Teachers motivation factors in the success of mobile learning: what we learnt

Several research works have analyzed how students' motivational factors improve the effectiveness of mobile learning experiences. Rarely, the impact of teachers' motivation on the learners' results. In this paper, we argue that teachers' motivational factors should be similarly analysed, since teachers participate actively in the social processes of knowledge development. According to the results of a 2-year m-learning project, we consider motivational aspects as gradients in a 3D-space; dimensions in this space represent the social, information and geographical dimensions to be considered in order to analyze the knowledge building process in a mobile environment. Motivational factors are gradients which can determine the dynamical evolution of the entire classroom during a mobile learning experience.