- Responsive Website – Websites provide a consistent user experience across both computers and mobile devices via web browser. Along with mobile apps, they can include easy access to course material that students can reference later if needed.
- Mobile App – Apps like Moodle, Blackboard or custom apps offer instant access to educational course material specifically through a standalone application for mobile devices. They’re structured to provide information in ways that allow students to access course and exam prep material any time, without waiting for a teacher.
- Live Videos – If you’re a parent, your kids might be attending class via video conferencing platforms like Zoom or Google Meet. This type of interaction has been shown to be effective in everything from classroom instruction to speech therapy.
- Recorded Content. Live videos are just one way to use sound and images for mobile distance learning, benefiting both students and teachers along the way. Pre-recorded video is also effective, giving instructors pseudo interaction with students and providing students with digestible content they’ll retain better than they would from assigned reading. Plus, without real-time disruptions, instructors can pack as much information into a video as they need.
- Podcasts – More useful for teenaged or adult students (children may struggle due to lack of visual elements), podcasts are easy ways to share course materials via audio. Teachers can upload the latest episode onto the mobile learning site or app for students to access as needed. And, unlike video, students can engage with podcasts anywhere and anytime, such as when they’re driving or even cooking.
- Quizzes – Paired with your course material, quizzes and surveys give students refreshers on previous lessons before heading into new ones or can be graded. Consider incorporating quizzes and surveys into your mobile learning curriculum to both engage and assess students.
- Worksheets – They have been used for decades in the shape of kindergarten math worksheets for example, but it is not only very young learners who can benefit from them as fun and interactive worksheets can be adapted to any age and group.