Connected Nation Pilot Highlights Potential of Mobile Learning

AT&T, Edmodo, Kno and Samsung Mobile recently completed a pilot-test of a K-12 mobile learning platform “that combined mobile devices, connectivity and educational content with the ambition to make ‘anywhere education’ easier than ever.” Working under the banner of Connected Nation, the partners pilot-tested a hybrid shared and one-to-one mobile learning model in two high school classes over an eight-week period.

Reaching 100 students, the results were encouraging, according to the pilot-test partners:

• Most students, teachers and parents agreed the mobile learning solution enhanced the learning experience and would like to have continued using it after the trial
• Participating students using the one-to-one model reported higher levels of satisfaction by about 10 percentage points
• Participating students said the solution was easy to use, made reading more interesting, and featured helpful functions
• Participating teachers agreed the solution made them more effective and teaching more interesting.