{"id":1086,"date":"2024-01-09T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:41:27","slug":"can-you-really-learn-a-skill-on-a-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/can-you-really-learn-a-skill-on-a-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Really Learn a Skill on a Smartphone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1086\" class=\"elementor elementor-1086\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYes, you can. Many of our learners in Khayelitsha finish whole courses on a basic Android phone. The screen is small, but short lessons fit it well.\n\nUse headphones, download lessons on Wi-Fi at the hub and study offline later.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">It always seems impossible until it is done.\n\n<cite>Nelson Mandela<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nSipho Mthembu, our Coding Instructor, taught his first JavaScript class using phones only. Learners wrote real code with a simple app and a lot of patience. Visit us at 19 Walter Sisulu Road to see how it works.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"Smiling young Black South African male tutor holding a smartphone and an open notebook, standing at the right of a plain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-study-desk-at-a-khayelitsha-learning-hub-with-a-sm-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Study desk at a Khayelitsha learning hub with a smartphone showing a video lesson, earphones, spiral notebooks, pens, st\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-study-desk-at-a-khayelitsha-learning-hub-with-a-sm-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-study-desk-at-a-khayelitsha-learning-hub-with-a-sm-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-study-desk-at-a-khayelitsha-learning-hub-with-a-sm-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-study-desk-at-a-khayelitsha-learning-hub-with-a-sm-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ekasi-learn-hub-study-desk-at-a-khayelitsha-learning-hub-with-a-sm-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What works well on a phone<\/h4>\n\n<p>Reading, short videos, quizzes and language practice all work nicely. Writing code and designing posters take more effort, but they are still possible with the right free apps and a steady routine.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to watch out for<\/h4>\n\n<p>Small screens tire the eyes, so take breaks every twenty minutes. Keep your phone charged and save your work often. If your phone is old, ask us which courses run best on it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you can. Many of our learners in Khayelitsha finish whole courses on a basic Android phone. The screen is small, but short lessons fit it well. Use headphones, download lessons on Wi-Fi at the hub and study offline later. It always seems impossible until it is done. Nelson Mandela Sipho Mthembu, our Coding Instructor,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_advanced_robots":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rank_math_pillar_content":"","rank_math_og_title":"","rank_math_og_description":"","rank_math_og_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_twitter_card_type":"","rank_math_breadcrumb_title":"","rank_math_snippet_name":"","rank_math_snippet_desc":"","rank_math_snippet_type":"","rank_math_schema_Article":"","rank_math_schema_Product":"","rank_math_schema_LocalBusiness":"","rank_math_schema_FAQPage":"","rank_math_schema_HowTo":"","rank_math_gtin_code":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[27,23,21,22,30],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","tag-mobile-data","tag-short-courses","tag-small-business","tag-tvet-college","tag-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20185,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/20185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/elearning-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}