The Effectiveness of Mobile Learning in the Form of Performance Support System in Higher Education

Students in engineering education need high-quality educational materials, and what is the most important, continually up-to-dated courses. The students need a possibility to self-assess their skills and knowledge as the learning steps for improvement - the courses, will provide them knowledge on the newest achievements in the field of engineering. The complexity of the knowledge and skills, necessary to perform successfully the tasks, determines the learners’ needs of “practical learning”. The view of learning process, as а performance-centered, is highly effective as a means of providing students in engineering education timely and relevant information. Performance-centered educational systems have a strong potential to help students mastering job-related skills. This paper presents m-learning as a form of performance support system for educational and training purposes in higher education. m-Learning solutions integrate mobile devices within the learning process to help students perform a task by providing information, guidance, and learning experiences when and where they are needed.