Key findings from mobile eLearning trials have been published this month by the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) in a report "Mobile Technologies and learning".

The report presents some innovative ideas on how mobile technologies such as smartphones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) can be useful learning aids - particularly with young people who have not succeeded through traditional education. The report contains the findings of a three-year pan-European research and development project called "m-learning". The study investigated whether mobile technologies might engage ‘hard to reach’ young people (the ‘NEETs’ group) in learning and offer help to those with literacy and numeracy difficulties. The methodology involved the largest number of trials of mobile learning materials and systems conducted to date, encompassing nearly 250 young people (aged 16- 24) in the UK, Italy, and Sweden. Most were unemployed, many had dropped out of education (or were considered to be at risk of doing so), and some were homeless or travelers.

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