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What is Theories of Learning

Managing Social Media Practices in the Digital Economy
Various theories of learning have been advanced to explain the nature of learning process add reference. The theories can be broadly grouped under three broad categories: Behaviorism, Cognitivism and Constructivism.
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An Evaluative Framework for the Most Suitable Theory of Mobile Learning
Niti Mittal (Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India), Monica Chaudhary (S. P. Jain School of Global Management, Sydney, Australia), and Shirin Alavi (Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2185-4.ch001
Abstract
The focus of ICT in education has shifted from e-learning to mobile learning as mobile devices offer many technological and pedagogical affordances coupled with their affordability. It is imperative to say their potential can be leveraged efficiently in teaching-learning communities in developing countries in general and South-Asian countries in particular. To ensure its successful implementation a theory of mobile learning is required. This chapter draws an evaluative framework of existing theories of learning and proposes the most suitable theory of learning which can be leveraged to promote mobile learning to promote access of education in the developing nations.
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