Mobile Learning in Higher Education: Unavoidable Alternative during COVID-19

Abstract

Covid-19 is an acute respiratory disease caused by Coronavirus Sars-Cov-2. Declared recently as pandemic disease, Covid-19 has affected educational systems worldwide. Many countries around the world have closed educational institutions to reduce the spread of this pandemic. Hence, Education in high schools is facing unprecedented challenges. This paper reflects on the role of mobile learning as remote teaching strategies sustaining student-centered learning. The use of mobile learning allows learning anytime, anyplace, and anywhere. Mobile Learning is an unavoidable alternative during COVID-19.

The Trend in Using Online Meeting Applications for Learning During the Period of Pandemic COVID-19: A Literature Review

“…Studies related to remote learning using the online meeting application will be described in the form of a table based on the results of the content analysis conducted on several journals and articles that are suitable for the objectives of the research. Naciri et al (2020) stated that the role of remote learning as alternative learning that could not be avoided during COVID-19. It was because learning could be done from long distance.…”

Transitioning from Face-to-Face to Remote Learning: Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions of using Zoom during COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Some studies focused specifically on the use of Zoom in the classroom (E.g., Archibald et al, 2019;Maul et al, 2018;Sayem et al ,2017;Wang et al, 2018). Over the past few months in particular, researchers have started investigating online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Adnan & Anwar, 2020;Agarwal & Kaushik, 2020;Basilaia et al, 2020;Bao, 2020;Demuyakor, 2020;Murphy, 2020;Naciri et al, 2020;Toquero, 2020). Knipe and Lee (2002) examined the concern that teaching and learning using video conferencing is not of the same quality of the one experienced in a traditional classroom environment.…”

Facebook as a substitute for kanohi ki te kanohi in the Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Māngere

“…Indeed, the programme is normally delivered through noho marae and tutorials. COVID-19, however, has been a significant challenge to education and learning (Crawford et al, 2020;Daniel, 2020;Händel et al, 2020;Naciri et al, 2020;Toquero, 2020;Usak et al, 2020) and face-to-face learning, in particular, became a threat to health (Murphy, 2020). As a result, learning moved online very quickly (Alawamleh, 2020;Daniel, 2020;Händel et al, 2020;Sandars et al, 2020) on an unproven and unmatched scale (Burgess & Sievertsen, 2020).…”