A technology update and m-learning project summary by Jill Attewell

The m-learning project – funded by the European Commission, the project partners and (in England) the Learning and Skills Council – was considered highly innovative and unusual. It not only involved developing learning materials to run on handheld devices in a time of rapid technological development, but also targeted reluctant young adult learners with poor literacy or numeracy.

Key findings from the learner research and systems trials phase of the project are included in this publication. These findings indicate that mobile devices can be used successfully to involve some of the hardest to reach and most disadvantaged young adults in learning. As a result, and especially as part of a blended learning strategy, mobile learning has the potential to help these young people to improve both their skills and their self-confidence and, therefore, their life chances.

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