Chaitrali S. Dangare

Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology

The mobile technology is expeditiously expanding; over the decades and started as a remarkable achievement in the world of technology. Nowadays usage of mobile devices is not limited for calling and messaging also used for navigation, chatting, gaming, browsing, online shopping, etc. The modern mobile phones usage is interdisciplinary. They had been used extensively in education field through different educational mobile applications. Indeed, even youngsters are more agreeable and acquainted with use of Smartphones. The blend of learning and innovation dependably makes great outcomes. In this paper, we focused on impact of M-learning on school students using different educational applications freely available in Google play store. We have executed a survey experiment on 50 school students to show possibility of replacing traditional classroom learning with M-learning. From the result we have identified and discussed essential characteristics of M-learning.

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