New Vistas of Learning in the Mobile Age
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Based on research analyzing links between mobile communication and cognitive development, this paper examines, employing a pedagogical approach, learning issues which are related to the spread of new technologies emerging in mobile communication. The discussion undertaken from this perspective aims to formulate the statement, implied by the influence which the means of mobile communication exert on informal and non-formal learning, that real-time learning and present-awareness considerably transform the individual’s learning potential through the application of such means. The new apparatus of mobile communication and the “space” it generates help movement and communication create basic conditions for knowledge acquisition and the development of social relations.
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