Colleges test smartphones as learning tools

A few U.S. universities are distributing Apple iPhone 3Gs as learning tools that professors will use to monitor attendance and distribute podcasts and handouts.

The iPhone and other smartphones are gaining the attention of education professionals for their potential as learning tools. Cell phones have long been considered classroom distractions, but the ability of smartphones to run a wide variety of applications opens the door to greater possibilities. "This is a new platform for learning, in the same way a laptop or a desktop was a new platform," said William Rankin, co-director of mobile learning research at Texas' Abilene Christian University, which handed out the devices to two-thirds of this year's freshmen.

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Date of article: 05/09/2008

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