Schools have a blunt approach to mobile phones: ban them in the classroom. But in a radical reversal, a new push has emerged for students to use them as the learning device of the new century.

Researchers at Melbourne University have begun testing the use of high-tech phones by students as a learning tool. The trials, being run in schools and TAFE colleges, are achieving remarkable success.

At the heart of the project is a dramatic shift in thinking about the use of mobiles by students — rather than just being phones, they are seen as computers that can help learning, the next step from laptops.

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