Student Use of Mobile Devices in University Classes
Student Use of Mobile Devices in University Classes

Summary/Abstract: Computer technologies are widely used by students of any level of education. In the broadrange of computer hardware mobile devices deserve special attention. They offer a number ofbenefits to students including the possibility of making editable notes, searching for informationon line, communicating quickly and effectively or accessing multimedia materials. Due to the sizeof those devices the students can easily use them during classes. The study reported was done ona relatively large group of students (503) from students of the Faculty of Production Engineeringof the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland. Its main goal was to establish students’ use ofmobile 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 devicesduring 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 calculationsrelated to attended courses.

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