Student Use of Mobile Devices in University Classes

Obrazek miniatury
Data
2016
Autorzy
Lorencowicz, Edmund
Koszel, Milan
Kocira, Sławomir
Uziak, Jacek
Tytuł czasopisma
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Tytuł tomu
Wydawnictwo
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Abstrakt
Computer technologies are widely used by students of any level of education. In the broad range of computer hardware mobile devices deserve special attention. They offer a number of benefits to students including the possibility of making editable notes, searching for information on line, communicating quickly and effectively or accessing multimedia materials. Due to the size of those devices the students can easily use them during classes. The study reported was done on a relatively large group of students (503) from students of the Faculty of Production Engineering of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland. Its main goal was to establish students’ use of mobile devices in the educational processes, and in particular during formal classes (lectures, tutorials and lab experiments). The key finding was that above 90% of students used mobile devices during classes. The most popular mobile device was a notebook (used by 80% of students), followed by a smartphone (71%) and tablet (17%). The most popular activity was making calculations related to attended courses.
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Słowa kluczowe
educational technology , Mobile devices , University teaching
Cytowanie
Wojciech Walat, Edukacja – Technika – Informatyka nr 2(16)/2016, s. 206–219