Smartphone as Learning Tool in Class

With technology continuously improving, smartphones had become more of a need than a want. It’s no wonder, because of all the fact that owning a smartphone is considering to having knowledge and resources on the go. The main idea of this petition is to request smartphone as a teaching and learning tool in Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL). There’s so many that can benefit from using smart devices to aid in the teaching and learning processes in universities. These smartphones have the capabilities of a mini laptop that can serve many functions such as calling and texting, browsing the net, play games, be updated on news, study for test, listen to music and much more thanks to all the various applications available to us all.

When it is used in the right way, smartphones will be able to aid students to gain and comprehend more knowledge in their learning. If educators demonstrate respectful and appropriate use of smartphone in class and use it to build both the students’ and the teachers’ skills around it as well, the future of smartphone education looks bright. For such a tiny device to have so much use, we can rule that smartphone may be the number one learning aid for university students. It is time for all higher education to accept and utilize the use of smartphones.

The petition is conducted in both e-petition and paper petition. Our goal is to get at least 2500 signatures from among the University students, lecturers, staffs, parents and all those who are concerned with the future of education in Malaysia. We demand the support from the ICT Centre in IUKL and Telecommunication companies to team up with us and also financial support from businessmen because this change requires large amount of money. With this number of signatures, we will present it to every Head of Departments in IUKL to make the request so that smartphone can be make use of in its fullest potential in education. We wish IUKL can take the lead in making this change.