Students’ typical usage of mobile devices in learning activities

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Abstract

Mobile devices have been widely used by higher education students for learning purposes. This paper explores the students’ typical usage of mobile phones, tablet devices and notebook computers in different learning activities, based on the online surveys conducted to the full-time undergraduate students in the Open University of Hong Kong over the past three years. It is revealed that, besides e-mail access and internet browsing, mobile phones are often used for social networking. They were not usually used for reading e-books and doing assignments. Tablet devices are often used for reading e-books, connecting to learning portal and internet browsing, but not for doing assignments. Notebook computers are frequently used in almost all learning activities, especially for doing assignments. The results affirm that the usage depends on the nature of the learning activities and the technical features and limitations of the devices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTechnology in Education
Subtitle of host publicationTechnology-Mediated Proactive Learning - 2nd International Conference, ICTE 2015, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsTak Lam Wong, Jeanne Lam, Kwan Keung Ng, Fu Lee Wang, Simon K.S. Cheung, Kam Cheong Li
Pages63-72
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event2nd International Conference on Technology in Education: Technology-Mediated Proactive Learning, ICTE 2015 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 2 Jul 20154 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume559
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Technology in Education: Technology-Mediated Proactive Learning, ICTE 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period2/07/154/07/15

Keywords

  • Learning support
  • Mobile device
  • Mobile learning

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