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No matter what anyone says, size does matter! And when it comes to technology, the smaller the better – the more number of nano chips you can fit on an area the size of a pinhead, the more sophisticated and expensive the device. So now we carry around a larger number of gadgets, but with each vying with the other to be the smallest one in your bag or pocket, there’s no hassle regarding the weight we lug around. It’s a world where being connected at all times, at all places, at all costs, takes priority over everything else.
While there are times we wish that people would focus more on other human beings around them rather that immerse themselves in their mean machines, there are saving graces to this fad we call technology that’s advancing by leaps and bounds. One of them is related to the field of online education, a sphere that depends entirely on technology for its growth and popularity. Being able to learn from home is a boon to most people who have a full-time job and are looking to earn a degree to advance their career prospects or make more money. Significant progress in mobile technology has made the term “learning from home” morph into “learning from anywhere.”
The mobile phone has opened up a world of opportunities, one that allows people to learn from where there are, to use the time that is available to them rather than making time to study; content is pushed onto mobile screens instead of having to be accessed using a personal computer or a laptop, which means that anyplace your phone goes with you is good enough to be your classroom setting. Entire courses are being taught and learnt with just smart phones and access to content provided by careers.
The American InterContinental University is setting the standards in mobile online education by offering those who own Personal Digital Assistants, Smartphones like Apple’s iPhone and others to access course content, assignments and other information, both in the text and video formats. The large memory capacities of these devices allow users to store content and access it as and when needed. The clarity and size of the screens provide crystal-clear pictures and videos, all in all, a complete presentation to rival the best of classroom lectures.
So the next time you see someone with their eyes glued to a mobile phone, maybe they’re hard at work – studying! It’s not that hard to imagine, not with technology as we define it today.
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This article was contributed by Heather Johnson, who is a regular writer on the subject of nursing college grants. She welcomes your questions, comments and writing job opportunities at at her email address.
Many thanks to Heather Johnson. Enjoy your reading!
