Mobile learning can be used to encourage both independent and collaborative learning experiences

Many learners taking part enjoyed the opportunity to use the mobile devices to learn independently of a group setting for a variety of reasons.For example one mentor who worked with learners experiencing housing related difficulties noted ‘he preferred to work independently, as he felt under no pressure, and could do it all in the evenings’ and another ‘they have said it has been great being able to use materials in private. When they come into the centre it can be embarrassing because everyone can see what they are doing on the computer’. Others welcomed the opportunity to work collaboratively. For example a learner stated ‘it is good learning and helping other people’ and ‘[it is] probably better to work together with new technologies, someone to ask. It also puts some pressure on you to achieve something’.