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Literature Survey
A. Conceptual Survey
a. Mobile
When the first mobile phones were introduced, their only function was to make
calls, and they were so bulky it was impossible to carry them in a pocket. Later, mobile
phones belonging to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network
became capable of sending and receiving text messages. As these devices evolved,
they became smaller and more features were added, such as multimedia messaging
service (MMS), which allowed users to send and receive images. Most of these MMS-
capable devices were equipped with cameras, which allowed users to capture photos,
add captions, and send them to friends and relatives who also had MMS-capable
phones.
As stated in Wikipedia, The mobile phone can be used to communicate over long
distances without wires. It works by communicating with a nearby base station (also
called a "cell site") which connects it to the main phone network. When moving, if the
mobile phone gets too far away from the cell it is connected to, that cell sends a
message to another cell to tell the new cell to take over the call. This is called a "hand
off," and the call continues with the new cell the phone is connected to. The hand-off is
done so well and carefully that the user will usually never even know that the call was
transferred to another cell. As mobile phones became more popular, they began to cost
less money, and more people could afford them. Monthly plans became available for
rates as low as US$30 or US$40 a month. Cell phones have become so cheap to own
that they have mostly replaced pay phones and phone booths except for urban areas
with many people.
The modern form of mobile phone is called "Smart Phone". It has become very
popular. The majority of mobile phones made after 2010 are "smartphones". They can
be used as computers as well as making voice calls.
As stated in The Phone Town, These are the Positive and Negative effects of a
mobile phone. A mobile phone is a portable telephone that has access to a cellular
radio system. This enables the phone to take calls, send texts, and access the internet
(and more!) without it being physically attached to a network using cables. In this way, a
mobile phone is significantly different from traditional land line phones. Ever since they
were first introduced in 1973 by Motorola, mobile phones have occasioned a significant
amount of debate.
In those studys, Ive found out that even though Mobile phone is very helpful to
everyone somehow it is not good if we dont limit ourselves. Sometime overusing it
cause a bad effect to us especially to those students that using mobile phones because
Despite knowing about education-related apps, kids spend most of their time doing
following activities, Listening music frequently, Playing mobile games, Chatting and
calling friends, Following social media
b. Mobile Learning
In todays generation over a billion people have access to a very powerful mobile
device or gadgets for every people in this world have an access to the internet. Mobile
technology is changing the way we live in this world and it is the beginning to change
the way we learn.
It comprises any kind of learning which is done by the smartphones and other
gadgets either in or out of the classroom. Mobile learning can help us learn On the go
even youre not in the school.
But today lets discuss what M-Learning is. According to Wikipedia, M-learning or
mobile learning is "learning across multiple contexts, through social and content
interactions, using personal electronic devices. A form of distance education, m-
learners use mobile device educational technology at their time convenience. M-
learning is convenient in that it is accessible from virtually anywhere. Sharing is almost
instantaneous among everyone using the same content, which leads to the reception of
instant feedback and tips. This highly active process has proven to increase exam
scores from the fiftieth to the seventieth percentile, and cut the dropout rate in technical
fields by 22 percent. M-learning also brings strong portability by replacing books and
notes with small devices, filled with tailored learning contents. Mobile learning is the
delivery of learning, education or learning support on mobile phones, PDAs or tablets.
E-learning has provided the ability for traditional learning to break out of the classroom
setting and for students to learn at home. Mobile learning has enhanced upon e-
learning by taking it a step further and allowing students to learn virtually anywhere a
mobile signal is available.
Mobile phones are the new equipment for bringing new knowledge in ones mind.
Mobile phone, also have recently topped to became our universal communication
devices, in the same time, the capabilities of the devices are improving.
In addition to this, Ive found out that the Mobile Learning provides a new way of
learning to deliver knowledge as much as possible and by getting the attention of the
students. Because in todays generation, Students always use mobile applications or
other tools to complete and upload their assignments or projects to the teacher, also
they can download course files or presentation, and work through online social groups
to finish their respective task. It has 3s that Enables, empowers, and engages learning
in ways that they can relate to and to transform the learning environment for students
inside and outside the campus.
c. Information Technology
IT also includes the management of data, whether it is in the form of text, voice,
image, audio or some other form. It can also involve things related to the internet. This
gives IT a whole new meaning, since the internet is its own realm. IT involves the
transfer of data, so it makes sense that the Internet would be a part of IT. IT has
become a part of our everyday lives and continues to proliferate into new realms.
