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3pm Journal of Digital research & publishing
Mobile Technology: the new
classroom where attendance is made
anytime and anywhere
By Chalida Hiruntrakul
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Abstract
In last decade, people were discussing widely about the use of Internet on the desktop computer. At
this point of time, the arrival and advancement of mobile technology has dynamically taken the stage
towards the future time. This new creation makes new experiences of mobility with access to happen and
transform the boundary of learning.
This paper will be discussing how this newness is affecting human being, especially the process of
learning. Back in previous days, classroom is the only place to shape cultured foundation. However,
accessibility and equality to gain such foundation were unable to be distributed evenly. People in
developed countries and prosperity tend to have education privilege. Fortunately, with the proliferation
of technology, opportunities are broadly scattering to everybody regardless of where they live. We are now
living in the new age of education where classroom size is no longer measurable. The intangible online
classroom, which was regarded as the utopia-learning environment, is becoming the realism of today. The
accessibility via mobile devices allows even greater opportunities to learn upon individual’s preference.
With the impacts from mobile technology, there are numerous points to attend to. The shift of learning
pattern from the past present and future, the acquisition of learning and knowledge, the consumption of
mobile technology are some of the key points to be conversed.
Keywords
Digital MeDia • Mobile technology • online MeDia • Mobile MeDia • online leaRning •
e-leaRning • collectiVe KnowleDge • MeDia consuMPtion • coMMunicational tech-
nology • coMPutationl technology • MultiDiMensional coMMunication
Introduction
In our childhood routine, kids are sent to school and classes upon the registration paper. It
is rarely that any of us will be allowed to choose what we want especially in school where
educational knowledge is being offered in literal structure. This is owing to the inherent
ideology that juveniles generally require closely and constantly to be protected. This group
of people is being misjudged. There is a large volume of published studies and researches
describing the true nature of learning through stages of one’s life. It is the fact that through
times, people change and develop simultaneously in some ways.
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