School of Information Technology Murdoch University
Abstract
Having established that technology mediated instruction of some kind\ud
has potential and a valuable role to play in education for on the move and remote\ud
area learners the paper looks at practice as documented and suggests that social\ud
and cultural barriers are a greater challenge than technological ones. It concludes\ud
by suggesting that successful implementation may depend both on use of familiar\ud
technology i.e. phones rather than internet, and establishing for users a social and\ud
cultural validity for using that technology for the delivery of education
