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To define concepts or technical terms in fuller dimensionality is to place them in their cultural, disciplinary, and temporal contexts

Mobile Internet > m-learning > MALL

Mobility of the learner

Mobile devices Mobile phones, smartphones

Tablets (iPad, etc. – iPod was an intermediate stage), (hybrid) phablets

Wearable networked accessories

Characteristics of mobile devices for learning Portable

Online

Blended

Social

Connecting learners with content, experiences, teachers, & peers

What Mobile Language Learning is Learner-centered m-learning for language acquisition & communication

Future goal: Ubiquitous Language Learning