mobile devices: student survey results
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Mobile Learning in Russia:student survey results
Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityFaculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies
S.Titova, A.Avramenko © 2012
Mobile devices in learninghttp://titova.ffl.msu.ru/for-students-ml-survey.html
Participants: 230 students of the 2-4 years and graduates of MSUTime: September 2011 – March 2012
What mobile devices do you have?
Smartphone
Tablet
МР3
eReader
Telephone
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Which options do you use?
SMS
Internet
Digital cam
Apps
Calendar
Player
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
Listening
Planning
Writing
Access to resources
What for do you use mobile devices?
Internet Access
Database
Multimedia
Reading texts
Games
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%
Do you employ mobile devices in learning at lessons and for home work?
Everyday78%!
!!
Twice a
week16%
Twice a month5%
Never1%
What tools do you use for autonomous work?
Mobile dictionaries
Reference materials
Encyclopedias
Digital cam
Voice Recorder
Online exercises
Never use
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
What tools do you use in class?
Dictionaries
Reference materials
Presentations
Encyclopedias
Voice Recorder
Never use
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Do your teachers use mobile devices? What for?
Communication outside the classroom
Multimadia
Sharing materials
Voice recording
Online exercises
Never use
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
For teaching process or-ganisation
Where is it worth applying mobile devices?
At home 16%
In class 7%
Both at home and
in class74%
Nowhere3%
How do you want mobile devices to be used?
Communication and sharing materials
Course apps
Course syllabus with calendar
Podcasts and videocasts
Language Tasks
Assessement
I do not want them to be used
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Do you want to use mobile devices in learning regularly?
YES84%
NO16%
Students’ comments
• Mobile devices are convenient for both autonomous and collaborative work
• The XXIst century is the era of technology. We need e-learning!
• I used mobile devices everyday while studying in Germany
• Mobile devices do not stand for teacher but visual aids support learning
• Mobile device implication would simplify access to materials and would improve teachers and students communication
Conclusions
The most convenient mobile device for learning is smartphone
Students are absolutely prepared for mobile learning Students mobile (ICT) competence is of a very high level Students are psychologically ready to use mobile devices
in learning There is no need in expensive computer connected
classrooms Systematical mobile devices integration is required to
avoid unstructural usage of them in learning