Why do we use smartphones for everything except learning?

Smartphones are everywhere

The smart­phone has become preva­lent in all areas of our dai­ly lives: com­mu­ni­ca­tion, enter­tain­ment, nav­i­ga­tion, fit­ness, shop­ping, bank­ing.…

Why not for learn­ing, too?

With so many apps and tools at our dis­pos­al, the smart­phone should be used for learn­ing in some form. Whether it’s for tak­ing notes in class, doing home­work, or even just study­ing for an exam, the smart­phone has the poten­tial to be a pow­er­ful tool for learn­ing.

A smartphone is perfect for learning

There are a few rea­sons why this isn’t the case.

1. First, we already have a lot to do when it comes to learn­ing. Mul­ti­task­ing is dif­fi­cult as it is, adding anoth­er app or tool to the mix could be just the dis­trac­tion that real­ly throws off your learn­ing. Espe­cial­ly if you’re at a col­lege or uni­ver­si­ty
2. Sec­ond, a lot of con­tent isn’t made for the smart­phone. Lay­out and nav­i­ga­tion are book-ori­ent­ed and don’t lend them­selves to small screens.
3. Third, the major­i­ty of schools and orga­ni­za­tions are not yet famil­iar with the poten­tial of apps and tools. Most have prob­a­bly bare­ly begun to explore their options when it comes to teach­ing online cours­es or MOOCs. Many don’t even know that tools like Get More Brain exist. And most don’t even know how to use social media for edu­ca­tion­al pur­pos­es.

We want to change that: Get More Brain and Bit­mark are made for learn­ing on your smart­phone.

💡 With Get More Brain, inno­v­a­tive learn­ing set­tings can be designed that are pri­mar­i­ly based on com­mu­ni­ca­tion.

💡 With Bit­mark, con­tent of any kind can be struc­tured and opti­mized for the smart­phone.

While both tech­nolo­gies can be used indi­vid­u­al­ly, they real­ly stand out in com­bi­na­tion. Then they unfold their full poten­tial and enable inter­ac­tive and mul­ti­me­dia learn­ing, inde­pen­dent of time and place — thanks to the smart­phone!

This sto­ry was first pub­lished on LinkedIn (Feb­ru­ary 9, 2022)