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Teaching Institutions are up against challenges of an advanced technology of learning with the objective of improving the efficiency of the teaching-learning process. Joining the students’ learning style to the technologies is important to improve the educational process. This work presents the advantages of using mobile devices, associated with the students’ learning styles. The learning which is carried out with the use of mobile devices makes it possible for users to learn at anytime and anywhere.

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dos Sanos Barcelos, R.J., Tarouco, L.M.R. (2011). Learning of Algorithms on Mobile Devices through Bluetooth, SMS Technology. In: Kwan, R., McNaught, C., Tsang, P., Wang, F.L., Li, K.C. (eds) Enhancing Learning Through Technology. Education Unplugged: Mobile Technologies and Web 2.0. ICT 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 177. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22383-9_7

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