Mobile learning is utilizing the affordances of portable technology (e.g. smartphone, health & fitness tracking devices, tablets) to support any type of learning, informal or formal, when on the go. I didn’t agree with Sharples’ (2013) dual definition in that mobile learning is either one or the other.
Sharples, M. (2013). Mobile learning: research, practice and challenges. Distance Education in China, 3(5), 5-11.
Hi Zach — I felt the same way about Sharples definition of mobile learning. I also didn’t agree with the portion about not being in a fixed, per-determined location. Maybe that’s because he wrote it over 10 years ago and things have changes so drastically since then.