allahabad very soon teaching would not be confined to four walls of classroom as authorities of the institute of professional studies ips of allahabad university are all set to introduce the concept of mobilelearning the needed infrastructure for this technique would soon be in place and authorities would start with trial run of this novel concept on the campus detailing on the initiative director ips prof gk rai said ips has taken a new technology based initiative that of using mobile technology enabled learning solution for english proficiency and workplace skill the initiative plans to utilise portable device tablet based language lab wherein meducation represents a profound shift in the way education is delivered and received he added the programme would be launched at centre of food technology on august 13 through joint training programme of teachers and learners informed prof rai about the technology prof rai said that meducation is a technologyenabled learning solution available to learners anytime anywhere any portable device such as a tablet laptop or even mobile phone that provides access to educational content through mobile connectivity 2g 3g or 4g complemented by mobilebased wifi can be a tool for meducation mobile technology has begun to permeate our daily lives providing unparalleled access to information it is also raising the quality of education and improving access to it he said the portable language lab consists of 21 tablets 20 student version 1 teacher version packed in a trolley which provides storage wireless access point transportation charging internet connectivity is provided through a cisco router the trolley also has a projector and speakers so that teacher can project from anywhere the tablets are preloaded with the course work english edge designed by liqvid a noida based company prof rai further informed that meducation offers three advantages with the potential to improve imparting education and thereby enhance learning outcomes which includes simplifying access to content and experts overcoming traditional constraints of time location and collaboration it also personalises education solutions for individual learners helping educators customise the teaching process using software and interactive media that adapt levels of difficulty to individual students understanding and pace talking of the course the director of ips said that the course provides interactive multimedia content keeping in mind the indian context for listening reading writing and speakingbased interactive activities and exercises covering fluency and confidence building grammartenses articles etc along with pronunciation accent reduction comprehension issues and written communications likewise for communication the course would cater to personality confidence presentation etc covering verbal narrative structures nonverbal ie body language group discussions role plays interview and presentation skills he said the course would also have video recording and playback facility students can do a whole lot of project based learning exercises like video shoot a conversation and comment there is a master teacher tablet that controls the activity of all the student tablets and this leads to an undivided attention of teacher to each of the student and hence is helpful