This article presents the results of a review of practice and policy in relation to mobile learning and its potential to enhance inclusive and equitable access to higher education in Africa. We reviewed academic literature on potential barriers. Then, we explored the current state of the mobile learning policy environment in 10 African countries through an analysis of how these policies have tried to address the prominent challenges in the adoption of mobile learning as identified in the literature. The findings reveal that significant resourcing inequalities and epistemological, sociocultural, and institutional barriers remain and affect mobile learning adoption. The analysis also reveals that there is still a policy vacuum in relation to mobile learning specific policies within African higher education institutional and governmental policies. Thus, the formal integration of mobile learning in higher education to facilitate equitable access is very much in its infancy. This article suggests a strong need for institutional, cross-institutional, national and African-wide mobile learning specific policies to ensure better implementation of mobile learning. As interest in mobile learning continues to grow, this review will provide insights into policy and strategic planning for the adoption of mobile learning to achieve inclusive and equitable access to higher education.

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非洲的移动学习政策和实践：迈向包容和公平获得高等教育的机会

本文介绍了有关移动学习的实践和政策的审查结果，以及其在非洲促进包容性和公平的高等教育机会的潜力。我们回顾了有关潜在障碍的学术文献。然后，我们通过分析这些政策如何尝试解决文献中指出的采用移动学习的主要挑战，探索了10个非洲国家的移动学习政策环境的现状。研究结果表明，巨大的资源不平等以及认识论，社会文化和制度障碍仍然存在，并影响了移动学习的采用。分析还显示，在非洲高等教育机构和政府政策中，与移动学习特定政策相关的政策真空仍然存在。因此，将移动学习正式纳入高等教育以促进公平获取的形式还处于初期。本文建议强烈需要机构，跨机构，国家和整个非洲范围内的移动学习专用政策，以确保更好地实施移动学习。随着人们对移动学习的兴趣不断增长，本文将对采用移动学习以实现包容性和公平地接受高等教育的政策和战略规划提供见解。