ANALYSIS ON THE APPLICABILITY OF MOBILE DEVICES AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE

Abstract

The use of mobile devices as a didactic learning strategy or M-learning is a strategy to massify the incorporation of ICT in classrooms for educational purposes, this because it cannot be ignored that technologies are already part of the current sociocultural context of people and particularly, young school-age children considered “digital natives.” Starting from this consideration, the pedagogical possibilities that teachers must consider to implement this teaching strategy are explored given the great receptivity of students in the use of mobile devices and the wide variety of digital resources that are offered in the technological field for educational use; To this end, the advantages that M-learning would provide in the classroom are analyzed, such as: access to information, promotion and stimulation of learning for multimedia learning environments and resources, interactivity and flexibility, as well as learning processes that involve learning. collaborative, personalized and taking into account learning styles and rhythms. On the other hand, the disadvantages that the use of mobile devices also report are analyzed, such as: the requirement for technological infrastructure (mobile devices, internet coverage), health effects (visual fatigue, posture, sleep disorder, nomophobia, anxiety ), as well as the existence of computer crimes (pornography, sexting, cyberbullying, oversharing and grooming), when they do not have the supervision of a responsible adult. Therefore, when assessing the positive and negative aspects of the M-learning strategy, it is concluded that the devices can be implemented given the advantages it offers in the efficiency of the learning processes, but a responsible use of them is recommended as well as educational policies, both legislation and greater technological coverage towards those marginalized areas that lack connectivity.