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With the development of mobile communication technology and the widespread popularization of mobile devices, mobile learning (m-learning) as a new learning model has achieved rapid development in many fields. Therefore, it is essential to clearly describe the knowledge development trajectory and research topics in the field of m-learning. This paper reviews 1396 articles associated with m-learning since 1992 to explore the knowledge trajectories. The global main path and the key-route main path reveal that higher education has become the leading research field of m-learning. The majority of researches focus on personalized guidance and acceptance and adoption of m-learning. Multiple main paths obtain three subareas, including design and development of m-learning, factors affecting the acceptance and adoption of m-learning, and comprehensive application of m-learning. This paper contributes to the m-learning domain by providing research directions and making implications for future researchers.
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This manuscript was supported by the Social Science Foundation Project of Jiangsu Province, China (No. 20GLC010), the research project of Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities of Jiangsu Province, China (No. 2019SJA0337), the Natural Science Research Project of Universities in Jiangsu Province, China (No. 19KJB120008) and the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (SJCX21_0883).
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Yu, D., Yan, Z. & He, X. Capturing knowledge trajectories of mobile learning research: A main path analysis. Educ Inf Technol 27, 7257–7280 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10869-6
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