New Possibilities of Mobile ICT in Education at Low Operating Costs

Abstract

This article deals with new possibilities of teaching course which is focused on new media. The course will be partly realized during teaching outdoors, therefore it will be necessary to ensure the mobility of users were using of modern ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). For teaching and using new media is necessary to ensure mobile devices (tablet, smartphone, etc.) and mobile internet. Mobile internet is required for connection with main new media. The actual problem is big costs of mobile internet for a lot of students. Authors vision is to provide mobile internet for more mobile devices at very low operating costs which will not encumber the budget of the university. The suitable solution is to use so- called tethering, which is a method of sharing a single mobile internet connection usually within local wireless network for more students. The benefit of this paper is innovation through the reduction of operating costs for teaching outdoor the course while maintaining the mobility, and the use of mobile ICT when working with new media in education.