Mobile access to educational

resources in humanities and

social sciencesJasmin Klindzic (E-learning Support Center, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)

Nadja Soldatic (Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Kemal Kacapor (School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Aleksadra Vranes (Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Ljiljana Markovic (Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Maja Perkovic (E-learning Support Center, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)

Dusan Ristic (Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Amra Rizvic (School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Contents

• Background

• Motivation

• Research

• Initial results

• Future steps

Background

• 3 HE institutions in Bosnia & Herzegovina,

Croatia, and Serbia

• Humanities and Social Sciences

• Teacher / student population ~ 23.000

• Moodle LMS

Faculty of Humanities and Social

Sciences, University of Zagreb

• ~ 8000 students / ~ 1000 teachers

• Using Moodle since 10/2004.

• 107 study programs

• 1300+ online courses

• 7000+ Moodle users

Faculty of Philology,

University of Belgrade

• ~ 8500 students / ~ 350 teachers

• Using Moodle since 07/2010.

• 29 study programs

• 300+ online courses

• 4500+ Moodle users

School of Economics and

Business, University of Sarajevo

• ~ 4300 students / 93 teachers

• Using Moodle since 09/2002.

• 15 study programs

• 425 online courses

• 3500 Moodle users

Motivation

• Insight into what services are needed

• Raising end users’ awareness of mobile

access

• Measuring the satisfaction with the

present mobile services

Research

• Online anonymous questionnaire

• 24 questions / 3 groups:

– Demographics

– E-learning

– Mobile access

• Long-term (every year until 2016, March)

Initial results - overview

• 472 complete responses (45,5%)

• 566 incomplete responses (54,5%)

• Duration: 4 weeks (February/March 2014)

Demographics

• Students: 412

• Teachers: 44

• Librarians: 16

• Average age: 26,5

• Average PC use: 12 years

E-learning

• Institutional LMS awareness: 429 vs. 43

• Using LMS 249 vs. 180 not using

• Used LMS for: avg. 2,74 years

• Average number of courses: 4,63

• Time spent online, education-related: 261

respondents = 2-3 hours a day

Mobile access

• Mobile Internet use: 352 using (74%)

• Smartphone owners: 301

• Tablet owners: 104

• Android: 117 vs. iOS: 15 (incomplete data)

• Main problems: speed, screen size,

desktop-oriented edu activities

Future steps

• Long-term research (2014-2016)

• Increase in the number of institutions /

countries?

• Development of common technical

solutions and implementation policies

Thank you!

Questions?