Functional illiteracy rates amongst 16 to 65 year-olds in the world’s richest countries are alarmingly high. This research looks at the use of mobile technology to support experiential adult literacy education whereby adult literacy students are able to construct knowledge throughout their daily activities whilst being supported in their daily literacy challenges. This research has two primary ...

When you are online, you provide information about yourself almost every step of the way. Often this information is like a puzzle with pieces that need to be connected before the full picture is revealed. Information you provide to one person or company may be combined with information you have provided to another person or company to complete the puzzle. This information can be collected throu...

This study reports on the use of project based learning (PBL) in a blended environment as key method for teaching practical mobile application development within the context of undergraduate program module in mobile programming course in Universiti Utara Malaysia. In support of the use of PBL, a prototype known as m d -Matrix has been used throughout this study and will be proposed as the learn...

PURPOSE A wealth of mobile applications are designed to support users in their drug intake. When developing software for patients, it is important to understand the differences between individuals who have, who will or who might never adopt mobile interventions. This study analyzes demographic and health-related factors associated with real-life "longer usage" and the "usage-intensity per day" ...

today, mobile phone as one of manifestations of new communication technology plays an important role in human individual and social life and it is included an inseparable part in their daily relations so that we can claim that life is impossible without it for many of people or at least it doesn't have any desirability. the influence of mobile phone applications in life different matters, ...

Recent advancement in mobile and wireless technology has helped to improve commerce [1]-[4] and services [5] [6]. Mobile technology is strategic to many organizations and activities [7] [8]. Education is no exception! The use of mobile technology has not only extended desktop-based online learning environment into the mobile and wireless channel but also enabled education to take place anytime,...

the teledensity in india is estimated at 74.50 per cent (january, 2014) with an increase in subscriber base each day. no other revolution in the mankind has transformed the communication scenario to the extent as done by the mobile technologies. india has the fastest growing telecom network in the world with its high population and development potential base. education is at a critical juncture...

background: today, mobile phone technology has provided an opportunity for teachers and students to improve their continuous teaching/ learning process. the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of learning via mobile phone in the course of clinical pharmacology of medical students at pediatric ward. methods: in this semi-experimental study, 40 medical students at their last ...

Mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous in everyday’s life, their popularity and place independence are reasons for using these devices in different areas. One such area is electronic health, where patients can install small applications on their mobile devices that help or guide them in certain situations. The eSana framework offers a set of tools and approaches that allow the transmission of d...