Perceptions of university students about learning through mobile devices
Abstract
The mobile devices allow a wide variety of tasks at any time and place, making it an option to strengthen the reach of virtual education processes and enabling the design of virtual environments that promote experiences according to the needs of the learners. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine the undergraduate students’ perception of the Engineering Organization Department (DIO - UNALMED) about mobile learning. For this, it has raised an exploratory research from quantitative methodological designs (self-administered questionnaires) and qualitative (depth interviews). It is concluded that although there is easy access to these devices, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) focused on learning processes are generally little used and students prefer applications related to leisure and entertainment.
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