MobiLearn go: mobile microlearning as an active, location-aware game

Abstract

Mobile technologies hold great potential to make studying both more effective and more enjoyable. In this work we present a mobile, microlearning application. Our system is designed with two goals: be flexible enough to support learning in any subject and encourage frequent short study sessions in a variety of contexts. We discuss the use of our application to assess the feasibility of microlearning for non-language learning and the relationship between the physical location of study sessions and information retention.