Yukyan Lam, Elena T Broaddus, Pamela J Surkan
Literacy and healthcare-seeking among women with low educational attainment: analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey
International journal for equity in health
since start current millennium experience expertise development delivery mobile learning blossomed community practice evolved distinct established communities tethered elearning community currently visible mainly dedicated international conference series mlearn prestigious rather dedicated journals far forms development delivery focussed shortterm smallscale pilots trials developed countries europe north america pacific rim taxonomy emerging pilots trials suggests tacit pragmatic conceptualisations mobile learning however developed less confidently within community theoretical conceptualisation mobile learning evaluation methodologies specifically aligned unique attributes mobile learning advocates mobile learning attempt define conceptualise terms devices technologies advocates define conceptualise terms mobility learners mobility learning terms learners experience learning mobile devices role theory perhaps contested topic community encompasses philosophical affiliations empiricists poststructuralists different expectations scope legitimacy theory work mobile learning community may nevertheless need authority credibility conceptual base base would provide starting point evaluation methodologies grounded unique attributes mobile learning attempts develop conceptualisations evaluation mobile learning however must recognise mobile learning essentially personal contextual situated means noisy problematic definition evaluation furthermore defining mobile learning emphasise unique attributes position within informal learning rather formal attributes place much mobile learning odds formal learning cohorts courses semesters assessments campuses monitoring evaluation regimes raises concerns nature largescale sustained deployment extent unique attributes mobile learning may lost compromised looking mobile learning wider context recognise mobile personal wireless devices radically transforming societal notions discourse knowledge responsible new forms art employment language commerce deprivation crime well learning increased popular access information knowledge anywhere anytime role education perhaps especially formal education challenged relationships education society technology dynamic ever paper explores articulates issues connections specifically context wider sustained development mobile learning