Exploration of mobile educational technology

Recent advances in mobile and wireless technology could be utilised to enhance the delivery of educational programmes. The use of this technology is known as “Mobile Education”. Mobile education technology provides unique opportunities for educators to flexibly deliver their educational material to learners via mobile services anywhere at any time. Moreover, the material delivered could be adapted to the learners’ needs and preferences. Examples of mobile devices which could be used in mobile education are handheld mobile devices such as laptops, cellular phones, ipods, personal digital assistants (PDAs), wireless classroom instantaneous feedback response systems and many others. This paper surveys recent in-roads made in this field of educational technology and its envisaged impact on electrical engineering students learning experience