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The development of digital technology has transformed our lifestyle and habits in all areas especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. Higher education is a field where digital pedagogy has impacted the practices of teachers and students on mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.). Mobile learning has become one of the information and communication technologies in education (ICTE) used to search, communicate, study and disseminate information through several learning modalities. According to several studies, the latter is widely used among students. The aim of the present paper is to identify the use of mobile learning in the learning process of teacher training. More precisely, we question the contribution of smartphones in the learning process of students from the High School of Education and Training of Agadir. The data we have presented comes from a quantitative survey along with an interview-based research to analyze the effects of mobile technology. The research shows that students use their cell phones to search for educational resources, and also to interact with the instructors and exchange files with their peers, and they are highly motivated to have opted for this type of learning. Ideally, this article is intended to stimulate reflections on the subject of mobile learning and its integration in education in Morocco.
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Mountasser, T. (2023). Smartphones Usefulness in Mobile Learning: The Moroccan University Case - Students of High School of Education and Training, Agadir. In: Ben Ahmed, M., Boudhir, A.A., Santos, D., Dionisio, R., Benaya, N. (eds) Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 6. SCA 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 629. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26852-6_39
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