 Using Mobile Phone Technologies to Maintain Quality of Education in Ethiopia: A View beyond the Prevalence of Academic DishonestyMebratu Mulatu Bachore () Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2015, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-7 Abstract: The 21st century is characterized by the increasing access to sophisticated but affordable and portable technologies that are contributing much to the world. Specifically, in Ethiopia, mobile technologies are rapidly attracting new users, providing increasing capacity, and introducing more sophisticated uses to the citizens. However, it is becoming somehow common to ban using mobiles phones in classrooms among teachers in Ethiopia due to fear of cheating and plagiarism. At the same time, various scholars around the world have been investigating the trends of using these technologies for learning in both formal and informal contexts. The integration of such technologies into teaching and learning has been more gradual, as educators need to understand how they can be effectively used to support various kinds of learning and develop effective methods and materials for mobile assisted learning. Therefore, this review article analyses the trends, principles, merits and demerits, global experiences, and future considerations of using mobile to maintain the quality of education in Ethiopia which is becoming the due concern of our nation. Keywords: Mobile phones; Learning; Quality education; Academic dishonesty. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aoj:asjoet:v:1:y:2015:i:1:p:1-7:id:268 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Asian Journal of Education and Training from Asian Online Journal Publishing Group |
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