The concept of mobile learning goes right back to the 1970s, when companies such as Linguaphone started releasing recordings of language lessons that could be listened to at the learner’s convenience. The term m-learning is a much more recent modification, motivated by mobile communications technology and modelled on expressions such as e-learning, which refers more generally to learning and teaching supported by computers and other electronic devices.

The concept of mobile learning goes right back to the 1970s, when companies such as Linguaphone started releasing recordings of language lessons that could be listened to at the learner’s convenience. The term m-learning is a much more recent modification, motivated by mobile communications technology and modelled on expressions such as e-learning, which refers more generally to learning and teaching supported by computers and other electronic devices.