The Mobile Learning Implementation for Physics Lesson in Indonesia: A Narrative Review

Indonesia is an archipelago with a vast landscape. Equal access to education has been an important issue in improving the quality of education to support human resource provision. This study is a narrative review study based on reflections during conducting multi-year research from 2015 to 2020 funded by MOEC. During the research period, authors arranged socialization, training, mentoring, and measuring the impact of mobile learning implementation in rural and remote areas, especially in eastern Indonesia. The results of this study indicate that there is good potential for mobile learning to support equitable access to education. Governments need to consider several essential aspects so mobile learning can work well. The aspects are the readiness of infrastructure and the readiness of technology acceptance by educational decision-makers and principals. The results of this study, as a whole, can be used as a basis for developing various educational policies in the disadvantaged region.