MOBILE PHONE APPS: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Abstract

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, every society and every individual has a responsibility to eradicate poverty, protect the environment and ensure that all people live in peace and prosperity. To meet this responsibility, activities must be organized that support the goals of sustainable development. The increasing daily use of mobile technologies in education, are said to have significant potential to raise awareness of sustainable development goals. This will be possible through mobile phone application as mobile applications are the gateway to the transfer of human knowledge. Learning is a continuous process and now the focus has completely shifted to e-Learning. Thanks to mobile phones and various function-oriented apps, students can learn at their own pace and take their time understanding things because everything is just a click away. The integration of mobile into the teaching-learning process has ushered a new era in education. It has made the teaching-learning process more interactive and practical. One can impart quality education to anyone, from anywhere. Overall, implementing mobile applications and technologies can provide many benefits for a quality education environment. This document covers the use of mobile applications to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the specific mobile application of the individual goal.