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Designing mobile learning for knowledge retention

Anytime anywhere mobile learning is shifting modern education into more inclusive and higher quality personalized learning experience. But even the most informative and beautifully designed mLearning courses can fall short if they lack the component of knowledge retention. The ultimate goal of any mLearning deliverable is to create memorable and powerful content, which is easy […]

iPad VS Android Tablets: Which are Better for Education?

Tablet computers are attractive, portable, ultimate personal electronic devices using the same operating system as mobile phones with the features of computers. Tablet becomes an influential educational transformation technology, and more and more institutes are adapting tablet devices to enhance teaching and learning activities. The competition between Apple iPad and Android tablets perplexes the educators and they […]

Common Misconceptions of Teaching with Technology

The progress of technology is disrupting traditional industries and changing every aspect of our life. In education, integration of technology starts to reconstruct the teaching and learning process and lead to new pedagogy. Although holding great promise, technology has not been fully accepted by educators and opinions vary greatly about the benefits of embracing educational […]

Are Apps Going to Replace Textbooks?

Printed textbooks have long been used as the centre of education, but as the aeon of paper books has transpired, traditional textbooks face great challenges to serve as the main mode of deliverance of education. It is a common perception now that digital technology holds great potential to improve institutional learning. In just a few […]

Are Apple HealthKit and Google Fit Ready to Revolutionize Healthcare?

Despite the advancements in medical technologies, healthcare continues to pose all levels of challenges of complexity, affordability and accessibility worldwide. In contrast to healthcare access, mobile access is becoming almost omnipresent across the whole world. This provides a strong foundation for mHealth — the use of mobile communication for health services or achieving health outcomes. […]