Pros
- One can access lessons and libraries from anywhere.
- One can learn and access the learning system 24*7 without time limitation.
- One can interacte with fellow students and instructors any place any time.
- Portability of a mobile device enables a student to take notes or enter data directly into the device.
- Psychologically speaking, owning hand-held devices increases student motivation and deepens the commitment to using and learning with them.
- The course materials through mobile device with color and interactions will motivate students learn and practice.
- It's a more affordable device comparing with personal computer or other larger devices. - Each student can learn at his or her own pace - some student may be slower learners. The students who pick up things fast need not waste time going repeatedly through basic lessons.
- It saves learning materials such as textbooks, papers and all other course related materials.
- There is the definite inconvenience of size, as the student has to learn while hunched over the small screen of a mobile devices.
- There is no denying that the storage capacities of mobile device are limited.
- Anyone who has a mobile gadget knows that the short battery life and frequent changes of batteries are a great nuisance.
- Add to this the absence of a common hardware platform; this makes it extremely difficult to develop content for use by all.
- Devices may become outdated quickly and students have to keep combating obsolescence.
- There is limited wireless bandwidth and chances are that it may further decrease with the number of users ever on the increase.
- Instead of learning, the students can be easily distracted from course related content to the other websites.
- In the M-Learning venue, students are incapable of printing, simply because it requires a network connection. This is obviously not feasible in a number of real-life situations.