In this post I thought to think about what advantages and disadvantages can
bring to the businesses and society the integrating information systems. Of course,
without any doubt the efficient usage of information systems will give lot opportunities to
the companies and advantages to their business. Sometime it can make kind of new job
environments but on the other hand it can make some group of employees unemployed.
Information Literacy is related to IT skills, but has broader implications for the
individual, the education system and the society. It skills enable an individual to use
computers, software applications and database and other technologies to achieve a
wide variety of academic, work related and personal goals. Information literacy, while it
overlaps with IT skills is a distinct a broader area of competence. It skills are interwoven
with, and support, information literacy. Information literate individuals necessarily
develop some IT skills to be more efficient. But it should be clear that a person may be
information literature but he is lacking IT skills.
In addition to this, Ive found out that Information technology is one of the most
important provision of information technology (IT) for people around the world especially
the students. It changed the human life by made it easier to communicate between each
other also it make the planet look like small town. All of us now can communicate each
other by divergent techniques comparison to the past. As the result IT businesses
changes and develop more by using communication technology. The companies have
many advantages and many hurdle by using communication technology; the discussion
will be limited to this area.
d. Information
But as stated in Wikipedia, The concept that information is the message has
different meanings in different contexts. Thus the concept of information becomes
closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, education,
knowledge, meaning, understanding, mental stimuli, pattern, perception, representation,
and entropy. Information is that which informs. In other words, it is the answer to a
question of some kind. It is thus related to data and knowledge, as data represents
values attributed to parameters, and knowledge signifies understanding of real things or
abstract concepts. As it regards data, the information's existence is not necessarily
coupled to an observer (it exists beyond an event horizon, for example), while in the
case of knowledge, the information requires a cognitive observer.
e. Technology
Technology has many effects. It has helped develop more advanced economies
(including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many
technological processes produce unwanted by-products known as pollution and deplete
natural resources to the detriment of Earth's environment.
Innovations have always influenced the values of a society and raised new
questions of the ethics of technology. Examples include the rise of the notion of
efficiency in terms of human productivity, and the challenges of bioethics.
The use of the term "technology" has changed significantly over the last 200
years. Before the 20th century, the term was uncommon in English, and it was used
either to refer to the description or study of the useful arts or to allude to technical
education, as in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (chartered in 1861).
The term "technology" rose to prominence in the 20th century in connection with
the Second Industrial Revolution. The term's meanings changed in the early 20th
century when American social scientists, beginning with Thorstein Veblen, translated
ideas from the German concept of Technik into "technology." In German and other
European languages, a distinction exists between technik and technologie that is absent
in English, which usually translates both terms as "technology." By the 1930s,
"technology" referred not only to the study of the industrial arts but to the industrial arts
themselves.
After studying those definitions, Ive found out that Technology is a body of
knowledge dedicated to construct tools, undertaking action and release of materials. We
use technology to fulfill heterogeneous tasks in our daily lives. Technology is also an
implementation of science to solve problem. If technology is applied very well we can
receive benefits but if we dont use it well it can cause to harm.
f. Computer
Modern computers are very different from early computers. They can do billions
of calculations per second. Most people have used a personal computer in their home
or at work. Computers do many different jobs where automation is useful. Some
examples are controlling traffic lights, vehicle computers, security systems, washing
machines and digital televisions.
In addition to this, Ive found out that a computer is a device that operate
information or data. It has capability to store, retrieve, and process data.
g. Fundamentals
The uses of mobile instruments are proven to encourage student motivation and
to support their own learning activities [1] [4]. The inability of teachers and, students
to adjust with learning environment would make ineffective interactions on learning
[6] [8]. Mobile learning (m-learning) is part of the electronic learning (e-learning) that
provide wider opportunities in mobile and more capabilities for student learning.
Thus mlearning can be defined differently from e-learning in term of the mobility of
students as learners [4][8]. Learning takes place when learners take the advantage
of learning opportunities provided by mobile technology [5] [9]. The perspectives on
mobile learning can be categorized into four, namely techno-centric, with regard to
e-learning, tools of formal education, and student-centered learning [4][10][11][12].
Nowadays, the current emphasis of technology in schools is ensuring to be used
effectively to create new opportunities for learning and to promote student
achievement [6] [8] [9].
Also the students can work together even though they are apart from each other.
But also there are disadvantages using them. We all know that it could be
Distraction. Children are more on gaming than learning because it seems much fun
other than the other. Second not all students has smart phones. We all know that
smartphone cost a lot and not all can afford it.