The present article aims to examine the state of mobile learning in Bulgaria, presenting the policy framework in which the education processes themselves take place, and also to show the various platforms and software products that form the basis of mobile learning. Online platforms greatly facilitate and support mobile learning, as they connect individuals regardless of distances or situations. The analysis shows that mobile learning has a place in Bulgarian education and its quality is at relatively high level. Its specifics are related to the technological security, the technical and methodological training and qualification of teachers, as well as the responsibility of families. A specific case is analyzed – the situation with Covid-19 and how the Bulgarian education system is being restructured in the direction of mobile learning under the influence of the new pandemic conditions. Methodology is based on qualitative methods, under the national project “Digital Media Literacy in the context of "Knowledge Society": state and challenges”, № КП–06–Н25/4, 2018, funded by National Science Fund – Bulgaria. The main conclusion is that Covid-19 puts Bulgarian education in a situation that requires comprehensive and universal mobile learning, which is in line with the modern knowledge society.
The present article aims to examine the state of mobile learning in Bulgaria, presenting the policy framework in which the education processes themselves take place, and also to show the various platforms and software products that form the basis of mobile learning. Online platforms greatly facilitate and support mobile learning, as they connect individuals regardless of distances or situations. The analysis shows that mobile learning has a place in Bulgarian education and its quality is at relatively high level. Its specifics are related to the technological security, the technical and methodological training and qualification of teachers, as well as the responsibility of families. A specific case is analyzed – the situation with Covid-19 and how the Bulgarian education system is being restructured in the direction of mobile learning under the influence of the new pandemic conditions. Methodology is based on qualitative methods, under the national project “Digital Media Literacy in the context of "Knowledge Society": state and challenges”, № КП–06–Н25/4, 2018, funded by National Science Fund – Bulgaria. The main conclusion is that Covid-19 puts Bulgarian education in a situation that requires comprehensive and universal mobile learning, which is in line with the modern knowledge society.
The article has been developed in the framework of the research project “Digital Media Literacy in the context of "Knowledge Society": state and challenges” № КП–06–Н25/4, funded by National Science Fund – Bulgaria.