Abstract
Over the past five decades, education and training communities have witnessed series of innovations
in learning environments from face-to-face to desktop computers and more recently to mobile devices
where students can learn anytime and anywhere. Each of these innovations may be accompanied
with additional learning theory, modified learning theory or using existing learning theory that help
instructional designers in designing sound instructional materials for the new learning environments. It
is against this backdrop that this paper examined five existing learning theories that are relevant to
mobile learning and their possible applications to the design of instructions to be delivered on mobile
devices. After the examination, such theories were found to be applicable to the design of instructions
for mobile learning. This paper therefore, recommended among others that teachers designing
instructions to be delivered via mobile devices should take the advantages of the aspects of the
learning theories pointed out in order to develop valid and effective mobile learning materials.
Publication Date: 2018-12-06