MOBILE LEARNING IN A RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article discusses an issue of using mobile learning and technologies based on it as an educational component of the educational process in a Russian university. Today, mobile learning is a new form of learning that differs from distance learning, and mobile learning technologies are transforming the learning process and making the postulate about the active participation of the learner in their own education a reality. Therefore, having analyzed the scientific pedagogical literature, the author gives her own definition of mobile learning, revealing its technological features and didactic capabilities using mobile devices. Based on a study carried out in a Russian university, the author proposed a classification of mobile devices by the share of employment in the educational process and by the frequency of use among students, and identified the categories of their use in the educational process. The survey data also show that students have an ambiguous approach to the issue of mobile learning in the process of forming and assimilating knowledge, skills, and abilities in the learning process.