Mobile Learning: Endless Possibilities for Allied Health Educators

As younger generations continue to grow and mature with mobile devices weaved into their lives, an expectation has formed to include these in as many ways as possible into all their activities. This demand has readily been felt in education. A learning evolution is occurring all over the world in environments from elementary settings to higher education. The public in general is thriving in a much larger universe, where education is no longer bound by walls or location. Instruction no longer needs to be performed in the present but rather at the fingertips of willing students equipped with tools that can access knowledge when they want it, where they want it, and with a critical openness to how much they want. Recently, there has been a strong desire to tap into this ubiquitous idea of learning in context, but where does one start? This article was written with the intent of expanding ideas on what mobile learning is, the possibilities that it holds to influence education both inside and outside the classroom, and how allied health educators may be able to incorporate mobile learning into their curricula.