M-learning as innovation means in RFL teaching

Abstract

The article is devoted to the use of mobile technology in education. The importance of mobile devices in education can not be overestimated, as they are often cheaper than desktop PCs, and its functionality and didactic value may even surpass the PC. M-Learning is learning on the move. It allows to break away from the binding of the educational process in the classroom and to organize lectures, tours, seminars where there is free Wi-Fi or mobile network is stable. QR-code can be very useful in conducting such outreach activities. M-learning can be successfully used in the application of the learning process of social networking – an interactive multi-user sites, the content of which is filled with individuals. M-learning, no doubt, can be used quite effectively in the training trials, both within the classroom and extracurricular work. For example, training can be conducted with the help of special applications developed for the training trials. A variety of programs can be downloaded via App Store or Google Play. When planning field trips and during their conduct of greatest interest to the teacher may be such educational potentials of M-learning, as a QR-code and interactive softwarespecific and hardware-independent card. Modern mobile phones and tablets on the technical parameters can replace stationary PC and make the process of acquiring new knowledge fun, bright, dynamic and individual. Before RFL teachers in terms of training in the language environment, new horizons and educational perspectives are opening that can fundamentally change the learning process for the better.

Keywords

• M-learning
• mobile technology
• mobile learning
• mobile application QR-code
• role playing
• field trip
• RCTs