Introducing Mobile Technology as a Tool for Teaching

In this concept article, the advance of technology and Short Message Service (SMS)-based learning system is presented. Emerging development in mobile learning and technology has offered a viable opportunity for education. Mobile devices are playing a vital role in every student’s life, especially mobile phones. Unique features of mobile phones offer great opportunity towards learning mechanism. The flexibility and reliability of SMS as a communication tool has enabled it to be used as a learning tool. SMS-based learning system can be conducted with normal ordinary mobile phones since not all students are able to own expensive mobile phones or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Course contents can be delivered to the students via SMS, also known as interactive teaching whereby the messages are in pushand-pull mode. This article introduces a new pedagogical innovation in existing learning system from conventional teaching towards mobile learning. This article not only offers a technical requirement of mobile learning system, but also teaching and learning strategies which academicians may wish to employ.