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Mobile devices for learning in Malaysia: then and now
Posted on 07 January 2014 by Shahril Effendi Bin Ibrahim (Senior Librarian)
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Song, Helena S. Y.
Murphy, Angela
Farley, Helen
Publication Details
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Article
Publication Date: 
1-4 Dec 2013
Conference Name: 
30th Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Conference (ASCILITE 2013): Electric Dreams
Summary
Since 2010, there has been a visible increase in the amount of research focused on mobile learning in higher education in Malaysia. To determine if this increase corresponds to an increase in the use of mobile devices to support student learning, data from two surveys conducted in 2008 and 2013 were compared to determine the changes in rates of ownership and use of mobile devices among students. In 2008, although all students owned feature phones very few had access to other mobile devices and rarely used them to support their learning. In 2013, the picture had changed significantly, with some 80 per cent of students owning smart phones and all had access to mobile devices of some sort. Additionally, students were using these devices to support their learning in a number of ways. The paper concludes with indications and implications for future research. (Abstract by authors)
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