Mobile learning is learning with mobile computing devices (i.e. computer)1
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There is no consensus on this definition in the scientific community2
. Grant 3
prefers design features of the application that allow it to be described as mobile learning: "The learner is mobile, the device is mobile, the data services are persistent, the content is mobile, the tutor is accessible, cultures and physical and networked contexts impact on learning or the learner and the learner is engaged."
1
C. Quinn, « LiNE Zine - mLearning: Mobile, Wireless, In-Your-Pocket Learning », www.linezine.com, 2000. (Online). Available on: http://www.linezine.com/2.1/features/cqmmwiyp.htm. Consulted on: March 25, 2019.
2
S. Kumar Basak, M. Wotto, et P. Bélanger, « E-learning, M-learning and D-learning: Conceptual definition and comparative analysis », E-Learn. Digit. Media, vol. 15, no 4, p. 191‑216, July. 2018.
3
M. M. Grant, « Difficulties in defining mobile learning: analysis, design characteristics, and implications », Educ. Technol. Res. Dev., vol. 67, no 2, p. 361‑388, Apr. 2019.