Enhancing Health and Social Care Placement Learning Through Mobile Technology (Report‪)‬

Background Mobile learning (m-learning) refers to the use of emerging technologies to enhance students' learning experiences. The m-learning literature continues to debate the pervasiveness and ubiquity of mobile devices and their potential use for learning (Alsaadat, 2009; Moore, Hu, & Wan, 2008). Supporting technological structures enabling wireless connectivity are now embedded (Sharma & Kitchens, 2004), such as General Packet Radio System (GPRS), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). In addition, other 3D-derived technologies, such as High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and the attributes of mobile technology, have the ability to attract young people in particular to learning (e.g., Attewell, 2005).