Global trends in using digital technologies for learning

We are living at a time when technologies have been infused into many aspects of our lives and are changing at an unprecedented rate. Worldwide, the average mobile subscription rate is more than 100 per cent, suggesting that some people are carrying more than one mobile device. The rapid advancement and pervasiveness of technologies have inspired educators and learners to tap the affordances of technologies for teaching and learning. This chapter discusses some pertinent issues related to integrating technologies into education, such as educational technology trends, changing approaches of using technologies for learning, critiques about technologies and research findings of the effectiveness of technology-supported learning.