The use of PDAs, smartphones and pocket PCs for the following purposes

– Classroom “tools” for note-taking, scheduling, etc.
– Beaming (via Bluetooth) in classrooms to share notes, hand in assignments, etc.
– Assessment: assessing performance and providing automated results and feedback
– Coursework, scheduling and assignments in wireless environments; language
learning through SMS
– Just-in-time and on-the-spot information for field workers and field studies
– Experiential learning and fieldwork

– Personalised learning (appreciation for individual and learner-specific learning
process)
– Mobile composing (music composition on PDAs)
– Contextual and local awareness (e.g., at museums)
– Mobile tutoring
– Mobile blogging (moblogging – blogging on mobile devices)
– Courseware and multimedia on PDAs, including distribution and streaming
– Human language technologies (HLT) (speech-to-text, voice recognition)
– Collaborative activities via multi-user applications
– Collaborative learning and discussion groups

SMS usages

Administrative learning support
– Administrative information
– Access to examination and test marks via a mobile service number or m-portal
– Access to financial statements
– Registration data via mobile service number or m-portal

Academic learning support
– Communication and interaction (bulk short message service (SMS) and interactive
voice response
– Assessment (Multiple choice questions/quizzes)
– Feedback on assignments and tasks
– Motivational and instructional messages