Mobiles Lernen haushoch überlegen

Höchst aufschlussreich sind die folgenden Zeilen aus “What Can You Learn from a Cell Phone?” von Marc Prensky. Es lohnt sich, sie zweimal zu lesen, auch im Zusammenhang mit dem letzten Artikel:

” … In Japan, Masayasu Morita, working with ALC Press, evaluated the use of English language lessons formatted differently for computers and cell phones. He found that 90% of cell phone users were still accessing the lessons after 15 days, compared to only 50% of computer users (2003). Another Japanese company, Cerego, strongly supports using cell phones for learning. Outside of Asia, however, I have found that the number of people learning with cell phones or doing research on cell-phone-based learning is exceedingly small.
[…] Of course PDA-based research will be useful, but we will not be on the right track until educators begin thinking of using the computing and communication device currently in the students’ pockets to support learning …”