Smartphone vs. tablet: The M-learning debate

Smartphones and tablets are broadly the same thing right? One is just a bit bigger than the other. Well, not quite. If you stop and think for a moment there's a fundamental difference. For example, the iPad and the iPhone (or smartphones generally) have a very different role to play in learning.

The iPad is actually a very old fashioned device, but it's been dressed up to look new – typical Apple, you might say. The reality is that the smartphone is a much more radical device. Recently the iPad has obtained high visibility within learning. It's almost as if the iPad has become the tool of choice for anything beyond face to face or elearning, but it shouldn't be thought of in that way.