M-learning - an effective learning style?

The effective digital mobile learning uses efficient teaching and learning methods and it makes full use of its "mobile" nature. The student is mobile rather than the device. This key principle should influence all the other principles of the digital mobile learning. The effective mobile learning exploits the advantage of being on the scene, it provides immediate access and connection and it acknowledges the learning process which takes place outside of (and together with) the formal learning frameworks, in places such as the workplace, at home and in open air. The introduction of a wide variety of technologies had an impact on the training methods. Together with the rapid development of PCs in the 20th century and with the explosion of the mobile phone use in the past 10 years, we started to see a change in the classroom training pattern from the learning with a Trainer in front of the room to a varied blend of approaches regarding the learning from various frameworks. During the first stages of the mobile learning development, the focus was on the mobile devices themselves, but they are now being replaced by a new orientation towards understanding the students who are connected to the relevant information while being mobile. This work is an attempt to show the degree of preparation and use of the M-learning within the teaching activity. The investigated sample includes a representative number of 350 Training Staff from the higher education environment in 15 university centres.